This three-day workshop explores practical ways to develop an idea from a drawing into a three-dimensional form. Students will begin with short drawing exercises that focus on shape, proportion, space and movement. They will then translate selected drawings into simple physical models using paper, chipboard, wire and other accessible materials.

Through repeated cycles of making and revision, students will explore structure, balance, scale and joining. The emphasis is on using sketches and maquettes as tools for thinking rather than treating the first idea as a final solution.

Students will leave with drawings, models and a repeatable process for developing future projects.

The workshop is appropriate for artists, designers, craftspeople and makers at any experience level.

Students Should Bring

● Sketchbook

● Pencils and eraser

● Personal drawing materials if desired

● Images or sketches of projects

Annalisa Barron is an interdisciplinary artist based in New York City and Rochester, NY. She graduated from Penn State University with a BFA in painting and drawing in 2013 and with an MFA in sculpture from the Pratt Institute in 2017. Her work has been exhibited at the Cooper Union, University of Rochester, Southern Oregon University, BunkerPROJECTS Gallery (Pittsburgh, PA), U.S. Embassy in Nicaragua, NO/GLOSS film festival (UK), and the Anthology Film Archives (NYC). The Kingdom of Back (2017) was featured in Berlin, Germany, as part of GRRL HAUS Cinema’s 2018 European tour. She served as a panelist for the 2020 NYFA Craft and Sculpture Fellowships and is a recipient of NYSCA’s 2021 DEC Regrant Program/Individual Artist Grant. She has received support from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the New York Film and Video Council, the AAUW, the New York State Inspire Grant, Penn State University, and the Simmons-Jansma Project Renew Grant. Currently, Annalisa teaches in the College of Art and Design at the Rochester Institute of Technology. http://www.annalisabarron.com

Experience what it's like to create a sheath fitted to your blade. Students will learn the basics of making a custom sheath. Focus will be on fit, tooling and general processes of leatherwork. The class will go over design of a sheath, transfer to and cutting of the leather, and order of operations for assembling the pieces.

Candy will use a combination of demonstrations and hands-on instruction to enhance your learning experience.

Note: Students should bring a knife, either fixed blade or folding. It does not have to be a handmade knife, just anything you need a sheath for or just practice.

Who Should Take this class:

This class is open to all experience levels.

Class will make use of leather knives and scissors, awls and needles and various other tooling associated with leatherwork.

Candace started blacksmithing in 2006 and has explored many aspects of working metal. Through her explorations she has developed a strong belief that regardless of what you create a strong foundation in the basic, fundamental techniques is critical. All her classes incorporate this focus on developing strong foundational skills.

Chasing is the art of using specialized hammers, punches, and chisels to emboss images into the surface of metal. From simple to complex, adding chased elements to a metal's surface softens and dignifies its appearance. This class will introduce you to the various tools and techniques to create images and patterns on any metal. You'll use these techniques to create a one of kind cylindrical vessel that can be used as a planter, vase, pencil holder or be an objet d'art on its own.

Who Should Take this class

This class is open a to all experience levels. Students with a meticulous eye for detail will love this class.

Student tips: Bring your glasses or best magnifying readers. Your Noise Cancelling earbuds or headphones can make many simultaneous hammers more pleasant.

Class will make use of hand tools, torches, and mild chemicals for cleaning and patination.

Class fee: $350

Materials fee: $25

Class size limited to 10

Brian took his first blacksmithing class in 2005 under local smith Richard Rightmyer to learn how to make his own woodworking tools. Captivated by the feel of hot metal under the hammer, Brian poured all his free time into advancing his smithing skills taking classes whenever he could. Brian began teaching blacksmithing and coppersmithing in 2012 and has demonstrated at many public events and conferences. Recently, he has focused on the art of copper chasing, finding the meticulous attention to detail it requires to be a form of meditation in motion. Brian is an electrical engineer by day and holds a 6th Degree black belt in Aikido. He finds many commonalities with the efficient body movements of martial arts and the proper ergonomics for blacksmithing and coppersmithing. Brian has blended the arts to create effective and safe hammering techniques for people of all sizes. s an engineer, he is fascinated by the science of blacksmithing, specifically the metallurgy that goes into tool making. He firmly believes that true learning happens when you are having fun.

