Learn machine and hand woodworking fundamentals, push yourself as a designer and wood artist, practice new techniques and create original pieces of your own design.
Apply hand and machine woodworking skills through the construction of a small case on stand. By exploring different types of table and cabinet joinery, learn how to create furniture pieces that are both stable and expressive. Expand upon your understanding of wood movement and construction by combining techniques to build and design … Read more
Start Date
01/18
Meeting Day
Wednesdays
End Date
05/03
Faculty
Ellen Kaspern
Time
6:30pm–10pm
Credits
3
Metalshop 1 is a comprehensive introduction to steel fabrication techniques and processes. It includes various welding processes, such as the venerable oxy-fuel process, the lost art of “stick” welding, and an emphasis on MIG welding, better known as the “hot glue gun for steel” (just point and shoot!). The more precision oriented TIG welding process is … Read more
Start Date
01/19
Meeting Day
Thursdays
End Date
05/04
Faculty
Reid Drum
Time
6:30pm–10pm
Credits
3
Fusing design activities and methodologies, including aesthetic sourcing (visual, literary, emotional, and structural) and drawing and modeling, participants engage in design as a problem-solving process. Projects emphasize the development of conceptual visualization through the exploration of two- and three-dimensional sketch techniques.
Start Date
01/24
Meeting Day
Tuesdays
End Date
05/02
Faculty
Annie Meyer
Time
6:30pm–10pm
Credits
3
In this three-day workshop, you will learn how to use a a variety of tools to burn nuanced and expressive drawings into wood. Whether used to decorate furniture with designs, to create architectural installations or to complete large scale drawings, pyrography has been a method of drawing for eons. The … Read more
Start Date
03/19
Meeting Day
Sundays
End Date
04/02
Faculty
Brett S. Poza
Time
10am–1pm
Credits
0
In this introductory, course participants will learn how to design and carve wooden utensils. Students will be shown how to safely and efficiently use the bandsaw as well as hand tools such as gouges, rasps, files, scrapers, and a variety of handsaws. Whether it’s spoons, spatulas, forks, knives, or something … Read more
Start Date
04/23
Meeting Day
Sundays
End Date
04/30
Faculty
Ellen Adams
Time
1pm–5pm
Credits
0
