Learn. Students will be introduced to joinery techniques using machines and hand tools to explore joints like the box joint and the rabbet, dovetails and advanced miter techniques like splining and ornamental pinning. We will dive into fitting of lids and bases, gluing techniques, and finishing. We will also discuss some basic design principles such as proportion, function, and joinery choices. Make. Each student will leave with a completed box of their own, so don’t miss out on this fun box-travaganza!2 Sessions: Friday and Saturday, May 31 and June 1 | 9:00am - 5:00pm | Class will break for a 1/2 hour lunch each day.Cost: $440 members, $515 non-members.What to Bring: Bring a bag lunch, or you may visit nearby downtown Brattleboro to purchase lunch. Bring a piece of wood you would like to use for the box top and/or bottom, if you like. Partial and full scholarships are available. Contact education@hatchspace.org for details.Instructors:Erik Curtis is an American woodworker, sculptor, and television personality. He attended the Nine-month Comprehensive at the Center for FurnitureCraftsmanship in 2012 and has taught at schools around the country. His creative practice combines the sculptural with the functional in an attempt to blur the line between furniture and art. He also stars as the carpenter on Netflix’s Instant Dream Home. His website is encurtis.com.Larissa Huff is a self-employed furniture maker in Philadelphia, PA. From 2012-2021, she was part-owner of Lohr Woodworking, in Limerick, PA, where she designed and built furniture and taught classes. In recent years, Larissa has exhibited at the American Craft Show in Baltimore, the Philadelphia Furniture Show, the Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show, and Philadelphia’s Center for Art in Wood. She was profiled in the May 2021 issue of Furniture & Cabinetmaking, and has written articles for Fine Woodworking and Woodcraft Magazine. In 2022, she was awarded a residency at Arrowmont School of Arts andCrafts, in Gatlinburg, TN and a fellowship here at CFC. Larissa’s website is larissahuff.com
Learn. Students will be introduced to joinery techniques using machines and hand tools to explore joints like the box joint and the rabbet, dovetails and advanced miter techniques like splining and ornamental pinning. We will dive into fitting of lids and bases, gluing techniques, and finishing. We will also discuss some basic design principles such as proportion, function, and joinery choices.
Make. Each student will leave with a completed box of their own, so don’t miss out on this fun box-travaganza!
2 Sessions: Friday and Saturday, May 31 and June 1 | 9:00am - 5:00pm | Class will break for a 1/2 hour lunch each day.
Cost: $440 members, $515 non-members.
What to Bring: Bring a bag lunch, or you may visit nearby downtown Brattleboro to purchase lunch. Bring a piece of wood you would like to use for the box top and/or bottom, if you like.
Partial and full scholarships are available. Contact education@hatchspace.org for details.
Instructors:
Erik Curtis is an American woodworker, sculptor, and television personality. He attended the Nine-month Comprehensive at the Center for FurnitureCraftsmanship in 2012 and has taught at schools around the country. His creative practice combines the sculptural with the functional in an attempt to blur the line between furniture and art. He also stars as the carpenter on Netflix’s Instant Dream Home. His website is encurtis.com.
Larissa Huff is a self-employed furniture maker in Philadelphia, PA. From 2012-2021, she was part-owner of Lohr Woodworking, in Limerick, PA, where she designed and built furniture and taught classes. In recent years, Larissa has exhibited at the American Craft Show in Baltimore, the Philadelphia Furniture Show, the Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show, and Philadelphia’s Center for Art in Wood. She was profiled in the May 2021 issue of Furniture & Cabinetmaking, and has written articles for Fine Woodworking and Woodcraft Magazine. In 2022, she was awarded a residency at Arrowmont School of Arts andCrafts, in Gatlinburg, TN and a fellowship here at CFC. Larissa’s website is larissahuff.com