Upcoming classes - Summer - Fall 2008

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  Wooden Boat School
• Brooklin, ME
• www.woodenboatschool.com
• 207-359-4651
• Joiner Work and Decorative Inlay
• August 24 - 30, 2008
  
  The beautiful designs and personal touches that woodworkers and boatbuilders add to wood surfaces can be one of the most satisfying ways of all to enhance the look and feel of quality in their projects. At first glance, many an observer might presume that only master craftsmen can achieve such standards. Woodworker/furniture maker Janet Collins will help dismiss such an assumption as she guides her students through the traditions of inlaying contrasting veneers and solid woods into a flat wood base.
  Janet will begin the week with a historical look at various inlay decorations found on pieces of furniture from many regions of the world. She will discuss and demonstrate how some of these decorations were achieved and introduce students to the basic principles of inlay—stringing, compass star inlay, line and berry inlay, and gouge-cut inlay. Also included will be inlay of more complex geometric shapes, irregular shapes, and hot-sand shading. Besides the compass star project, interested students will have the opportunity to practice and execute their own designs using these methods.
  Students will discover the function and purpose of the various tools used in this art form and how to use and maintain them. Each participant will learn about and use a handmade scratch stock and a compass-held scratch tool. The course will also include demonstration and practice of hand-cut marquetry designs. With marquetry the ground used is veneer instead of solid wood; this makes it possible to create the whole decoration and prepare it for laying as if it were a veneer, with all the advantages that this will bring.
  The methods and applications learned in this course can be applied to a variety of personal projects such as chart tables, cabinet faces, door panels, countertops, compass boxes, and toolboxes.
  Tuition: $650
  Materials: $75

• North Bennet Street School
• Boston, MA
• www.nbss.org
• 617-227-0155
• Three Month Furniture Making Intensive
• September 15 - December 5, 2008
• This Furniture Making Intensive should be considered by those who wish to learn as much as possible about furniture making in a three month time period. This course is designed to guide the student from basic hand and machine skills to advanced techniques in furniture making with each student building a writing desk from rough lumber. This course includes the foundational content of two of NBSS workshops, Fundamentals of Fine Woodworking and Fundamentals of Machine Woodworking. The first part of this class will include the hand and machine skills presented in those two classes. Students will complete several basic and advanced joinery samples and other projects, prior to building a Sheraton style desk. The construction of this desk will cover many techniques that can be used in building a wide range of furniture. Building this desk from conception to completion will provide students with the knowledge and skills to build most tables and case pieces. Students will be brought to the lumber yard and guided through the process of choosing and purchasing the appropriate stock for the project. Students will be given instruction and practice three styles of legs, including turned and tapered legs. Students will have the choice of which style of leg they will make for their desk. In addition, the skills learned in this course will include: basic drafting, reading and following furniture plans, project organization, developing procedures and stock lists, working safely, efficiently and accurately, spindle and faceplate turning, case and table construction, and finishing. The hand cut and machine cut joinery will include: half blind and through dovetails, mortise and tenon, multiple stub tenons, twin tenons, housed tapered dovetails, dovetailed drawer dividers, dovetailed vertical partitions, shaping and cutting molded edges. This course has no prerequisite. Students will be responsible for the materials cost of approximately $300. for the writing desk. If you don’t already own woodworking tools, expect to spend approximately $550. on tools for this course, in addition to tuition. NBSS will send a tool list in the mail the month before your class is scheduled to begin.
• Tuition $6,000.