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Scott Grove

Scott Grove is an international award-winning artist, master craftsman, sculptor, teacher, author, and tool designer who demonstrates, lectures, and judges at international and national woodworking and woodturning conferences. He has an unconventional approach to all he does, and constantly pushes boundaries to develop new and unique methods of creating functional and decorative art and art furniture. He understands that imparting information in an entertaining way makes learning easier and more fun; he is a featured instructor at the Marc Adam’s School of Woodworking and leads the veneering program at the Chippendale International School of Furniture in Scotland. He also worked for Wendell Castle as studio director.

Scott has won numerous awards including the Veneer Tech Craftsman’s Challenge Award four times, an unprecedented achievement, and has been featured on the broadcast series Woodworking in Action, HGTV’s The Furniture Show, and PBS’ The American Woodworker with Scott Phillips. An author of four books, Scott also writes for Popular Woodworking, Woodworking Network, and Woodshop News, American Woodturner, among others.

Scott maintains a studio in the Finger Lakes region of Western New York where he produces commission work and speculative art as well as limited edition pieces. He is also the founder of Easy Inlay, a company that provides exotic inlay materials to crafters.

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Introduction to Wood Veneering with a Unique Chessboard

Instructor: Scott Grove
Weekend course: November 15 – 16, 2025
Price: $435

Learn veneering secrets with master craftsman, veneer artist, and former Wendell Castle studio director Scott Grove. During this hands-on class, students will learn the fundamentals of working with veneer, including selecting, cutting, seaming, matching, pressing, inlay, and more. Scott will share all the tips and tricks that 45+ years of veneering can reveal. Each student will create a stunning highly-figured chessboard with a mother of pearl inlay with a water fall edge and a creative Wendell twist. No special tools are required and this course is great for beginners and more advanced woodworkers looking to expand their veneering knowledge. Scott is a highly creative, enthusiastic, energetic, and experienced instructor that understands that imparting information in an entertaining way makes learning easier and more fun.


Class fee: $385

Materials fee: $50

Scott Grove is an international award-winning artist, master craftsman, sculptor, teacher, author, and tool designer who demonstrates, lectures, and judges at international and national woodworking and woodturning conferences. He has an unconventional approach to all he does, and constantly pushes boundaries to develop new and unique methods of creating functional and decorative art and art furniture. He understands that imparting information in an entertaining way makes learning easier and more fun; he is a featured instructor at the Marc Adam’s School of Woodworking and leads the veneering program at the Chippendale International School of Furniture in Scotland. He also worked for Wendell Castle as studio director.

Scott has won numerous awards including the Veneer Tech Craftsman’s Challenge Award four times, an unprecedented achievement, and has been featured on the broadcast series Woodworking in Action, HGTV’s The Furniture Show, and PBS’ The American Woodworker with Scott Phillips. An author of four books, Scott also writes for Popular Woodworking, Woodworking Network, and Woodshop News, American Woodturner, among others.

Scott maintains a studio in the Finger Lakes region of Western New York where he produces commission work and speculative art as well as limited edition pieces. He is also the founder of Easy Inlay, a company that provides exotic inlay materials to crafters.

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Past Classes

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Making a Veneered Miter Fold Box

Instructor: Scott Grove
Weekend course: May 4 – 5, 2024
Price: $432

Create a spectacular seamless veneer box with Scott Grove, master craftsman, veneer artist, and former Wendell Castle studio director. Using highly figured veneers and a miter fold technique, students with create matched patterns that waterfall over the box sides for stunning effect.

Students will learn basic veneer matching methods to precisely align the grain each and every time; veneer pressing and how to make your own vacuum bag; as well as hinge installation and additional hardware tips and tricks.

You will go home with a box that can be used for keepsakes, jewelry or chess pieces to match Scott’s week-long, in-depth class, Veneer Me Crazy! – Introduction to wood veneering with a unique chessboard.

Course fee: $385

Material fee: $60

Scott Grove is an international award-winning artist, master craftsman, sculptor, teacher, author, and tool designer who demonstrates, lectures, and judges at international and national woodworking and woodturning conferences. He has an unconventional approach to all he does, and constantly pushes boundaries to develop new and unique methods of creating functional and decorative art and art furniture. He understands that imparting information in an entertaining way makes learning easier and more fun; he is a featured instructor at the Marc Adam’s School of Woodworking and leads the veneering program at the Chippendale International School of Furniture in Scotland. He also worked for Wendell Castle as studio director.

Scott has won numerous awards including the Veneer Tech Craftsman’s Challenge Award four times, an unprecedented achievement, and has been featured on the broadcast series Woodworking in Action, HGTV’s The Furniture Show, and PBS’ The American Woodworker with Scott Phillips. An author of four books, Scott also writes for Popular Woodworking, Woodworking Network, and Woodshop News, American Woodturner, among others.

Scott maintains a studio in the Finger Lakes region of Western New York where he produces commission work and speculative art as well as limited edition pieces. He is also the founder of Easy Inlay, a company that provides exotic inlay materials to crafters.

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Compound Veneering

Instructor: Scott Grove
5-day course: April 29 – May 3, 2024
Price: $1,035

Veneer is typically pressed flat or on a single axis curve but what if you wanted to veneer a curved bullnosed table edge, or harder yet, a radiused OG profile— impossible? Not with Scott Grove as the instructor. A pioneer in compound veneering, Scott has veneered a female torso, a bowling ball, a human hand, and even a working light bulb. In this class, he will share his 35 years of veneering tips and tricks with this one-of-a-kind rare class.

For beginners and advanced woodworkers who want to push their limit in veneering, students will work on several compound curved forms and projects using a variety of techniques, from hand forming, vacuum bagging, and compression molds to veneering compound curves.

Key points:

  1. Conditioning veneer
  2. Form considerations
  3. Veneer forming techniques
  4. Creating compression molds
  5. Seaming techniques
  6. Aesthetic considerations

Class fee: $975

Materials fee: $60

Scott Grove is an international award-winning artist, master craftsman, sculptor, teacher, author, and tool designer who demonstrates, lectures, and judges at international and national woodworking and woodturning conferences. He has an unconventional approach to all he does, and constantly pushes boundaries to develop new and unique methods of creating functional and decorative art and art furniture. He understands that imparting information in an entertaining way makes learning easier and more fun; he is a featured instructor at the Marc Adam’s School of Woodworking and leads the veneering program at the Chippendale International School of Furniture in Scotland. He also worked for Wendell Castle as studio director.

Scott has won numerous awards including the Veneer Tech Craftsman’s Challenge Award four times, an unprecedented achievement, and has been featured on the broadcast series Woodworking in Action, HGTV’s The Furniture Show, and PBS’ The American Woodworker with Scott Phillips. An author of four books, Scott also writes for Popular Woodworking, Woodworking Network, and Woodshop News, American Woodturner, among others.

Scott maintains a studio in the Finger Lakes region of Western New York where he produces commission work and speculative art as well as limited edition pieces. He is also the founder of Easy Inlay, a company that provides exotic inlay materials to crafters.

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