In this weekend class, students will learn a few fundamental metalworking and woodworking techniques to create a series of small marking and layout tools. In the making of a marking knife, small bevel gauge, and a square, we'll learn about different metals and their applications (tool steels, brass, and bronze), learn to to file, grind, heat treat, drill, hammer, sand, and cut our metals, and we'll make wooden handles by incorporating cutting and shaping techniques using the bandsaw, drill press, sanders, and various hand tools. This class will be a practical way for any woodworker to dip their toes into metalworking.

Class fee: $350

Materials fee: $50

Class size limited to 10

Sophie is a metalworker, woodworker, and furniture maker currently based in Reading, PA. She makes classic furniture designs recreated out of steel to give voice to women in both the woodworking and metal fields, and she utilizes steel in the making of her work to explicitly expand upon the materials that are considered to be part of the fine furniture making field. Sophie received her MFA in Furniture Design and Woodworking from San Diego State University, and BFA in Sculpture and Drawing from SUNY Purchase College. She has exhibited her work across the country, including Blue Spiral 1 Gallery (NC), the Center for Art in Wood (PA), and the Metal Museum (TN), and has been fortunate to receive several grants, fellowships, and residencies to help advance her career, including the John D. Mineck Fellowship in 2022. Sophie currently teaches at Kutztown University and has taught workshops at A Workshop of Our Own, Penland School of Craft, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, the Appalachian Center for Craft, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. https://sophieglenn.com

In this class, you will learn the fundamentals of furniture making through the process of making a small side table from rough sawn lumber. You will mill lumber, practice making mortise and tenon joints, and learn about various finishes, including milk paints, that can make your tables fun and unique. We will use a combination of stationary machines, handheld power tools, and hand tools so students can learn how to complete each step of the process with the tooling they have access to when they return home.

For beginners, the course will provide a solid foundation in safety, process, and furniture construction that you can apply to any future project. All students will learn tips and techniques from a full-time professional woodworker.

Sophie is a metalworker, woodworker, and furniture maker currently based in Reading, PA. She makes classic furniture designs recreated out of steel to give voice to women in both the woodworking and metal fields, and she utilizes steel in the making of her work to explicitly expand upon the materials that are considered to be part of the fine furniture making field. Sophie received her MFA in Furniture Design and Woodworking from San Diego State University, and BFA in Sculpture and Drawing from SUNY Purchase College. She has exhibited her work across the country, including Blue Spiral 1 Gallery (NC), the Center for Art in Wood (PA), and the Metal Museum (TN), and has been fortunate to receive several grants, fellowships, and residencies to help advance her career, including the John D. Mineck Fellowship in 2022. Sophie currently teaches at Kutztown University and has taught workshops at A Workshop of Our Own, Penland School of Craft, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, the Appalachian Center for Craft, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. https://sophieglenn.com

Experience what it's like to work hot steel! Students will learn the fundamentals of blacksmithing tool making. Topics will include forging tool steel, heat treatment of different steels and using your tools to create animal faces.

Note this class is a project-based class, depending on your skills you may leave with several tools. Making faces with those tools may not end up with a completed project just samples.

The focus of this class is on building comfort with forging tools and heat treating them appropriately.

Candy will use a combination of demonstrations and hands-on instruction to enhance your learning experience.

Who Should Take this class:

This class is open to all experience levels. Class will make use of hammers and forges.

Candace started blacksmithing in 2006 and has explored many aspects of working metal. Through her explorations she has developed a strong belief that regardless of what you create a strong foundation in the basic, fundamental techniques is critical. All her classes incorporate this focus on developing strong foundational skills.

