Furniture 1
3DTD231-01
Start Date
01/17
Time
6:30pm–10pm
Room
DMC D004 (Woodshop)
End Date
05/01
Meeting Day
Wednesdays
Credits
3
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 your own piece.
Prerequisites: Woodworking Fundamentals, Projects in Wood, or Methods and Materials at MassArt or Fundamentals of Fine Woodworking and Fundamentals of Machine Woodworking at North Bennet.
For equivalent experience, by permission. Contact ce@massart.edu.
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Heather Dawson is a working furniture designer, journeyman cabinetmaker, woodworking instructor and alumna of the Certificate in Furniture Design, Massachusetts College of Art and Design and North Bennet Street School, Boston, MA.
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