Workshops
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Our Craftsmanship Series was developed to provide flexibility and a logical approach to achieving an accomplished level of furniture making skills. Each workshop is designed to advance the student’s skills in a useful progression, expanding on the material covered in the previous workshops in the series. We strive to make the programs both achievable and challenging, maintaining enough flexibility for students of various skill levels. |
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Our Craftsmanship series includes courses like Excellence With Hand Tools, Mastering Machinery, Build a Shaker Nightstand, Joinery For Furniture Makers, Drawer Making and Fitting, Build a Small Cabinet, Studio Veneering Techniques, Bow Front Cabinet, and Curves and Bends.These are skills development workshops, frequently run consecutively so that students can take more than one workshop during a visit to Rosewood. Where possible, these courses have been developed to allow students to build a small piece of furniture as they learn, though the emphasis of the classes is in learning the presented skills, rather than completing a project. |
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Our 6-Week Craftsman Program is ideal for those who can arrange a continuous 6 week period of intensive study, providing a thorough introduction to the techniques used in solid wood furniture making. In addition to the skill building exercises in this program, students have the opportunity to build a small Shaker inspired table with a drawer. They enjoy the advantage of an uninterrupted stretch of time in which to immerse themselves in their work, with a degree of continuity not available when individual courses of the series are separated by time. |
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The 12-Week Craftsman Program starts with the same curriculum as our six week program, then continues as students learn and apply more advanced techniques as they build several more small pieces of furniture. Along the way, we delve into more complex forms of joinery, the application of commercial veneers, finishing and a look at professional practices and the details of setting up a working shop.
6 and 9 Month Studio Furniture Making Programs Students completing our 12 week Craftsman program may apply for additional 12 week periods of study, for a total of six or nine months of tuition in which to develop their woodworking and design skills. Twelve week segments may be taken consecutively or one at a time, as suits each student's requirements. Under the guidance of Rosewood staff and guest instructors, students will typically build several finished pieces of furniture, with each successive piece increasing in both complexity and design input from the student. Students will also benefit from participation in special guest instructor workshops where scheduled during their program. We accept a limited number of applicants for advanced study each year, based upon abilities and aptitude demonstrated during our 12 Week Craftsman programs. The cost of each successive 12 Week segment is $4,840 Cdn (plus applicable taxes).
A Note Regarding Pre-requisites: The programs in our Craftsmanship series are designed to be taken in succession, with each class building upon the skills presented in preceding courses. The content of Excellence With Hand Tools and Mastering Machinery in particular is fundamental to most of the other programs. Students wishing to attend courses in the series without the pre-requisite classes may be permitted to do so, but with the understanding that they are assumed to already posses the knowledge and skills taught in the preceding programs, and that the progress of the class cannot be altered to cover material from those courses. We’re sure you appreciate our position on this, and thank you for your understanding.
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April 8, 2013 |
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Build a Cool Table with Michael Fortune
You don't want to miss this opportunity to join one of today's top designer/makers for this introduction to applying the design process to furniture making. Regardless of their skill level, students will be encouraged to try techniques and processes that are new to them. The goal is to design and make a small but interesting table in a week. Michael will demonstrate his thought processes for developing two of his designs, one with laminated curves, the other has only straight elements.
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April 15, 2013 |
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April 20, 2013 |
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Shaker Wall Cabinet with Christopher Schwarz
This weekend crash course in handwork will give you all the basic skills you need to get started in hand-tool woodworking. This is a great opportunity to try an extensive number of tools and operations. You'll learn to sharpen and set up your chisels and hand planes, plus you'll learn how to saw with enormous precision – the first step to becoming a world-class dovetailer. As you explore these tools, you'll build a reproduction of an 1830 Shaker wall cupboard from the New Lebanon community.
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May 13 |
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Tables without Reservations with Garrett Hack
Small side tables like these are always useful, they're a great design project, and fun to build. I often try out new ideas in a small table first — an inlay design, leg shape, tabletop edge profile, or apron details. During this class we are going to build tables from start to finish, from drawings to the shellac, and end with a final extremely useful critique of what we've made. Above all this is a week of fun and exploration.
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May 18 |
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Decorative Details with Garrett Hack
Over three millennia ago Egyptian craftsmen were decorating their work with inlays of small intricate patterns of ebony, ivory, and other exotic materials. We will learn the same technique, after first making some of the necessary tools — micro chisels and scratch stocks.
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August 12
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The Basics of Fine Woodworking
This summer, in an attempt to lure people away from the cottage and the golf course and into a woodworking class, we are offering a specially priced two week course consisting of our Excellence With Hand Tools and Mastering Machinery Classes. Combined, you might think of them as “The Basics of Fine Woodworking”. Running Aug. 12th to 16th and 19th to 23rd, we are bundling the two together this summer at a discount of 25%. Each course normally costs $790, or $1,580 for the pair. At $1,185 for both classes, we hope to entice you to call Mary Anne and register, regardless of how nice it may be outside this summer. (and yes, we do have air conditioning!)..
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October 28 |
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Studio Veneering with Adrian Ferrazzutti
We are very pleased to have Adrian Ferrazzutti here to teach this veneering workshop. We have no doubt that you will gain from Adrian's skill and knowledge of veneering and furniture making.
Veneering opens many doors to creativity in fine woodworking. It allows precise control over patterns – the opportunity to organize contrasting woods in stunning displays of color and line. It also provides design options unavailable with the use of solid wood. In this program we will explore the use of both shop sawn and commercial veneers.
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December 2 |
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Exquisite Boxes with Adrian Ferrazzutti
During this 6 day course students will be exposed to a whirlwind of techniques involved in the building of a small decorative veneered box. The overall construction details will be the same for all students, with wood choices and dimensions being left up to the individual. It is highly recommended that the dimensions not exceed 5”x10”x10”. Based on a style of box that Adrian Ferrazzutti has developed to be relatively simple to make, each student will learn exacting skills both at machines and the workbench. All this, and just in time for Christmas gift giving!..
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If you have any questions regarding our workshops, please call us toll free at 1-866-704-7778.
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Please check back for updates as new courses are confirmed.
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