Skill Level: No woodworking experience required.This 8-session introductory woodworking class is perfect for total beginners. Designed to empower and build community among diverse beginner woodworkers, this class is open to women, transgender, and non-binary people.Learn. Through demonstrations and hands on learning, students will be guided through the proper use and safety of the jointer, planer, table saw, bandsaw, router and drill press. We will also use hand tools and hand power tools to create joinery and surface texture on wood. Topics covered include properties of wood, woodworking materials, milling lumber four square, methods for shaping wood, common joinery, hand tools for cutting joinery, glue ups, sanding, and basic finishing techniques.Make. You’ll make a charcuterie board, a bandsaw box, and joinery samples.Get Certified. This class will cover the safe operation of the table saw, jointer, planer, routers, drill press, and bandsaw, and will help prepare you for our certification tests. To use these machines independently, you must be a member and pass one or more certification tests. For more information and to schedule a testing session, please contact info@hatchspace.org.8 SESSIONS: September 17, 19, 24, 26; October 1, 3, 8 and 10Tuesdays and Thursdays | 12pm - 3:30pmCost: $850 non-members; $722.50 members (plus a $25 materials fee) What to Bring: All items will be provided.Partial and full scholarships may be available. Contact education@hatchspace.org for details.Instructor: Heather TauckHeather is a woodworker who designs and builds custom furniture and small housewares out of her wood shop in Greenfield, MA. She is a graduate of The Evergreen State College, The North Bennet Street School, and has 10+ years of experience working and learning throughout New England in woodworking. Her furniture is modern and contemporary, and has been described as elegant, vibrant, minimal and thoughtful. Above all, she is interested in making functional art objects that embody handmade quality and highlight the intrinsic beauty of wood. Her works are exhibited in stores and at fine art festivals around Western Massachusetts and beyond. View Heather's work at HT Woodshop and on InstagramInstructor: Eri BellErin is the owner and operator of Curiosity Woodworks, serving the Upper Valley community and the surrounding New England area since 2017 with sustainable and locally made furniture and woodworking design. Instead of specializing in one certain genre of furniture, Erin revels in the opportunity to work with different clients on bespoke projects that serve their needs and dreams through imaginative design, innovative resourcing and engineering, and classic hand and power tool fabrication. View Erin's work on Instagram. Class PoliciesWe're excited to have you join us for a class or workshop at HatchSpace! To ensure a smooth registration process, we kindly ask that you review our Class Policies regarding payment, financial assistance, cancellations and refunds. Questions? We're here to help: education@hatchspace.org.WaitlistOur classes are popular and fill up fast! If the class you're interested in is marked SOLD OUT, you can be added to our waitlist by clicking the Register Now button, and the Join Waiting List link at the bottom of the screen.
Skill Level: No woodworking experience required.
This 8-session introductory woodworking class is perfect for total beginners. Designed to empower and build community among diverse beginner woodworkers, this class is open to women, transgender, and non-binary people.
Learn. Through demonstrations and hands on learning, students will be guided through the proper use and safety of the jointer, planer, table saw, bandsaw, router and drill press. We will also use hand tools and hand power tools to create joinery and surface texture on wood. Topics covered include properties of wood, woodworking materials, milling lumber four square, methods for shaping wood, common joinery, hand tools for cutting joinery, glue ups, sanding, and basic finishing techniques.
Make. You’ll make a charcuterie board, a bandsaw box, and joinery samples.
Get Certified. This class will cover the safe operation of the table saw, jointer, planer, routers, drill press, and bandsaw, and will help prepare you for our certification tests. To use these machines independently, you must be a member and pass one or more certification tests. For more information and to schedule a testing session, please contact info@hatchspace.org.
8 SESSIONS: September 17, 19, 24, 26; October 1, 3, 8 and 10
Tuesdays and Thursdays | 12pm - 3:30pm
Cost: $850 non-members; $722.50 members (plus a $25 materials fee)
What to Bring: All items will be provided.
Partial and full scholarships may be available. Contact education@hatchspace.org for details.
 | Instructor: Heather Tauck Heather is a woodworker who designs and builds custom furniture and small housewares out of her wood shop in Greenfield, MA. She is a graduate of The Evergreen State College, The North Bennet Street School, and has 10+ years of experience working and learning throughout New England in woodworking. Her furniture is modern and contemporary, and has been described as elegant, vibrant, minimal and thoughtful. Above all, she is interested in making functional art objects that embody handmade quality and highlight the intrinsic beauty of wood. Her works are exhibited in stores and at fine art festivals around Western Massachusetts and beyond. View Heather's work at HT Woodshop and on Instagram |
 | Instructor: Eri Bell Erin is the owner and operator of Curiosity Woodworks, serving the Upper Valley community and the surrounding New England area since 2017 with sustainable and locally made furniture and woodworking design. Instead of specializing in one certain genre of furniture, Erin revels in the opportunity to work with different clients on bespoke projects that serve their needs and dreams through imaginative design, innovative resourcing and engineering, and classic hand and power tool fabrication. View Erin's work on Instagram. |
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