This two-day class takes up where we left off in 2026, using both the skills from the circular light as well as developing two new skills. Students will cut and shape sheets of copper as well as use the pan and box brake to create a wall plate and will solder the joints. It’s an exciting and enjoyable class, with the end result of a wall sconce ready to bring home and admire. These warm and attractive lights are easy to build and great to have around the house. And the new skills can add arrows to any wood worker’s quiver for the creation of non-wood elements for furniture.

Materials: 24 oz copper sheet, laminated shoji paper, electrical parts

Tuition: $350

Material: $100

Capacity: 10

Andrew Glantz is a furniture designer and maker who lives and works in Scottsdale, Arizona. Born and raised on the East Coast, he graduated from the Frederic Gunn School, 1967 and Wesleyan University; BA, 1971 and MAT, 1972. After teaching Graphic Arts for ten years, he turned to period piece renovation and construction from 1978 to 1984. When he moved West in 1984, he began to devote his efforts solely to contemporary, sculptural furniture design and construction. He is the owner of Zenith Design, a one-person studio, and is responsible for all phases of design, construction and marketing. He is an arts activist and before moving to Scottsdale, he lived on the Navajo Nation from 1984 to 1987. He moved to Salt Lake City in 1987, and was involved with the Salt Lake Arts Council, the Salt Lake Arts Center, and the Utah Arts Council’s Endowment Fund Development Committee. He also ran the Vital Arts Gallery as volunteer executive director for three years and has curated several major exhibitions. He relocated to Scottsdale in 2002. A longtime member of the Furniture Society, Andrew was tapped to serve as a trustee in 2005, and served as treasurer, vice president and president of the board of trustees, as well as chair of the development committee. His term of office ended in 2011. He is an active advisor for the Southwest School of Woodworking. He teaches furniture design and construction at the Southwest School of Woodworking in Phoenix and the Marc Adams School of Woodworking in Franklin, Indiana. He is a presenter committee member of he Yuma Art Symposium. His articles on furniture design and construction appear in several trade magazines. He delights in mentoring makers far and wide through teaching and Zoom meetings from Florida to Utah and locally.

A 6-day class for mid-level woodworkers, this class uses bandsaw, table saw and router skills to build an attractive table that is 18” deep, 39” wide and 30” high. It includes making the sunburst top, tapered leg accents and two different stack-laminated elements. It is a great way to both improve your skills and add a couple of new techniques to your repertoire. The materials in this class will be cherry and walnut.

Tuition: $1100

Materials: $250

Capacity: 8

Andrew Glantz is a furniture designer and maker who lives and works in Scottsdale, Arizona. Born and raised on the East Coast, he graduated from the Frederic Gunn School, 1967 and Wesleyan University; BA, 1971 and MAT, 1972. After teaching Graphic Arts for ten years, he turned to period piece renovation and construction from 1978 to 1984. When he moved West in 1984, he began to devote his efforts solely to contemporary, sculptural furniture design and construction. He is the owner of Zenith Design, a one-person studio, and is responsible for all phases of design, construction and marketing. He is an arts activist and before moving to Scottsdale, he lived on the Navajo Nation from 1984 to 1987. He moved to Salt Lake City in 1987, and was involved with the Salt Lake Arts Council, the Salt Lake Arts Center, and the Utah Arts Council’s Endowment Fund Development Committee. He also ran the Vital Arts Gallery as volunteer executive director for three years and has curated several major exhibitions. He relocated to Scottsdale in 2002. A longtime member of the Furniture Society, Andrew was tapped to serve as a trustee in 2005, and served as treasurer, vice president and president of the board of trustees, as well as chair of the development committee. His term of office ended in 2011. He is an active advisor for the Southwest School of Woodworking. He teaches furniture design and construction at the Southwest School of Woodworking in Phoenix and the Marc Adams School of Woodworking in Franklin, Indiana. He is a presenter committee member of he Yuma Art Symposium. His articles on furniture design and construction appear in several trade magazines. He delights in mentoring makers far and wide through teaching and Zoom meetings from Florida to Utah and locally.

