Schools and seminars

Mike Abbott spent most of his childhood playing in the woods around his home near Bristol. After graduating with a degree in combined science, he returned to the countryside with a variety of jobs in amenity horticulture. While attending a course in arboriculture in 1976, Mike discovered Herbert Edlin’s inspiring book Woodland Crafts in Britain. From this he made his first pole-lathe and set about rediscovering the skills that had been all but lost. Two years later he undertook a course in recreation management which included a study of the recreational potential of small woodlands. Here he developed the concept of the ‘Living Wood’; no longer just a haunt for pheasants and wildlife but an environment where people could re-establish their contact with the natural world.

Alan Turner designs and builds heirloom-quality, solid-wood furniture in a broad range of styles. Each piece is custom designed, incorporating a client’s personal preferences, the piece’s expected function in the client’s home or office, and Alan’s own unique aesthetic.

With the milennium, I realize the the 18th century is rapidly disappearing into the past and the process of working by hand is in danger of being forgotten.

Ashem Crafts are makers of Rotary Planes and allied equipment, essential tools for chair makers wishing to make Windsor or Shaker style chairs. Individually hand made to a very high standard.

Since 1983, I have been intensely focused on designing and producing the finest chairs I can possibly build. I am always reevaluating my work and looking for ways to improve a detail, a joint, or the comfort of the back.

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.

Our woodworking school offers courses in furniture making and related skills such as carving, turning, marquetry and finishing. As a year-round, non-profit woodworking school, our goal is to encourage individual excellence in an inspiring and supportive environment.

The Central Jersey Woodworkers Association (CJWA) is a growing group of woodworkers of various skill levels and interests, who meet monthly to trade ideas, share tips, and listen to various speakers. Various hands-on comparisons of equipment have been offered and there are periodic group purchases of equipment, wood, tools, and supplies

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

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.

Based on the idea of “learning by doing”, we provide a wide range of hands-on woodworking classes for men and women of all skill levels. Classes are conducted in a variety of formats to suit the unique needs of our students. They include one or two day weekend classes, series classes that meet one or two nights per week for 4 to 12 weeks, week-long intensive classes and more.

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.

Curtis Buchanan makes his Windsor Chairs in much the same way they were made 200 years ago. His small, one-man shop is located in the heart of Jonesborough’s Historic District. Buchanan has published numerous articles on chairmaking and has taught in many craft schools both here and abroad.

Fine furniture making courses

For the past 19 years, I've taught a variety of workshops on fine woodworking at craft centers, schools and universities all over the country. I've hope to pass on the skills, philosophy, and perhaps, some of the inspiration I acquired while studying with James Krenov at the College of the Redwoods.

The core of my work is the production of wattle sheep hurdles. Pleasing to the eye, these hurdles not only make practical wind firm fencing but are also perfect for decorative screening. As well as wattle hurdles I also make functional objects including distinctive rustic chairs, perfect for the patio or conservatory, rose arches, trellis work and many other products. All my products are hand crafted from Hazel. They are adaptable and can be created in various styles and sizes to meet your own particular requirements.

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.

The woodworking tools and techniques I use are many centuries old. All the items I make bear the marks of my hand tools. The quiet of my shop is reminicent of a pre-industrial country woodshop. Like 18th century woodworkers I use safe, non-toxic finishes that protect your health, my health and the health of our planet.

Since 1967, when Frank and his wife came to America, he has been specializing in fine furniture reproductions and custom architectural fixtures.

Gary Rogowski is the director of The Northwest Woodworking Studio, the center for tradition based woodworking classes in the Pacific Northwest. The Northwest Woodworking Studio is dedicated to teaching the art and the craft of woodworking. We welcome people of all abilities and backgrounds to come and use their hands and eyes and hearts in one of our most basic pursuits: building.

"Making tools that make a difference" The Glen-Drake Toolworks is located in Fort Bragg, the city that also hosts the world-renowned College of the Redwoods Fine Woodworking Program on California's beautiful north coast. We are dedicated to the task of developing tools for woodworkers that value the woodworking process as a way of life. Our designs are developed, tested, and honed by fine woodworkers. If you are going to be in the area, please do not hesitate to call us. Visitors are always welcome.

My primary mission is to provide discriminating consumers with wooden furniture and decorating accessories of unsurpassed quality, and to do so with honesty, integrity and professionalism. Superior service is my specialty. One of my secondary goals is to share my knowledge with others so that they can embrace and enjoy this very rewarding and creative craft.

A small school founded on the teachings of James Krenov

Jeff Miller is a furniture designer, craftsman, teacher, and author of woodworking books and articles.

