Follow Friday: Woodworking Schools

In this edition of Follow Friday, I’m highlighting a few of the places that you can turn to when you want thorough, in-person instruction in woodworking. Taking a woodworking class is one of the best ways to further your craft, and this is the time of the year schools release their schedules. Classes also make great gifts for anyone in your life that wants to get into woodworking. Check them out!

First off is the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Maine. Founded by Peter Korn, this school offers classes for everyone, from two day community classes, to week-long workshops focused on specific disciplines to a ninth-month comprehensive woodworking program.

 

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2019 WORKSHOP PREVIEW AVAILABLE!///Looking ahead to your summer/fall of 2019? Take a peek at our workshop preview to see if there are any classes that catch your fancy!///PLEASE NOTE: registration does not *officially* begin until Monday, December 17 at 9 am. Full course descriptions will be posted on December 15. Mark your calendars, as classes fill up quickly!///LINK IN BIO

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Next up is the Marc Adams School of Woodworking. Located in Indiana, the school celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. From the spring through the fall, the school offers all kinds of one and two week classes with world-class instructors.

 

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Looking Back – Week 1 of the 2018 Season – Woodturning with Alan Lacer / We’d love to see any finished products from this class in the comments! ??

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The Krenov School (named for its founder James Krenov) is located in Fort Bragg, California. The school carries on Krenov’s reverence for wood, focusing on handwork fundamentals and clean designs, with both a 9-month program and weekend workshops during the summer.

 

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Congratulations to Robin Wilson! Robin was a second year student last year, and his spectacular heptagonal acacia display case has won the Best of Show at this year’s Artistry in Wood Show in Santa Rosa! The show runs at the Sonoma County Museum until January 6, 2019. . . @r.c.wilson @museumsoco

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The Port Townsend School of Woodworking on the northwest coast of Washington offers 12 week intensive programs as well as shorter classes focused on individual projects and skills with a wide variety of excellent instructors.

 

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Traditional Finishing by @timothylawson! Students helping students, good experimentation, looked like a fun class! #porttownsend @fortworden #fortworden #shellac #skidmores #woodworking #woodworkingschool #makersgonnamake #naturalpaint #novoc

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The Austin School of Furniture and Design, launched this year, is moving into a new facility and offers a bunch of classes aimed at both beginning and experienced woodworkers. I’m really excited to see this school having success and growing.

 

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While cleaning up the dovetails I had a little dog cameo. I ended up drilling out the waste on the pin boards. This can also be done with a coping saw.

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