In this class, we will make a simple 4-leg 4-stretcher tabletop. We will be covering everything you need to know as a beginner to choose lumber, layout, and cut joints, as well as join a table top and attach it to the carcass.

This class is designed for someone just starting out and looking to learn traditional joinery. And in the end, you will walk away with a side table you can cherish for a lifetime.

Only hand tools will be used to make this table. The table will be made of solid cherry.

James Wright has been working with wood since he could stumble into his father's shop. This led to a career in woodworking and design. But after years of power-tool woodworking, life circumstances forced James to switch to hand tools only. The hand tool workshop allowed James the time to slow down and enjoy the process. He is now a full-time woodworking educator and YouTuber with over 500,000 subscribers across two channels, and travels around teaching hand tool woodworking in person and online.

Surface embellishment is a way to add visual interest and value to your work. It can be used to differentiate good work from work that is truly remarkable. Imagine opening a cabinet door and being greeted by a burst of color or delighting in the texture of a carved drawer front. Consider the visual impact of ebonized legs supporting a table top or the discovery of the gilded interior of a box. These are all examples of ways that embellishment can be used to enhance a project. These techniques can be used on furniture, turned objects, boxes, and more. They can even be used to transform a cheap, mass-produced item into a lovely, thoughtful gift. In this 1-day action-packed technique class students will learn a variety of ways to embellish their work. In between demos there will be plenty of time for hands-on practice of the techniques. Students will be encouraged to play and explore as they learn to take their work to a whole new level of WOW!

TOPICS TO BE COVERED

• Ebonizing
• Pyrography (wood burning)
• Gilding
• Creating textures
• Fun with fire! (AKA torching your wood)
• Unexpected use of color
• Color with texture
• Texture with gilding
• Ebonizing with pyrograph
• Whatever combo your heart desires!

Recommended student tool list:

• Note taking supplies
• Ear and eye protection – required for use of equipment
• Water bottle
• Wood burner and various tips if you have one
• Small brass brushes (cheap from Harbor Freight)
• Plumber’s torch and lighter if you have one
• Variety of sharp carving gouges or Dremel tool with carving burrs or Foredom tool with carving burrs
• Drawing tools like circle templates and French curves
• Hair dryer or heat gun (nice to have but not required)

Tuition: $175

Material: $50

Capacity: 10

At the intersection of chemistry and craft is where Kansas City-based Kelly Parker feels most at home. She is a designer and maker of contemporary studio furniture and sculpture. After graduating with a degree in biochemistry, she worked in the corporate world for 18 years before taking a rather circuitous route into art. Her chemistry background informs her pragmatic approach to problem-solving in building the sculptural designs that are the hallmark of her work. She has a curvy, contemporary aesthetic and often uses steam bending, bent laminations, and vacuum forming as part of her process. Kelly finds design inspiration wherever she sees a beautiful form, whether it is a flower or the engine cowling on a Boeing Dreamliner. To accelerate the transition from analytical chemist to artist, Kelly has taken numerous design and technique classes at various craft schools while also extensively experimenting in her own studio. She has been an artist-in-residence in Michael Fortune’s studio in Canada and was selected as an artist-in-residence at the Centre for Fine Woodworking in Nelson, New Zealand. She has been awarded professional development grants from the Furniture Society and Anderson Ranch Arts Center, was the first recipient of a professional development grant awarded by the Krenov Foundation and was awarded Best in Show at the biannual chair exhibition, American Craft Today: Chairs, hosted by The Bascom Gallery in North Carolina. Her work has been featured in Fine Woodworking, Australian Wood Review, and Rooted: Creating a Sense of Place: Contemporary Studio Furniture. Kelly is also an occasional writer for Australian Wood Review. In addition to making and writing, Kelly also teaches at craft schools and guilds across the US. https://woodsongstudio.com/

Learn to create a wonderful conversation piece and functional tool. In this class we will cover the basics of designing and building a simple friction folding knife in the Higo Style.

