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!
Classes
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...
Jane Mickelborough Spoon Carving Class
by Elia Bizzarri | Jan 15, 2019 | Classes | 0 Comments
I'm excited to announce my first-ever guest instructor! Jane Mickelborough will teach a small spoon carving class in my shop while she's in the states visiting Curtis Buchanan. She's taught at Spoon Fest and hosts a spoon-carving festival in France where she lives;...
Soup-to-Nuts Chair Class
by Elia Bizzarri | Dec 21, 2018 | Classes | 0 Comments
Seth (resident toolmaker, rivings splitter, cook and nice guy) suggested I run a two week class, from log to paint. Since my new Greeenwood Week is filling up, I figured I might as well try this too. I've been building a spring-pole lathe and intend to park it in my...
New class: Greenwood Week
by Elia Bizzarri | Nov 2, 2018 | Classes | 0 Comments
I've been wanting to try this class for a while now and this year I finally decided to take the plunge. Roy Underhill used to teach a class like this at his school and I always enjoyed the day when I'd go and 'help', which mostly involved watching students work and...
Winter/Spring 2019 Classes
by Elia Bizzarri | Sep 6, 2018 | Classes | 0 Comments
I must apologize; I've been dilatory with my blog posts the last couple months. I've been busy building two sheds off my shop, one off the front for outdoor shaving-horse work and one off the back for Seth to set up for tool manufacturing. We've also put down about...
Testing Wood Owl bits/class opening
by Elia Bizzarri | Jul 2, 2018 | Chairmaking Tools and Supplies, Classes, How-To | 4 Comments
I recently posted about drill bit varieties for chairmaking and got a number of comments about Wood Owl bits. I had never used them, but someone kindly sent me a couple to try. Here's what I found: There is no such thing as a perfect bit. Designing a drill bit is a...
A week in a chairmaking class
by Elia Bizzarri | May 22, 2018 | Classes, How-To | 1 Comment
One of my students filmed this short video during his week in my shop building a Continuous Arm Windsor chair. It's fun for me to hear some of the random things I say during a week in the shop. Maybe you'll enjoy it too... I just had a cancellation in my August...
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