Specializing in Windsor chairs and hand made traditional furniture. Jeff Trapp offers a 5-day sackback Windsor chairmaking class

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.

At John Lloyd Fine Furniture we are dedicated to the highest quality in design, craftsmanship and customer service. Furniture making, with individual, bespoke pieces designed and made to order. Antique furniture restoring to exacting standards. We employ the finest traditional techniques of craftsmanship in our cabinetmaking, furniture restoration and French polishing in order to deliver the highest standards possible.

Sharing over 30 years of woodworking experience-- in a comfortable and inspiring environment.

Marc Adams School of Woodworking is committed to fine woodworking excellence through hands-on learning experiences with the best woodworkers of modern time.

North House Folk School was created to promote and preserve knowledge, skills, and crafts of the past and present, and through them, to better understand the future and our role in it.

We specialize in a very limited number of reproductions and copies of 18th century American furniture, particularly in the Queen Anne, Chippendale and Pennsylvania German styles. Our online catalog lists an extensive line of finishing supplies from exotic material as Dragon's Blood and Copals to many grades and kinds of shellac flakes,natural dyes (logwood, brazilwood, cutch and sumac extracts), aniline dyes (water, alcohol and oil soluble), NGRs and the new light fast dyes, to name only a few. Olde Mill also continues a decade-plus of dedication to offering educational opportunities to those seriously interested in furthering their woodworking knowledge.

Peter Galbert is a full time chairmaker. Before specializing in green wood chairmaking he built custom cabinetry and furniture as well as museum displays. Peter also offers one on one intensive seminars to woodworkers of all levels.

Founded in 1970, Peters Valley is located within the scenic, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area along the Delaware River. We are in the northwest corner of New Jersey, where NY, NJ & PA meet. The campus is a rural setting with a wooded landscape, just 2 hours north of Philadelphia and only 60 miles northwest of NYC. Public Transportation from NYC is available.

We teach the use of machinery and power tools for the preparatory and mechanical aspects of a project in order to achieve the best results in a safe and efficient manner, and then turn to hand tools and other traditional techniques. It is these hand tool methods that permit the distinctive details and refinements which will elevate your project from the common to the outstanding.

All classes offered by the Workshop are hands on and each technique is carefully demonstrated for the student. The class size is small for close, personal attention. All classes emphasize hand tool skills. Tod Herrli is the instructor and owner and has been teaching and lecturing for several years. He has conducted demonstrations for various chapters of the Mid West Tool Collector’s Association, private clubs, museums, and guilds such as the Western Ohio Woodworkers of Dayton, The Wisconsin Woodworkers of Milwaukee and the Tri-State Woodworkers of New Harmony Indiana. Tod was featured in the Indiana State Museum’s "Tools of the Trade" exhibit in Indianapolis during 1997. This exhibit featured him as modern plane maker reproducing 18th century tools as were on display by the museum.

The approach taken at our school is a combination of old-world and modern techniques. Rand Richards is a classically trained woodworker who has spent many years designing and building custom furniture.

Your hand tool coach

School of Fine Woodworking. We offer programs from one week to 9 months in length, taught by some of the leading professional furniture designers and makers from across North America. We strive to provide an atmosphere conducive to each student achieving their very best, in the company of others who share in the pleasure of improving their craftsmanship and creating work of lasting value.

Recognizing and celebrating fine artists and craftsmen who skillfully create timeless treasures with their hands. . . this is the legacy of master woodworker Sam Maloof and his late wife and partner of fifty years, Alfreda.

This site is dedicated to our use of the art and craft of green woodworking.

We have built a school in Pepperell, MA to host Japanese crafts people to teach their crafts here in Massachusetts. We have sponsored many seminars in the past eight years. Our program is growing and we have a long term mission to teach traditional Japanese crafts here in America.

Ted Harlan has years of experience producing quality woodworking across a range of disciplines. From furniture to fixturing, there is no challenge too great and no creative problem too tough.

Windsor Chairs by award winning Artisans. Our Windsor chairs are graceful in appearance and are designed and built to last for generations. We offer an excellent range of Windsor Chair designs, plus a furniture collection which includes tavern tables, colonial corner cabinets, and hope chests.

The School of Classical Woodcarving provides the opportunity to learn or improve fine hand carving skills from the best teacher in the United States.

The Windsor Institute was founded by chair maker Mike Dunbar and his wife Sue.

Chair making courses are run throughout the year. Over five days students convert wood from a freshly felled tree into an elegant chair. Windsor chairmaking is very accessible, and no previous experience is necessary in order to successfully complete a course.

Celebrating crafts in the city. A lifelong passion for working with wood, and a commitment to the environment led Mike to the ancient craft of pole lathe turning.