Registration for this class opens August 1 at 8 am. Please email your request to enroll at that time to peter@petergalbert.com.
We are excited to have Andy Glenn hosting classes again at the shop this year!
Andy is a North Bennet School Alum and served as head of The Woodworking School at Pine Croft (in Berea, KY). He is also and author. His book is now available with Lost Art Press titled “Backwoods Chairs” about current makers in Central Appalachia still working in the post-and-rung chair tradition. Due out in early 2024.
We'll build a post and rung lounge chair of red oak in this six day class. With plenty of emphasis on the drawknife and spokeshave, we'll shape and bend our parts before assembling our chairs. This form uses different moisture content between parts to strengthen the joinery - the posts contain moisture while the rungs are kiln dry - making an incredibly strong joint.
Andy will provide a small tool list before the course. We'll build this chair frame within the five days and weave on the sixth. The weaving material is flat reed. Students are welcome to bring hickory bark to substitute for the reed if they obtain it. Andy will provide the flat reed and cushions for all the students.
This chair is open to all skill levels. There's challenge and success here for experienced chairmakers or beginners alike. Please email Andy at andy.d.glenn@gmail.com if you have any questions about the class.
Tuition is $1650 which includes all materials and most tools. Please see Tool List below for details.
Reservations will be first come first serve. A deposit of $825 is due upon enrollment.
For questions or to reserve a spot, contact info@petergalbert.com
Tool List:
Needed:
Drawknife
Spokeshave (Flat or Round bottomed, flat will be a little easier)
Recommended: (please bring – especially the first eight on this list – but don’t run out to purchase if you don’t own one yet)
pencil
utility or pocket knife
tape measure
sliding bevel gauges
tenon or dovetail saw
sharp chisel
pocket knife or (small) straight carving knife
claw hammer
handsaw (smaller crosscut saw - ideally a tenon saw, though most anything will do)
framing square or 24″ straight edge
deadblow or lump hammer
block plane
compass (scribe)
card scraper
We’ll use/cover, but not needed (please bring if you have them):
froe, maul and wedges
hatchet
power tenon cutters
bevel setting gauge or protractor