This four-week course will teach you how to safely operate the essential machinery in a wood workshop. Learn to select wood, mill wood to square, and gain confidence on major woodworking machines, including the mitre saw, jointer, thickness planer, disc sander, and router.
A great, low commitment class to learn some basic workshop skills. This four-hour class will teach you how to safely operate the essential machinery in a wood workshop. Along with workshop health and safety, you will learn to use the band saw, disc, belt and orbital sander, and the table router.
Learn to carve your own wooden spoon with teacher Courtney Petley.
You’ll be introduced to Courtney’s carving practice, learn the basics of carving and properties of wood, learn how to use a hook knife and blade, and then get into carving your own spoon, which you will finish with sandpaper.
This four-week course will teach you how to safely operate the essential machinery in a wood workshop. Learn to select wood, mill wood to square, and gain confidence on major woodworking machines, including the mitre saw, jointer, thickness planer, disc sander, and router.
John will discuss the types and purposes of chisel and plane blades, sharpening stones, hones and grindstones, and you’ll get to learn how to use them all as you sharpen your tools.
A great, low commitment class to learn some basic workshop skills. This four-hour class will teach you how to safely operate the essential machinery in a wood workshop. Along with workshop health and safety, you will learn to use the band saw, disc, belt and orbital sander, and the table router.
Learn to carve your own wooden spoon with teacher Courtney Petley.
You’ll be introduced to Courtney’s carving practice, learn the basics of carving and properties of wood, learn how to use a hook knife and blade, and then get into carving your own spoon, which you will finish with sandpaper.
This four-week course will teach you how to safely operate the essential machinery in a wood workshop. Learn to select wood, mill wood to square, and gain confidence on major woodworking machines, including the mitre saw, jointer, thickness planer, disc sander, and router.
A project about exploring how beautiful objects can be made through reclaimed material, good design processes and material constraints.
Learn to carve your own wooden spoon with teacher Courtney Petley.
You’ll be introduced to Courtney’s carving practice, learn the basics of carving and properties of wood, learn how to use a hook knife and blade, and then get into carving your own spoon, which you will finish with sandpaper.
A great, low commitment class to learn some basic workshop skills. This four-hour class will teach you how to safely operate the essential machinery in a wood workshop. Along with workshop health and safety, you will learn to use the band saw, disc, belt and orbital sander, and the table router.
Learn to carve your own wooden spoon with teacher Courtney Petley.
You’ll be introduced to Courtney’s carving practice, learn the basics of carving and properties of wood, learn how to use a hook knife and blade, and then get into carving your own spoon, which you will finish with sandpaper.
Discover the satisfying process of steam bending as you make a hoop-handled tray. Enjoy the magic; the wood becomes pliable and changes shape before your eyes.
In this six-week beginners’ course you will learn the basics of three-dimensional wood carving, as you carve your choice of native bird: tūī or rūrū.
An open carving class on Monday mornings. Bring your own project to work on with the guidance of pro wood carver Wanda Gillespie, or start with a set beginner or intermediate project.
A great, low commitment class to learn some basic workshop skills. This four-hour class will teach you how to safely operate the essential machinery in a wood workshop. Along with workshop health and safety, you will learn to use the band saw, disc, belt and orbital sander, and the table router.
Over two days, using machines and hand cut joinery techniques you will learn to make a beautiful solid wood stool with through mortise and tenon joinery.
This four-week course will teach you how to safely operate the essential machinery in a wood workshop. Learn to select wood, mill wood to square, and gain confidence on major woodworking machines, including the mitre saw, jointer, thickness planer, disc sander, and router.
Become a designer for a weekend and a placemaker forever! Making for Placemaking is a weekend short course covering practical skills, design processes, methods and strategies to approach creating temporary structures for yourself or your community. This course will introduce you to placemaking, design approaches like prototyping, sustainable design, problem solving.
A project about exploring how beautiful objects can be made through reclaimed material, good design processes and material constraints.
This four-week course will teach you how to safely operate the essential machinery in a wood workshop. Learn to select wood, mill wood to square, and gain confidence on major woodworking machines, including the mitre saw, jointer, thickness planer, disc sander, and router.
In this six-week beginners’ course you will learn the basics of two-dimensional wood carving through an ornamental design project.
During this four day workshop with fine woodworker John Shaw, learn how to make a pair of delicate wooden containers at a scale that allows the use of leftovers and offcuts.
Learn how to set up and use planes, scrapers, sandpaper, wax, shellac and oil to prepare and finish surfaces.
Expand your capabilities by learning how to use these shaping and finishing tools effectively. You will also make and take away your own stock or chairmaker’s scraper and gain the knowledge of how to make more on your own.
Join established carver Courtney Petley in this expanded spoon carving class. You will make a spoon of your own design from start to finish.
Over two days, using machines and hand cut joinery techniques you will learn to make a beautiful solid wood stool with through mortise and tenon joinery.
Learn to carve your own wooden spoon with teacher Courtney Petley.
You’ll be introduced to Courtney’s carving practice, learn the basics of carving and properties of wood, learn how to use a hook knife and blade, and then get into carving your own spoon, which you will finish with sandpaper.
A great, low commitment class to learn some basic workshop skills. This four-hour class will teach you how to safely operate the essential machinery in a wood workshop. Along with workshop health and safety, you will learn to use the band saw, disc, belt and orbital sander, and the table router.
Over the course of two days, you will learn about techniques, jigs, cutters and safety for handheld and table-mounted routers. Using your new understanding of the router, you will create a handsome wall mounted shelf.
