Woodworking Classes
5-7 day classes that focus on specialized skills such as, wood carving, veneer, carpentry, furniture making, Stereotomy, timber framing, and more.
Windsor Chair Classes are 5-7 days long. Students will start with a log and complete a windsor chair or rocking chair during the course period.
These courses include cutting boards, spoon carving, hand tool use, sharpening, upholstery, power tool safety, band saw box making, footstool and ottomans, and more.
These courses include Intro to Woodturning, Bowl Turning, and Bowl Turning for Beginners
Courses that focus on Timber Framing and Carpentry.
Classes that are welcoming to women, non-binary folks, and allies.
By embarking on the journey in our Wood Design:Furniture Making Career Program, you are opening yourself up to many opportunities.
Successful participants of the 40-week program will graduate with a Professional Diploma in Wood Design.
2025 CALENDAR
1-7 Day Continuing Education Classes
APRIL
12-13 Farm House Table
12-13 Carve a Wooden Spoon
18 Business Course: Promotions & Business Plan Essentials
25 Timber for Today and Tomorrow: Sustainable Forest Management for Landowners
26-27 Intro to Woodturning
26 Finishing Touch: Wood Finishing Basics Workshop
27 Upholstery Basics: Wrap and Staple Essentials
MAY
10-11 Advanced Technique: Learn Dovetail Joinery
10-11 Band Saw Box Class
12-17 Timber Framing
16 Business Course: Engaging Customers & Selling Your Work
JUNE
2-6 Carving with a Classical Flare with Alexander Grabovetskiy
9-15 Windsor Continuous Arm Chair
9-13 Hanging Wall Cabinet
14-15 Funky Footstool Workshop
16-20 Mid-Century Modern Chair
16-20 Bench Joinery
21-22 Intro to Woodturning
23-29 Post and Rung Side Chair
23-27 Wharton Esherick Music Stand
28-29 Advanced Technique for Women: Learn Dovetail Joinery
JULY
7-9 Cabinet Making in the Garage Shop
12-13 Intro to Woodturning
14-18 Mastering Upholstery: From Side Chairs to Armchairs
14-18 Mid-Century Modern Chair
19-20 Mid-Century Modern Ottoman Workshop
21-25 Bending Light
21-25 Wharton Esherick Stools
27 Wood Shop Safety Certificaiton
28- Aug 1 Angled Liquor Cabinet
28 - Aug 1 Finefolk Chair (Modern Stick Chair)
AUGUST
4-8 Build a Windsor Comb-Back Rocker with Chairmaker Jeff Wyatt
9-10 Mid-Century Modern Ottoman Workshop
11-15 Thoreau’s Cabin Series, Part 3: 19th-Century Windows & Doors – Construction & Repair
11-15 Arts & Crafts Upholstered Bench
11-17 Modern Windsor Rocking Chair
16-17 Farm House Table
18-24 Intro to Woodworking
18-22 Bench Joinery
30-31 Band Saw Box
30-31 Advanced Technique: Learn Dovetail Joinery
SEPTEMBER
1-6 Sculpted Elegance: Crafting a Maloof-Inspired Rocker with Chairmaker Jeff Wyatt
8-14 Windsor Continuous Arm Chair
19-21 Introduction to Timber Frame Engineering: Design/Make/Break
22-27 Timber Framing
OCTOBER
6-11 Thoreau’s Cabin Series, Part 1: The Art & Craft of Axes
13-18 Thoreau’s Cabin Series, Part 2: Hand Tool Timber Framing
20-25 Thoreau’s Cabin Series, Part 4: Riving, Shingling, and Siding
20-24 Balloon Back or Fan Back Windsor Side Chair
Holidays Observed
The SBWI will be closed on the following holidays: Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve & Christmas Day, New Year’s Day