This two-day overview class will provide a quick look at how woodworkers can use their tools and equipment to include elements crafted from sheet acrylic. Often overlooked these days, sheet acrylic – or solid surface – material provides opportunities for woodworkers to incorporate elements made from this material. Known by several trade names, such as Corian and LivingStone, solid surface materials have been relegated to the countertop niche for far too long. It can be glued together seamlessly to create blocks for shaping and thermoformed into graceful curves to create transition elements for furniture – or into the furniture itself. Students will cut, rout, thermoform and glue piece of solid surface together to make an elegant serving tray to take home.

Class fee: $300

Materials fee: $50

Class size limited to 10