Students will start by learning about appropriate steels and how to process them to bring out the desired qualities such as durability, edge retention and sharpenability. After discussion of material size constraints students will work a small piece of copper to create a decorative handle.

Then they will design a blade to fit inside their handle. Finally, students will create a pattern from their design and forge a blade just slightly larger than the pattern to allow for grinding.

After rough grinding and an overview of the basics of hardening and tempering students will heat treat their blades. To finish the weekend the knife will be assembled.

Candy will use a combination of demonstrations and hands-on instruction to enhance your learning experience.

Note this class is a project-based class, completion depends on your skills and ability to follow directions.

Who Should Take this class:

This class is open to all experience levels but some forging experience is highly recommended. Class will make use of hammers, forges and grinders.

Candace started blacksmithing in 2006 and has explored many aspects of working metal. Through her explorations she has developed a strong belief that regardless of what you create a strong foundation in the basic, fundamental techniques is critical. All her classes incorporate this focus on developing strong foundational skills.

This 1-day hands-on clinic focuses on how to produce identically shaped, complex parts. Kelly’s work includes parts that are heavily shaped and often feature compound curves. She will teach how to easily fabricate identical parts that cannot be created by pattern routing. Students will first create templates for the front, side, top and bottom of a part. These templates will be traced onto a rectangular 'blank' to guide the shaping process. Kelly will demonstrate how to rough out parts using the bandsaw and router table, then refine parts using a variety of rasps, card scrapers and profiled sanding blocks, while carefully working to layout lines. Students will have the opportunity to practice these techniques as they create a shaped table leg using the templates they created. If time allows students will be encouraged to design a leg and fabricate the necessary templates to create it.

TOPICS TO BE COVERED

• intro to layout tools: adjustable square, center-finder, drawing bows, French curves

• intro to shaping tools: bandsaw, router table, Shinto rasp, cabinet maker’s rasp, card scraper, spoke shave, profiled sanding blocks, etc.

• drawing, cutting, fairing and using templates

• laying out a 'blank'

• working off of center lines and layout lines

• shaping multiple parts in a consistent, repeatable manner

• discussion of hard lines and soft lines

At the intersection of chemistry and craft is where Kansas City-based Kelly Parker feels most at home. She is a designer and maker of contemporary studio furniture and sculpture. After graduating with a degree in biochemistry, she worked in the corporate world for 18 years before taking a rather circuitous route into art. Her chemistry background informs her pragmatic approach to problem-solving in building the sculptural designs that are the hallmark of her work. She has a curvy, contemporary aesthetic and often uses steam bending, bent laminations, and vacuum forming as part of her process. Kelly finds design inspiration wherever she sees a beautiful form, whether it is a flower or the engine cowling on a Boeing Dreamliner. To accelerate the transition from analytical chemist to artist, Kelly has taken numerous design and technique classes at various craft schools while also extensively experimenting in her own studio. She has been an artist-in-residence in Michael Fortune’s studio in Canada and was selected as an artist-in-residence at the Centre for Fine Woodworking in Nelson, New Zealand. She has been awarded professional development grants from the Furniture Society and Anderson Ranch Arts Center, was the first recipient of a professional development grant awarded by the Krenov Foundation and was awarded Best in Show at the biannual chair exhibition, American Craft Today: Chairs, hosted by The Bascom Gallery in North Carolina. Her work has been featured in Fine Woodworking, Australian Wood Review, and Rooted: Creating a Sense of Place: Contemporary Studio Furniture. Kelly is also an occasional writer for Australian Wood Review. In addition to making and writing, Kelly also teaches at craft schools and guilds across the US. https://woodsongstudio.com/