I’ve been looking forward to doing this class for a few months – I first learned to carve a spoon properly in one of Peter’s classes and he is such a laid-back, entertaining fellow that the idea of teaching with…
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Green Wood Source List: By You for You
Where do you get green wood? I get this question regularly and it’s a hard one to answer. Seth and I sell oak splits for chairs, but it’s not exactly cheap if you need a bunch of parts. My blog…
Democratic Videos and Upcoming Online Classes
Peter Follansbee and I are planning on a few spoon carving classes in the new year, plus I’m hoping to do a series on making a chairmaking reamer. In the mean time, Curtis and I are doing the last two…
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A Urn and Democratic Class Schedule
It’s been a busy month for us. My wife’s brother Gabe, who has been fighting cancer for nearly two years, took a turn in mid-September. So we’ve been driving to Berea, KY every couple weeks to visit and help take…
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Spoon Carving Videos with Curtis Buchanan
Last weekend’s spoon carving class with Curtis was a blast. It was great to be able to teach with him and I learned a new way to carve a spoon. We’re busy figuring out how to get Curtis’s camera into…
Posted in Classes, Craft Films Tagged with: curtis buchanan, drawknife, hollw grinding, knife, sloyd, spoon carving, steam bending
Democratic Chair (and Spoons) with Curtis Buchanan
I’m super excited! I started an apprenticeship with Curtis Buchanan 18 years ago and I’ve been teaching chairmaking myself for 15 years, but we have never taught together – until now. We’re going to teach a series of 10-15 online…
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All about Green Wood: Online Class #2
Since my drawknife class last weekend, I have been running around buying new cameras, stand, cables and a wireless mic. I feel like it’s Christmas every time the mail lady comes. I found a new videographer (Roy Underhill is a…
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Drawknives: My first Online Class
In the last three weeks, I have learned more about USB ports, bitrates and internet hotpsots than any chairmaker should ever know. Having tested everything to the best of my abilities, I am now ready to run my first class,…
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