For Beginners
Beginner courses offer a solid foundation in fundamental skills.
Not sure which course is right for you? Feel free to contact us for more information.
Classes in furniture making for woodworkers using traditional and contemporary methods.
Beginner courses offer a solid foundation in fundamental skills.
Not sure which course is right for you? Feel free to contact us for more information.
Philip Shelton
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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Tim Lawson
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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Piper Tamler
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
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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John Edwards
Weekend, For Beginners
This weekend course teaches you to sharpen, tune, and use hand planes.
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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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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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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
Weekend, For Beginners
In this weekend class, we’ll be focusing on how to sharpen chisels and plane blades and introduce you to techniques to sharpen a wide variety of hand tools.
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Gina Bonneau
5 Days, For Beginners - Women and LGBTQ+ Students
This weeklong introductory course is intended to build confidence in your use of hand tools and get you excited to work with wood on your own. This class welcomes cis women, trans women and trans men, nonbinary, gender nonconforming, genderqueer, and any woman-identifying people.
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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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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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Faculty
Weekend Class, For Beginners
You’ll be walked through the basics of common shop machines such as the table saw, band saw, thickness planer, and jointer.
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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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Emi Shinmura
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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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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Tim Lawson
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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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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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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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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