Furniture Making Classes
Classes in furniture making for woodworkers using traditional and contemporary methods.
Furniture Making Courses
Kelly Harris
6 Days, Open to all skill levels, LGBTQAI+ Students
This six-day class is an introduction to the art of post and rung chairmaking under the direction of New York-based woodworker and educator Kelly Harris. This class is open to LGBTQAI+ students.
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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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Taeho Kwon
5 Days, Open to All
This five-day class will teach the making of a sitting bench rooted in traditional eastern timber frame joinery used to construct Buddhist temples.
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Annalise Rubida
5 Days, Open to All
In this five-day course, we will explore the fundamentals of Windsor chair construction and joinery by building a stool of your own design. Students will be guided through the basics of stool design considerations including strength, wood movement, and traditional/modern aesthetics.
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Taeho Kwon
5 Days, Open to All
Kumiko is a delicate and sophisticated technique of assembling wooden pieces without using nails. In this five-day workshop, students will be introduced to making a Kumiko using traditional methods.
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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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Steve Habersetzer and Annalise Rubida
6 Days, Open to All
In this five-day course, instructors Steve Habersetzer and Annalise Rubida will guide you through building a serviceable, classic, West Coast take on the traditional Windsor chair.
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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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Tim DeMuth
5 Days, Open to All
Join us for an exciting and rewarding five-day journey into the world of woodworking! Have you taken a beginning woodworking class but still need help refining how to apply those skills to complete projects? This class is for those students who already have some hands-on experience but want guidance and help realizing a project. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced woodworker looking to learn new skills, this course is ideal for anyone interested in tackling a woodworking project from a set of plans.
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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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Gina Bonneau and Lacey Carnahan
5 Days, For Beginners - Women & LGBTQ+ Students
The goal of this weeklong class is to learn and practice the safe and effective use of machine tools, and basic machine tool maintenance and adjustments. This class welcomes cis women, trans women and trans men, nonbinary, gender nonconforming, genderqueer and any woman-identifying people.
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Aspen Golann
6 Days, Open to All
In this six-day class we will cover the essential techniques required to build a classic Windsor side chair.
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Chelsea Witt
5 Days, Open to All
Leave flat behind with a deep dive into the ancient art of coopering. Coopering is joining angled pieces together to create curved forms; the term is synonymous with barrel and cask making. In this five-day design and build course, students will flex their design muscles and explore the intersection of function and sculpture.
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Yuri Kobayashi
5 Days, Open to All
Experiment with the art and science of bending wood to create a vase, a tray, a basket, a lampshade, a component of furniture, or an absolute sculpture.
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Gina Bonneau and Lacey Carnahan
5 Days, For Beginners
The goal of this weeklong class is to learn and practice the safe and effective use of machine tools, and basic machine tool maintenance and adjustments.
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Phillip Shelton
12-Week Intensive, Some Skills Required
Approved for VA Funding, Scholarships Available
This course is designed as a follow-up to Foundations of Woodworking I. Deepen your understanding of design and expand your range of joinery and decorative techniques to build beautiful, robust furniture.
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Gina Bonneau, Lacey Carnahan
12-Week Intensive, Some Skills Required
Approved for VA Funding, Scholarships Available
This course is designed as a follow-up to Foundations of Woodworking I. Deepen your understanding of design and expand your range of joinery and decorative techniques to build beautiful, robust furniture.
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