Greenwood Week with Eric Cannizzaro & Elia Bizzarri

Spend a week working wood as nature intended. We’ll begin with a walk in the woods and learn how to identify several useful tree species and how to pick a good tree for green woodworking projects. Then we will return to the shop to split and rive parts from an ash log to start our first project. A variety of projects will teach us how to exploit wood’s strengths and weaknesses for our benefit. Emphasis will be placed on learning fundamentals that can be applied to a variety of projects, green or dry. Projects options include spoons, pitch forks, brooms, firewood carriers, tool handles, fan birds sharpening and other projects useful and otherwise. A pole lathe will be on hand for fun and turning.

The class takes place at Eric Cannizzaro’s shop in Charlotte, Vermont.  There are 8 slots available. On-site camping is available for a small fee.   We will also offer a work-study position to someone for whom money is a barrier – email Elia with a paragraph description about you, your woodworking and why you are applying.

A $150 deposit is required to register. If written cancellation is received up to two months before the class start date, a 50% refund will be provided. Within two months no refund is offered.

GREENWOOD WEEK, June 10th to 14th, 2024 – $1000

Chairmaking class info can be found on my teaching page.

Eric’s Shop


Splitting an oak log…

…to make a firewood carrier.

 

Steam bending a pitch fork.

Hewing a spoon

One-piece fan bird

Pole lathe turning

Spoons

Spoons

Brooms

“I have been making Windsor chairs for 7 years and sell at craft shows. I came hoping to learn a few new techniques and left with a completely new method of chair making that will greatly improve the quality of my chairs.”

– Doug McAvoy


2025 Classes

LOOP BACK SIDE CHAIR

August 4th to 9th, 2025 (at my shop)

September 8th to 13th, 2025 (at my shop)

GREEN WOOD WEEK with Eric Cannizzaro   October 6th to 10th, 2025 (at the Lost Art Press shop near Cincinnati)

18th CENTURY LOOP BACK CHAIR

December 1st to 6th, 2025 (at my shop)


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