Class Runs from July 6th to July 30th
This class is created for and meets the child turning 11-13Â by March 31, 2027.
Course Cost: $420.00
Live Zoom Times:
Class Zoom: Â Monday 9 AM Pacific Time
Class Description:
- 4Â weeks
- 4Â video lessons per week
- 1 live Zoom meeting with children to discuss progress and difficulties
Whether you are new to the woodworking programme or developed some skills last summer, all are welcome to join this year's summer woodworking programme.
We will be completing two separate projects during this time.
The first will give a chance to learn some new skills or practice and perfect the ones we learnt last year.. The second project will extend us a little more and add to our bank of skills
Wooden Butter Knife
You will have a chance to think about what design you would like to use. You will be taken through the design process what to consider and how you might achieve your own unique design
We will cut our design out on to our chosen piece of wood. We will also discuss what type of woods might be suitable for such a project.
We will then spend the rest of the first week shaping the knife using special marking techniques and using a rasp and a file.
The second week, we will perfect our knife as much as possible and spend a lot of time sanding it to make it super smooth and to bring out its beauty.
Our final step will be to seal the wood with some beautiful beeswax and give it a final polish.
Carved Wooden Spoon
We will follow a similar design process to that of the knife and we will each design a beautiful spoon that we wish to create
Following similar steps to the knife we will cut out our spoon and then using a rasp and carefully marking our spoon we will slowly bring it to life. A new technique that you will learn is being able to use a chisel to carve out the bowl of the spoon
We will spend approximately the first week shaping and forming the spoon and beginning the carving our second week will be spent filing and giving our spoon its final shape before we begin the sanding process. At the very end we will seal the wood with some beeswax.
You will need some special tools and equipment in order to complete these projects:
1. Woodworking bench with a vice.
2. G - Clamp
3. Rasp and file
4. Coping saw and extra blades
5. Wood-marking pencil or old colored pencil
6. Chisel for woodcarving
7. Sand paper of varying roughness (from 60 80, 100, 120, 200, 400)
8. Beeswax and a polishing cloth
It was such a wonderful experience to do woodwork during our Summer last year, and I hope that you will join me as we continue this amazing journey together.