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 little busy), and am working...
Classes
Drawknives: My first Online Class
by Elia Bizzarri | Jul 27, 2020 | Classes | 2 Comments
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, this Saturday, August 1st,...
Update and Free Spindles
by Elia Bizzarri | Jul 20, 2020 | Chairmaking Tools and Supplies, Classes | 26 Comments
P.S. If you are getting this via a e-mail account that doesn't show photos, the first image contains the post text - you can view it on my blog
New Online Classes
by Elia Bizzarri | Jul 7, 2020 | Classes | 1 Comment
I miss this scene. A group of excited students show up on Monday morning and experience green wood for the first time. Like everyone else, my teaching has completely dried up. I'm lucky that I have a diverse means of income; tools and chair parts are...
Greenwood Week, Women’s Chair Class & More
by Elia Bizzarri | Dec 27, 2019 | Classes | 0 Comments
I have finally got my 2020 schedule finalized. I'll be co-teaching a class with Roy Underhill at his school in September, teaching for three weeks in Bogota, Columbia in July and teaching these classes in my shop: Continuous Arm Settee January 27th to February...
Hewing a behemoth bowl/Comb Back class
by Elia Bizzarri | Sep 25, 2019 | Classes, Craft Films | 3 Comments
My greenwood week students are making small bowls this week and I promised them I would post this video of a German dude making a small bowl. I just watched it again for fun: The tools in the windowsill are very similar to what a chairmaker would use for carving seats...
Greenwood, Rocker and Wheelbarrow classes
by Elia Bizzarri | Sep 5, 2019 | Classes | 0 Comments
I am feeling indecisive and I need your help. Are you interested in taking a Comb Back Rocker class? Or building a wheelbarrow with me and Peter Ross? Or taking my new Greenwood week class? Then take a minute and help me pick the dates. Thanks!
Settee class and other Excitement
by Elia Bizzarri | Sep 1, 2019 | Classes | 0 Comments
I am finally getting around to posting my first class of next year - a Continuous Arm Settee class from January 27th to February 1st, 2020. I taught this a couple years ago and the waitlist was a mile long, so here it is again. Plus I need a settee...
“Growth, Mentorship and Joyfulness”
by Elia Bizzarri | Aug 22, 2019 | Classes, Craft Films | 4 Comments
Sangjie Zhaxi is a documentary studies student at Duke University who spent a semester in my shop, taking photos and talking about his life in Tibet. His grandparents in the countryside of Tibet were woodworkers and lived a simple life making many things by hand....
Traditional Wheelbarrow with Peter Ross & Elia Bizzarri
by Elia Bizzarri | Feb 1, 2019 | Classes | 2 Comments
Peter Ross and I have been wanting to teach together for years, but what to teach? Peter's a blacksmith, but my chairs don't need any metal bits. A couple months ago we realized that a wheelbarrow would be perfect; it can be partially made with green wood, it has...
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