Upcoming Workshops

*Woodturning*		*Wood Carving*


September 11th-12th Small Hollow Forms and Ornaments by Donald Derry Cost: $285.00 plus lab and material fees Registration Form Don has turning small hollow forms down to an art form! Enjoy learning the tricks and enjoy learning the fine points of the small turnings and the icing also know as the finials!
September 13th-14th Only 4 openings left! Shape and form and the Hollow Form by Donald Derry Cost: $285.00 plus lab and material fees Registration Form Don will have you turning a hollow form with an 1/8" thin wall by the time you finish this class! (I personally had loved hollow forms as long as someone else was doing the turning. After taking this class myself, my hollow forms and my forms have reached a level that I did not think I wanted to work hard enough for!-Gene) Don will help you to improve the shape of what you make so that your work is more pleasing to the eye. This is a great class to refine and define your work.
October 2nd-5th Class is Full Coloring and Piercing Wood II by Binh Pho Cost: $600.00 plus lab and material fees Registration Form Description coming soon!
December 11th -12th Only 4 openings left! Tools and Techniques by Jimmy Clewes Cost: $300.00 plus lab and material fees Registration Form Join Jimmy for his number one course with us. This workshop will take you from the most basic cuts and sharpening to turning a goblet completely unsupported on the tail stock end! If you have wanted to make a lidded box with complete confidence, this is the perfect workshop for you. Enjoy making these and other projects as Jimmy takes you through each step with detail and clarity for tool control and tool sharpening.
December 13th -14th Coloring and Enhancing Woodturnings by Jimmy Clewes Cost: $300.00 plus lab and material fees Registration Form This is a great opportunity to develop your woodturning skills and then watch your woodturnig transform into an artistic piece of work. This class will not only include woodturning, it will include dying wood to bring out the beauty of the grain. Inlay siver into a woodturning and see how it enhances the surface. Explore these and other techniques with Jimmy!
		September 5-8, 2010 Only 3 openings left! Woodturning and Carving on your Turnings by Eli Avisera Cost: $525.00 plus lab and material fees Registration Form In 2009 Eli taught the first carving class here and it was great! This class will be for the beginner or advanced turner or carver. Instruction will be customized to the level of each student. The first two days will concentrate on turning forms that will accept carving and sculpting. The second two days will concentrate on carving on the forms that were turned the first two days. We have had many requests for a class like this and now we have the Master teaching it! Each student will supply their own hand and power carving tools for this class.
August 31-September 1, 2010 Only 3 openings left! Woodturning with Eli by Eli Avisera Cost: $300.00 plus lab and material fees Registration Form Enjoy this class and feel like you jave a new friend, because you will. Eli is a great instructor as well as a great person. Hear him tell his stories of teaching around the world and in his home country, Israel. This class will have you making projects while you learn tool control and perfect your skills.
September 2-3, 2010 Only 4 openings left! Woodturning with Eli by Eli Avisera Cost: $300.00 plus lab and material fees Registration Form Enjoy this class and feel like you jave a new friend, because you will. Eli is a great instructor as well as a great person. Hear him tell his stories of teaching around the world and in his home country, Israel. This class will have you making projects while you learn tool control and perfect your skills. We will be making different projects than in the preceeding class so that you can take both classes and get the opportunity to learn even more from a Master Woodturner!