Classes

LOOP BACK SIDE CHAIR May 5th to 10th, 2025 (at my shop)

GREEN WOOD WEEK with Eric Cannizzaro February 22nd to 23rd, 2025 (at the Lost Art Press shop near Cincinnati)

I’ll post any updates to my teaching schedule via my blog. In the meantime, you can check out my online classes.

Emphasis will be placed on learning skills and techniques that you can take home with you. I have no secrets and am happy to answer all questions as time permits. Most tools are provided and all materials are included in the class fee. Amazingly delicious lunches featuring local and organic ingredients are provided by a local chef.

My shop is located in the woods of Orange County, North Carolina. A five minute drive brings you to the quaint shops of Hillsborough. The lively college town of Chapel Hill is twenty scenic minutes to the south. A number of bed-and-breakfasts and hotels are located nearby, and Chapel Hill has more restaurants than a horse has fleas, if your appetite can withstand the analogy.

If the class you want is full, don’t despair! Cancellations might happen, so email me to be added to the waitlist.

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“Elia! Thank you SO MUCH. The time just flew by for me. You are so quick to smile and laugh and make it all sound so simple … creating a laid-back setting from the very first day. I love the way you cruise the shop and step in with a ‘laying on of hands’ at those moments when we’re not quite getting it, yet not so often that we might feel like we’re not getting it.”
– Herb Forsberg

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See a tool list.
See a list of nearby places to stay.

Take a glimpse into a chairmaking class in these photos of my rocking chair workshop at The Woodwright’s School by student Emily Neel, and this series of videos by Shannon Rogers, The Renaissance Woodworker.