Spring Courses
Classes in furniture making for woodworkers using traditional and contemporary methods.
Spring Courses
Steve Habersetzer and Annalise Rubida
6 Days, Open to All
In this six-day course, we will guide you through building a traditional Windsor chair with a West Coast spin.
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Ryen Helzer
Weekend, Open to all
Join us for this weekend workshop in the woods, where we will cover all the steps, safe practices, and professional tips that will help you feel confident in managing your own woodlot, back 40, or small yard with a safe and sharp chainsaw.
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Elizabeth Weber
5 Days, Open to All
In this one-week course, students will spend time turning various bowl shapes, using turning tools and mini, benchtop lathes to achieve their desired shape.
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James Johnson
5 Days, Open To All
This five-day class will teach the fundamentals of designing, drawing, and carving a formline circular panel with Tlingit carver James Johnson.
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Brendon Hohmann
5 Days, For Beginners
This weeklong introductory course is intended to build confidence in your use of hand tools and get students excited to work with wood on their own.
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Cody Wayland
Weekend, Open to All
Each student in this course will have a hands-on experience maneuvering a log onto the mill carriage and then sawing this log into lumber.
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Sarah Martin
5 Days, Open to All
This class will teach you the basic skills and tools needed to begin upholstering by creating an upholstered ottoman of your own original design.
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Tim Lawson
Weekend, For Beginners
In this weekend course, you will learn the basic skills of woodturning by turning spindles and produce a French rolling pin & a candlestick.
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Tim Lawson
Weekend, Some Skills Required
In this weekend course, you will learn more advanced turning techniques to make bowls.
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Mike Pekovich
5 Days, Some Skills Required
Learn to use a combination of hand tools and power tools to build a wall cabinet with a traditional Japanese kumiko panel.
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Tom Fenollosa and Paul Denison
6 Days, Open to All
This six-day course covers the fundamentals of timber frame construction using the square rule method and includes the raising of the frame off-site from PTSW’s campus.
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