The Penland wood shop is massive.
For the first time in three years, I am teaching a chair class. Or really a chair-and-table class. I’m co-teaching with my friend Eric Cannizzaro for two weeks at Penland in the NC mountains. Come spend your days building chairs and your evenings watching the glass-blowers, forgers, paper makers, potters and bookbinders. The food is good, the people are nice and I’m looking forward to teaching with Eric – he’s a really good fellow and a highly skilled craftsman.
We’ll be building a Jennie Alexander ladderback (note: Penland currently has the wrong photo up of a Boggs ladderback). I haven’t build one for 20 years, so I’ll have fun. Eric builds them all the time; he’ll keep me straight:
For folks that have spare time, we’ll also design and build a Windsor table (you’re much more likely to have time to build a table if you’re not on a work-study schedule, scrubbing dished for an hour or two after each meal):
Windsor Table
Registration is now open. Hope to see you there!