The Advanced Furniture Making Course

Any of these six-day advanced workshops completes the whole course of woodworking with hand tools. Students develop substantive furniture making skills as they complete either a Craftsman-style rocking chair from solid walnut or a Shaker-style night stand/end table, also from solid walnut. (Students can elect to attend the two separate workshops if they wish to build both projects.)

Building a Craftsman-Style Rocking Chair		A six-day workshop
Completing even a simple chair often involves the use of layout methods and construction techniques that most furniture workshops no longer practice. Working through each stage of this Craftsman-style rocking chair will help students gain new levels of confidence as they complete this challenging and complex project.

	As with all our courses, we emphasize the important elements of traditional hand tool use through craftsman demonstrations and practical hands-on workshops throughout each day. In addition to reinforcing the skills already taught through the one- and three-day workshops, we develop other key areas important to woodworking including finishing techniques, leather upholstery and so on.
Prerequisite: Six-day combination course or the three-day Occasional Table workshop

Building a Brazos Rocker		A twelve-day workshop
This Brazos rocking chair, an original design by Paul Sellers, is one of the unique pieces made by the craftsmen furniture makers here at the woodworking school. They take you step-by-step as you build this classic design from solid cherry using traditional hand methods. If you would like to make this rocker in curly maple, there will be an additional charge of $500.00.
Class size 4
Prerequisite: Foundational Course

Building a Night Stand/End Table A six-day workshop
	This workshop encompasses all the essential elements of frame making and carcass construction including half-blind dovetail and mortise and tenon joinery. You will build the table and form the complete project, including drawer construction, using the traditional hand tool techniques developed. This project will strengthen your furniture making as well as enable you to make other projects of this type: coffee tables, dining tables, desks and so on.
Prerequisite: Six-day combination course or the three-day Occasional Table workshop

The Advanced Furniture Making Course

Building a Craftsman-Style Rocking Chair

Building a Brazos Rocker

Building a Night Stand/End Table

Building a
Craftsman-Style Rocking Chair