Learn traditional wooden joinery and build a stool to take home in this 8 week course!  This is an exciting way to make something beautiful while getting familiar with the hand and power tools at The Shop. In the first four weeks, we'll introduce you to bridal joints, mitres, hand-cut dovetails, and mortise and tenon joints.  Then we'll help you build an elegant stool in cherry, walnut, or maple.  

All materials included.

No previous woodworking experience necessary.

$530

Class size limited to 8 students.

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

*Please note: all workshops are non-refundable.  Please make sure the date works with your schedule.*

About the teachers:

Julia Campbell-Such came to woodworking from history and religious studies.  She’s interested in restoration and traditional approaches to craftsmanship.  She recently worked with the Brothers Dressler and is currently studying Chemistry towards a degree in Furniture and Object Conservation.

Carey Jernigan is an installation artist and assistant furniture maker with Heidi Earnshaw Design.  She’s interested in old infrastructure and architecture.  Recent projects include Ghost Barn, a collaborative sculpture with John Haney, and Just Call Me Jack, an informal art space in residential Toronto.  (www.careyjernigan.com)

The two met in a co-operative woodshop on Sterling Road and recently completed their first collaboration, a replica of a gear pattern from the late 1880s:  http://peelav.tumblr.com/