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Learn how to build your own furniture, knitted clothing, and home decor items in Boston's DIY classes. From woodworking to crocheting, these classes offer hands-on experience and expert guidance for all skill levels.
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Upholstery Immersion
The Eliot School @ 24 Eliot St, Jamaica Plain, MA
Learn to upholster with a project all your own. Join a shop away from home, with tools, mentorship and community. In this open-format class, there is no set curriculum. Instead, the instructor will circulate throughout the classroom, giving upholstery instruction at all levels. Start with a dining chair or ottoman (large chairs take more than one semester). Bring your piece to the first class. We have limited storage-space on-site, so...
All levels
17 and older
Introduction to Bowl Turning
This two-day class introduces students to faceplate and bowl turning, which is very different from spindle turning. In bowl turning, the grain of the wood is typically perpendicular to the bed of the lathe; in spindle turning, the grain is parallel to the bed of the lathe. Various methods of attaching the wood to the lathe and an overview of sharpening the appropriate tools for bowl turning are covered. Hands-on projects include small bowls and plates....
Beginner
18 and older
Introduction to Shellac
Move beyond the limitations of premixed shellac and unlock the full range of possibilities of this versatile finish. Topics to be covered include surface prep, mixing dry flakes, brushing, padding, french polishing and final polishing. Students are required to bring the items on the below supply list to the first day of class: 2 squeeze bottles (like restaurant ketchup bottles) 2" chip brush Sanding block Super blonde shellac flakes...
Beginner
18 and older
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Woodworking Basics: Picture Frames
Using the table saw, router and various fixtures, students learn how to make a mitered picture frame in this two-day class. Students can choose from a selection of routers bits to mold their frame and give it a unique look. Different techniques to glue up the frames are covered. Each frame is splined to give it added strength.
Beginner
18 and older
Shaker Boxes
Learn about the history of the Shakers and their woodcraft. Shaker furniture is practical yet elegant in its simplicity. Working with prepared box bands, students learn to bevel, steam, and bend Shaker box bands then fit and tack them to lids and bottoms. Each student makes two to three boxes.
All levels
18 and older
Woodworking 101
Interested in woodworking and looking for a way to get started? This course is designed to introduce students to safely use common woodworking machines and hand tools. We discuss how to approach work in the machine shop and at the workbench. Students take rough boards and machine them to useful sizes before taking the parts to the bench to work with planes and other hand tools. We work towards the completion of a small wall shelf.
Beginner
18 and older
Woodturning Open Studio
North Bennet Street School @ 150 North St, Boston, MA
This open shop is designed for students who have recently taken a bowl turning class at NBSS and are comfortable using a bowl gouge and scraper. Please arrive on time for a brief overview and demonstration. No additional instruction is given during the open studio, however a studio monitor is available for safety and assistance. If you would like more instruction, you may sign up for the Introduction to Bowl Turning class again; it is designed for...
All levels
18 and older
$203.78
Introduction to The Router
This class covers the safe use of the electric router. The router is used primarily on a router table for this class and the techniques are applicable to many projects. The following methods will be shown; pattern making, pattern pit flush cutting, use of feather boards, edge profiling, flushing edge banding, splined miters and lock miters for joining boards.
Beginner
18 and older
Turning Natural Edge Bowls
Woodcraft of Woburn @ 185 New Boston St, Woburn, MA
Turn natural edge bowls from wet local hardwoods recently cut and provided by instructor. Students will receive a refresher in the fundamental gouge and scraper cutting techniques. We focus on developing an eye for making a pleasing shape while incorporating the bark of the tree as the rim of the bowl. We touch-up your graceful bevel-guided cutting technique thus helping you to form the smooth curves of the bowl. This bowl requires a steady...
All levels
18 and older
Wood Turning: Shallow Plates
The Eliot School @ 24 Eliot St, Jamaica Plain, MA
Create your own custom, hand-wrought vessels from wood. Start with pieces of tree limbs and trunks, make them round and take off from there. Beginners learn basic lathe techniques while experienced students advance to the next level at their own pace. Wood will be provided in class; advanced turners may bring their own. Masks are required indoors. Vaccinations required for all eligible students. Materials to bring to class: Tools and materials provided...
All levels
17 and older
$130
Open Shop: Bowl Turning
This open shop is designed for students who have recently taken a bowl turning class at NBSS and are comfortable using a bowl gouge and scraper. Please arrive on time for a brief overview and demonstration. No additional instruction is given during the open studio, however a studio monitor is available for safety and assistance. If you would like more instruction, you may sign up for the Introduction to Bowl Turning class again, it is designed for...
Intermediate
18 and older
Basic Tool Sharpening
The Eliot School @ 24 Eliot St, Jamaica Plain, MA
Learn to sharpen your own tools. Start by preparing, sharpening and honing a 1" chisel and a card scraper, then move on to plane irons, carving tools, and more. Materials Please bring: A new 1" chisel A new card scraper Any woodworking edge tools you want to sharpen- we'll take these on after sharpening the two new tools. A $10 materials fee is payable in class.
All levels
17 and older
$66
Free Open Workshop
Woodcraft of Woburn @ 185 New Boston St, Woburn, MA
Let Michael and his 40 years woodworking experience answer questions and show how to complete your new or stalled projects. Topics to be covered will depend on student/instructors round table discussion at the end of class. Tools Required: Pencil, Paper and ideas
All levels
18 and older
Free
Jewelry I: Essential Skills
Sawing, filing, measuring, drilling, and basic forming are the essential skills in almost every jewelry project. Learning to get the most out of your mental energy, hands, tools, time, and materials is dependent on your understanding of how each component contributes to a project. Develop your skills and see marked improvement with each project by learning to analyze, problem solve, and make corrections to your work. An introduction to torch soldering...
Beginner
18 and older
Jewelry Clasps and Closures
Challenge your jewelry design and fabrication skills by creating hand-crafted closures and clasps for your jewelry. Or make a simple chain or pearl strand a truly unique statement with a clasp that is designed as a centerpiece. Either way, commercial findings will no longer be the go-to solution for your favorite projects. Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Jewelry I and II or equivalent experience.
Intermediate
18 and older
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