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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Beth Ireland
5 Days, Open to All

This five-day offset turning class is designed for all levels of woodturning. Offset turning allows you to make geometrical shapes with the lathe which happens by changing the center point of the piece on what you are turning.
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Kelly Parker
5 Days, Some Skills Required

You will construct a unique side table while learning the basics of solid wood construction, exposed-dowel joinery, and machine woodworking. 
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Kelly Parker
1 Day, Open to All

In this one day course, you will be encouraged to play and explore surface embellishment techniques on wood surfaces.
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Piper Tamler, Philip Sheton
12-Week Intensive for Beginners
Approved for VA Funding, Scholarships Available

Through a series of progressively challenging projects, this intensive course puts you well on your way to becoming a fine woodworker. All tools provided.
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Julian Watts
5 Days, Open to All

In this five-day class we will use both traditional and experimental carving techniques to create handheld sculptures that blur the line between functional objects and abstract works of art. By integrating the processes of spoon carving, expressive drawing, and power carving, students will leave the class not only with a robust carving skillset, but also an expanded view of what is possible at the intersection of traditional craft, art, and design.
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Steve Habersetzer
Weekend Class, Some Skills Required

In this weekend class, you'll learn the traditional art of coopering and make a bucket.
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Emi Bryan
5 Days, For Beginners

In this five-day course, you will learn the basics to set up a minimal set of Japanese tools and workbench to get started in Japanese woodworking.
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Emi Bryan
5 Days, Some Skills Required

In this five-day course, you will learn how to layout, cut, and fit traditional joints using Japanese techniques.
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Tom Henscheid
Weekend, For Beginners

This weekend class is designed to introduce you to the wonderful self-sufficient world of tool forging.
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James Johnson
10 Days, Open To All

This ten-day class will teach the fundamentals of designing, drawing, carving, and painting a formline panel with Tlingit carver James Johnson.
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Emi Bryan
5 Days, Some Skills Required

In this five-day course, you will learn how to layout, cut, and fit traditional joints using Japanese techniques.
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Ben Kahn
Weekend, For Beginners

This weekend course is perfect for complete beginners to turning, or folks whose skills have gotten rusty and need refreshing.
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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.
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Tom Henscheid
Weekend Class, Open to All

In this two-day course, students will create their own path in spoon carving by learning various spoon carving designs and techniques that they can replicate and practice on their own.
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Dale Brotherton
6 Days, For Beginners

This six-day class will be a hands-on workshop focused primarily on the sharpening and setting up of traditional Japanese chisels and hand planes.
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Xwalacktun (Rick Harry)
5 Days, Open to All

In this weeklong course, students will be guided by Squamish and Kwakwak’wakw master carver Xwalacktun (Rick Harry) in the creation of their own relief carving inspired by Coast Salish traditions.
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Tom Henscheid
2 Days, Open to All

In this weekend class, we will learn the basics of selecting and sourcing materials, how to prepare substrates, and various methods of applying veneers in a fast-paced, fun environment. Each student will make a small, square veneered tabletop, which can be later attached to a leg structure of your choosing.
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Tim Lawson
5 Days, For Beginners

This weeklong course is perfect for complete beginners or folks whose woodturning skills have gotten rusty and need refreshing.
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Piper Tamler, Owen Borges
12-Week Intensive for Beginners
Approved for VA Funding, Scholarships Available

Through a series of progressively challenging projects, this intensive course puts you well on your way to becoming a fine woodworker. All tools provided.
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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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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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John Edwards
Weekend, For Beginners

You’ll learn how to effectively tune and sharpen saws, and how to efficiently use western-style and Japanese-style handsaws.
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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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John Edwards
Weekend, For Beginners

This weekend course teaches you to sharpen, tune, and use hand planes.
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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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John Edwards
Weekend, For Beginners

In this two-day class, we'll introduce you to the techniques and steps to cut dovetails by hand using a handsaw and chisels.
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Matt Monaco
5 Days, Some Skills Required

In this five-day class, master woodturner Matt Monaco will guide you in learning to develop and implement the skills necessary to execute and create a variety of traditionally turned classic bowls.
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John Edwards
Weekend, For Beginners

In this weekend class, you’ll learn how to quickly and efficiently layout, cut and fit mortise and tenon joinery using only hand tools.
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Raphael Berrios
5 Days, Open to All

Build a bookcase using pre-industrial artisan techniques in this five-day workshop. Get ready to break a sweat, learn to produce dados, surface finish with hand planes, refine your layout skills, and understand how to use cut nails for case construction. 
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Tim Lawson
Weekend Class, Open to All

In this two-day course, you will learn the basics of skillfully applying traditional finishes and how to bring out the beauty of the grain to enhance and protect a piece of furniture.
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Tom Henscheid
Weekend, Open to All

This weekend class is designed to introduce you to the wonderful self-sufficient world of tool forging.
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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, Open to All

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 Henscheid
Weekend Class, Open to All

In this two-day course, students will create their own path in spoon carving by learning various spoon carving designs and techniques that they can replicate and practice on their own.
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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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Sarah Watlington
5 Days, Open to All

 In this technique-based five-day class, artist and furniture maker Sarah Watlington will teach the art of shop-sawn veneering, parquetry, unconventional inlay, and how to utilize precious small pieces of wood– from exotic offcuts to tree branches– for maximum effect. 
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Lorin Seeks
5 Days, Open to All
Explore the iconic technique behind mid-century Scandinavian seating as you build a beautifully simple wood stool and weave the seat with Danish cord. This hands-on class is perfect for aspiring and experienced woodworkers alike, and anyone curious about the design and craft of Danish cord weaving.
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Yann Giguère
5 days, Open to All

This five-day class will be a hands-on workshop focused primarily on the sharpening and setting up of traditional Japanese chisels and hand planes.
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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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Jon Billing
5 Days, Some Skills Required

In this five-day Japanese woodworking class, you will build a scaled-down version of an elegant shoji screen, and through the process learn about the tools, techniques, installation, and fitment.
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Kelly Parker
5 Days, Some Skills Required

You will construct a unique side table while learning the basics of solid wood construction, exposed-dowel joinery, and machine woodworking. 
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Kelly Parker
Weekend, Open to All

In this weekend course, you will be developing confidence in your furniture design skills by sketching, making models, creating construction drawings, and making full-sized mockups.
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Yuri Kobayashi
5 Days, Open to All

Experiment with the art and science of steam bending wood to create a vase, a tray, a basket, a lampshade, a component of furniture, or an absolute sculpture.
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Kevin Reiswig and Seth Rolland
10 Days, Some Skills Required

In this two-week class, students will practice and play with three different methods for creating strong and elegant curves in wood: bent laminations, brick-lay laminations, and coopering.
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Piper Tamler, Owen Borges
12-Week Intensive for Beginners
Approved for VA Funding, Scholarships Available

Through a series of progressively challenging projects, this intensive course puts you well on your way to becoming a fine woodworker. All tools provided.
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James Johnson
5 Days, Open To All
Scholarships Available

Learn history, culture, and technical skills of carving and formline design with Tlingit artist James Johnson of Ch’áak’ Dakl’aweidi (Eagle Killer Whale) Clan while carving a paddle using yellow cedar.
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Lacey Carnahan, Signy Svee
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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