Schools, workshops, and conferences

My shop is located on a quiet rural setting in Minnesota, just 35 miles North of Minneapolis/St.Paul. My goal is to provide a relaxed learning environment where you can have fun, make new friends, develop new skills. I believe that the best way to develop your skills as a woodworker is to immerse yourself in the craft with skilled people to guide you along the way. I have worked as a house carpenter and in millwork and fixture shops, run my own cabinet and furniture shop, and worked as a restoration furniture maker on 18th century American furniture. I am the chapter secretary for The Minnesota Chapter of the Society of American Period Furniture Makers and a member of the Minnesota Woodworkers Guild.

Don Weber is a woodworker and furniture restorer with over twenty-five years experience in furniture making, repair and restoration. He has been building English regional-style (Windsor) furniture for the last fifteen years. As a member of the Society of Workers in Early Arts & Trades and the Association of Pole Lathe Turners, he has endeavored to keep the Early Woodland Crafts alive through teaching and demonstrating.

Barbara and I hope to get to know you at one of our week-long woodworking workshops. We keep the cost low for you by providing rustic rooms right off the shop and home-cooked meals, all included with tuition. You'll build and take home your own chair.

Eureka Springs artist Doug Stowe has made furniture and boxes from Arkansas hardwoods since 1976. He has written 5 woodworking books and numerous articles for Woodcraft, Fine Woodworking, and Woodwork Magazines. At Woodwork he has served as a contributing editor since 2002. He is the recipient of 2 golden Hammer Awards for best How-to writing in the home workshop market. In 2001, in collaboration with Clear Spring School, Doug founded the Wisdom of the Hands Woodworking program for the purpose of illustrating the importance of the engagement of the hands in learning for all students.

I've been a professional woodcarver, author and teacher of woodcarving for nigh on 30 years, and am a member of the Master Carvers Association. I bring my enthusiasm, experience and knowledge of carving to this website: helping you learn to carve, or develop good, competent woodcarving skills. I want to support your carving path and progress, and rejoice in the beautiful carvings you can create.

A small school founded on the teachings of James Krenov

Our workshops are held at the Homestead Heritage Traditional Craft Village, surrounded by our 500-acre working farm nestled on the banks of the Brazos river here in Central Texas.

The woodworking school that focuses on traditional craftsmanship with hand tools. Started in 1978 by Drew Langsner. In many Country Workshops woodworking classes, instruction begins by splitting a freshly felled hardwood log, a traditional method sometimes called “green woodworking.” Air-dried, milled lumber is also used when appropriate. Project work is often done with a drawknife and spokeshave while seated at a shaving horse. We also teach the skills of wood turning, wood bending, carving and hewing with axes and adzes.

Chipping away is dedicated to the growth and development of woodcarving and wood art.

A professional woodcarver and sculptor since 1980, Zoe is experienced in all aspects of wood carving and wood sculpture, including relief carving, lettering, fairground and carousel work.