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Alexis Dolese
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Alexis Dolese

Alexis grew up in a family of builders and artists. While designing and building her own house and working alongside her dad, a long-time woodworker, she embarked on a career of building fine furniture. She apprenticed with many talented and successful woodworkers before starting her business in Bozeman in 2019. Alexis builds custom fine furniture and teaches classes out of her own shop and at various woodworking schools in the US. Alexis is a founding member and the president of the Bozeman Woodworking Guild created to help develop the localwoodworking community and encourage and support local craftsmen focusing on novice woodworkers.

https://www.dolesewoodworks.com/

Upcoming Classes

The Art of Chairmaking: Dolese Rocking Chair - Image 1

The Art of Chairmaking: Dolese Rocking Chair

Instructor: Alexis Dolese
6-day course: October 12 – 17, 2026
Price: $1,300

In this course, you will learn the important concepts of building rockers and how to build quality furniture safely and efficiently. You will also learn how to use a wide variety of power tools, perform complicated joinery, and build a piece of furniture successfully.

We will dive into this class learning techniques to design and build furniture that is curved and has compound angles. Students will learn and be comfortable using a horizontal mortiser. They will also be introduced to the business aspects of building furniture.


Learning objectives:

  1. Joinery at complex angles
  2. Techniques of chair building
  3. The angles and designs that make chairs comfortable


Class price: $1100

Materials fee: $200

Class size limited to 10

Alexis grew up in a family of builders and artists. While designing and building her own house and working alongside her dad, a long-time woodworker, she embarked on a career of building fine furniture. She apprenticed with many talented and successful woodworkers before starting her business in Bozeman in 2019. Alexis builds custom fine furniture and teaches classes out of her own shop and at various woodworking schools in the US. Alexis is a founding member and the president of the Bozeman Woodworking Guild created to help develop the localwoodworking community and encourage and support local craftsmen focusing on novice woodworkers.

https://www.dolesewoodworks.com/

Register Now

Past Classes

The Art of Chairmaking: Dolese Rocking Chair - Image 1

The Art of Chairmaking: Dolese Rocking Chair

Instructor: Alexis Dolese
6-day course: November 1 – 6, 2025
Price: $1,200

In this course, you will learn the important concepts of building rockers and how to build quality furniture safely and efficiently. You will also learn how to use a wide variety of power tools, perform complicated joinery, and build a piece of furniture successfully.

We will dive into this class learning techniques to design and build furniture that is curved and has compound angles. Students will learn and be comfortable using a horizontal mortiser. They will also be introduced to the business aspects of building furniture.


Learning objectives:

  1. Joinery at complex angles
  2. Techniques of chair building
  3. The angles and designs that make chairs comfortable


Class price: $1100

Materials fee: $200

Class size limited to 10

Alexis grew up in a family of builders and artists. While designing and building her own house and working alongside her dad, a long-time woodworker, she embarked on a career of building fine furniture. She apprenticed with many talented and successful woodworkers before starting her business in Bozeman in 2019. Alexis builds custom fine furniture and teaches classes out of her own shop and at various woodworking schools in the US. Alexis is a founding member and the president of the Bozeman Woodworking Guild created to help develop the localwoodworking community and encourage and support local craftsmen focusing on novice woodworkers.

https://www.dolesewoodworks.com/

Register Now