Arts & Crafts Table
Michael Albanese
$460
Create a unique piece of furniture as you learn
basic woodworking skills. Learn to use hand tools, operate
power equipment, apply finish, and develop surface design. Beginning-Intermediate;
Materials Fee approx. $50 (for wood), payable to Craft
Center
Michael Albanese, MFA Rochester
Institute of Technology, is the Artist in Residence
in Wood at the Appalachian Center for Craft and
exhibits his work nationally.
Contact: spikeiam1@hotmail.com
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Building a Sack-Back Windsor Chair
Michael Herrel
$460
Practice 250-year-old techniques and use tools from
the same period. Learn to bend wood for the arms and bow,
carve the seat, and shave the spindles as the instructor
reveals the steps and secrets to creating these magnificent
chairs. Beginning; Materials Fee $275, payable to
instructor
Michael Herrel has been designing,
building, and selling Windsor chairs for 12 years. His
work and methods have won many awards and are featured
in books, magazines and on TV.
Contact: colonialchairco@aol.com;
www.members.aol.com/colonialchairco
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Turn Up & Have Fun
Graeme Priddle
$460
Explore many aspects of woodturning from basic faceplate and spindle turning, to more complex hollow forms and multicenter work. Learn a wide range of carving and surface embellishment techniques, and how to personalize your work. All skill levels; wood included in workshop fee
Graeme Priddle is a full-time studio woodturner/sculptor from New Zealand and an internationally recognized demonstrator and workshop facilitator.
Contact: graemepriddle@xtra.co.nz; www.graemepriddle.co.nz |
Build a Stand-up Jewelry Cabinet
Mark Barr
$460
Build a cabinet on legs with interior drawers and “slide outs.” Learn woodworking techniques and the use of jigs and fixtures including: through and half-blind dovetails, floating tenons, etc. Intermediate-Advanced
Mark Barr has traveled extensively teaching woodworking classes and seminars. He has been making custom furniture for over 20 years.
Contact: barrwoodworking@aol.com |
Make a Ladderback Chair
Tim Hintz
$460
Enjoy five days of strengthening your chair
making skills as well as your arms. Split a red oak log and shape the pieces with a drawknife. Steam the posts and bend them into shape. Build the frame and weave a hickory bark seat. Beginning-Intermediate; Materials Fee $150, payable to instructor
Tim Hintz makes his Fresh Chairs from scratch in Smithville, Tennessee.
Contact: 615.597.8770 |
Turning Pure & Simple
Ray Key
$460
Focus on boxes, vessels and platters. Pure and simple forms are our goal. Develop an understanding of design and a critical eye for subtle detail. Intermediate-Advanced; wood included in workshop fee
Ray Key has been a studio woodturner for 34 years producing one-of-a-kind gallery pieces and tableware. He is a lifetime member of the AAW and founding chairman and president of AWGB.
Contact: ray.key@btopenworld.com; www.wgdc.org.uk |
Sharpening Your Woodturning Skills
Judy Ditmer
$460
Develop skills and deepen your understanding of woodturning techniques at all levels. Specific projects provide opportunities to learn basics about wood, the turning process, sharpening, and using tools correctly. All skill levels; wood included in workshop fee
Judy Ditmer, a full-time professional turner for over 20 years, makes a wide range of turned items, teaches and writes about turning.
Contact: ditmer@sbcglobal.net |
After the Lathe
Betty Scarpino
$460
Explore the limitless possibilities of working with lathe-turned forms to create functional and non-functional objects. Turn a variety of forms, texture surfaces, cut forms apart, and sample several coloring techniques. Intermediate-Advanced; wood included in workshop fee
Betty Scarpino is an internationally-known artist whose work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums.
Contact: bscarpino@juno.com; www.bettyscarpino.com |
