Green Woodworking: Chair Workshop

The best chairs are easy on the backside, the environment, and the pocketbook—why not make your own? This class will use traditional (non-electric) tools to create engaging, beautiful, and serviceable seating. We will cover the basics of working with green wood, but will concentrate our efforts on a few classic forms. We start off making a simple post and rung stool, focusing on green wood techniques, and students may move into a more advanced chair as time and skill level allows. The class will feature discussions on history, design, and source of wood, and it will include a field trip to a local lumber mill. Additionally, there will be an (optional) evening potluck dinner and screening of a wood documentary.

Rod Northcutt received his MFA (sculpture) from the School of Art Institute of Chicago and BFA (painting/biology) from the University of North Texas. He exhibits his sculpture nationally and internationally, designs furniture and interiors, and collaborates with green/sustainable design collectives (as onesixtyfourth design), and collaborates with green/sustainable design collectives (including Material Exchange, Experimental Station and Ethical Metalsmiths). He is currently an Assistant Professor of Sculpture at Miami University in Ohio. Research topics: “making/craft/art” criticism, relationships between industry and craft, current (responsible) applications for traditional woodworking, and he is completing 3-D Fundamentals: Design Strategies for Makers (textbook). Gallery

Intermediate, Limit 13

Workshop status: Cancelled

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