Upcoming Classes
Intro to Chair Making: Make a Milking Stool
HatchSpace, Brattleboro, VT
Green Woodworking: Hand Carved Spoons
HatchSpace, Brattleboro, VT
Learn how to carve a spoon from green wood! We'll start with radially split blanks and halved branches and learn the axe and knife skills required to make a spoon.
Pattern Carving
John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
Explore the applications of decorative pattern carving traditions and motifs as you create your own hand carved designs. First, learn carving patterns using gouges and v-chisels. Then, apply your new carving skills to decorate a project of your choice, including a serving board, charcuterie board, or hanging panel for a spoon or coat rack.
Making Brettstuhl
John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
Learn to make a vernacular, two-board chair in the Moravian style with an embellished back. Practice staked-chair construction and incorporate sliding dovetail battens. Then, work from a template or your own original design to decorate the back of your chair with pierced shapes and shallow relief carvings. All levels welcome.
Note: materials fee may exceed $100.