Woodworking Classes in NYC, New York

Teachers, librarians, and school staff are invited to explore the work of renowned children’s book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, subject of the 2005 Jewish Museum exhibition, Wild Things: The Art of Maurice Sendak.  Arthur Yorinks, award-winning author and director, will speak about his collaborations with Sendak, including most recently,...

As a developing artist, you need personalized, supportive evaluation to improve your techniques. This is your chance to bring your finished art and work-in-progress for respectful, careful feedback via group discussion and teacher-led demos. We'll pay special attention to your ability to convey the intricacy of your subject. Are your details complete?...

You will gain a broad understanding of how Japanese woodworking distinguishes itself from Western approaches during this two hour talk and demonstration. The session will include an overview of traditional hand tools used in a range of work scale, from making small objects to full size timber frame building.  This will be followed by a brief...

Learn introductory skills to make objects and wood furniture. Begin with info on joinery concepts and wood physics as well as planes, cabinets scrapers and spoke shaves. You’ll learn how to safely operate woodworking machinery including the table saw, band saw, drill press, and miter saw. How to sharpen, and maintain hand tools is included. The project...

Join us for this one day build of a live edge table.  Each student will get to pick a flitch of locally harvested and kiln dried hard wood. The students will then use draw knives sanders and other hand tools to remove any bark and smooth the live edge. The piece will then be cut to the final dimensions at the preference of student and planed and...

This corner stone joint of western woodwork has also been used in the Japanese tradition for a long time. Class we will cover: sizing, proportioning, choice of angle, layout and cutting as well as where to use dovetails. You will see examples of full, half blind and blind dovetails. There will be a full cutting and assembly demonstration as well...

This is a new course offered by woodworker, boat builder, and woodcarver Andrew Willner. This course will teach half hull model carving using basic carving tools and woodworking skills. Half hulls were originally used by boat builders to study and refine the hull form of a vessel prior to full size construction. In this class, each student will carve...

This workshop builds on skills learned during SXW 680 or SXW 686. Students learn additional foundation skills to build wood furniture and related objects incorporating wood physics and joinery concepts. Traditional hand tools including block planes, cabinet scrapers, and spokeshaves are introduced as well as how to safely operate woodworking machinery...

In this introductory class, students will learn basic use and safety of a variety of equipment, including the table saw, hand saws, hand planes, sanders, drills and chisels. This introductory class will also cover how to correctly measure and create a cut list for projects. Students will have the option to make one of several project options: a napkin...