Port Townsend School of Woodworking

Port Townsend School of Woodworking. Last week, students in Steve Brown’s class carved a Tlingit style mask from blocks of green alder. Many of the students had taken his tool making class the week before and were able to use their newly made carving tools in the process! Here are some images captured on the final day of class.

More photos from the final day of the Tiny Homes Building class! Tim captured these as the class wrapped up and the group bid farewell to the buildings.

Port Townsend School of Woodworking

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Big thanks to Dean Sinnott for sharing these photos he captured during Steve Habersetzer’s recent weekend coopering class. Steve will be teaching another coopering class August 13th-14th if you missed out this time around!

Take a look inside the shop during the Chisel Cabinet course! Part of our Joinery Essentials series, participants in the Chisel Cabinet course build a shop cabinet while working on their hand joinery skills.

This week, students in Steve Brown’s toolmaking class crafted carving tools typical of the Northwest coast carving tradition. Students forged and mounted the blades to create adzes and carving knives. Take a peek into the shop on the final day of class!

Last Friday, our team of students & instructors said farewell to the traditionally framed structures they had spent the past month working on as the Tiny Homes Building Class drew to a close.  For those who want to follow the next steps in the process, Raphael Berrios and Amy Sleeper (builders/owners of one of the structures) have a great blog where they are documenting the experience of building their own “tiny timber frame” home.  Check it out and follow along! 

Local custom furniture maker Michael Hamilton was kind enough to open his Port Hadlock shop to us recently. He showed us a unique project in the works, shared his woodworking story and thoughts for the next generation of woodworkers.