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We invite people of ALL genders and races to come and learn fine woodworking. This is where beginners and intermediate students learn truly “fine” woodworking. Super sharp tools are provided for most beginner courses. We offer courses in fine joinery, built environment, custom furniture making, beginning machine or hand tool use, carpentry & carving styles of various cultures, turning, and coopering. Scholarships/VA funding available!
The Port Townsend School of Woodworking invites you to learn
fine craftsmanship in a contemporary context.
Raphael Berrios
5 Days, Open to All
Build a table using pre-industrial artisan techniques in this five-day workshop. Get ready to break a sweat, learn to hand chop mortises, dimension stock with hand planes, and practice precision layout with minimal reference surfaces. This class is inspired by a class we ran with Joshua Klein in 2018.
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John Edwards
5 Days, Open to All
In this five-day class, students will learn the craft of building a tool tote with groove joints, dovetail joints, and through mortise & tenon joints.
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Chris Landingin, Ginsy Stone
6 Days, Open to All
This six-day course for women and LGBTQ+ students covers the fundamentals of a New England style of timber frame construction using the square rule method.
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Sabiha Mujtaba
5 Days, Open to All
Finding inspiration for furniture design can be creatively exciting when we interpret it from other art forms: music, poetry, painting, and even from symbols and glyphs. In this five-day class, students will learn to design and build a stool or side table from start to finish using inspiration from calligraphy. Sabiha will take you from inspiration and design concepts through model making, planning, joinery, shaping, and carving to bring your idea to life.
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Matthew Straughn-Morse
5 Days, Open to All
In this weeklong course you will learn machine and hand tool methods to cut joinery, shape, and smooth elements of a simple frame stool with a Danish cord woven seat.
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Paige Dotsy
5 Days, For Beginners
In this weeklong course, students will gain proficiency in foundational furniture making by crafting a side table from scratch.
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Chelsea Witt
5 Days, Open to All
In this five-day course, students will flex their design muscles and use coopering techniques to build their own small sculptural furniture piece.
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