Triptych Boxes with Kelly Parker
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Prerequisites: Core tools and routers (unless permission received from Chip Webster prior to registering)
This challenging class is designed to move you past the fundamental use of essential workshop tools and into more sophisticated, higher-skilled territory. It will introduce you to advanced techniques on the bandsaw and router table and show you ways to get more out of a table saw, disc sander and PantoRouter. Additionally, you will learn how jigs can help you work more safely and accurately, especially when working with small parts. We will use custom-made jigs on the bandsaw, table saw, router table, disc sander, drill press and PantoRouter during this class. We’ll also discuss the use of biscuit joiners and a shop-made dowel jig.
As a way to practice these new skills, we will make a beautiful trio of boxes. We'll work in flat sawn and quarter sawn walnut and ash. We‘ll incorporate some amazing woods as well as a little bit of embellishment work (pyrography, gold leafing and milk paint). The class is full of learning opportunities and techniques that will advance your knowledge of working with non-square parts, creating custom jigs, working safely with small parts, and increase your skills on the router table, bandsaw and table saw.
This workshop requires some level of experience and is well suited for students with intermediate skill levels. Teaching assistants will be provided to aid students in elevating their skill levels.
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
• jig theory, design and construction
• importance of full-sized drawings
• strategies for safely working with small parts
• approaches for accurately and safely working with parts that are not square
• strategies for successful glue-ups when working out-of-square
• getting more out of common shop machines such as the bandsaw, PantoRouter, biscuit joiner, and disc sander through the use of novel jigs
• design considerations as it pertains to wood choice and desired final visual aesthetics
• basic veneering
• introduction to embellishment techniques that elevate your work from ordinary to extraordinary
• pyrography
• gold leaf
• milk paint
Kelly Parker is a master furniture designer/maker whose work has been featured in Fine Woodworking and Australian Wood Review, where she was the featured cover author of an extensive article covering her work and process. She taught workshops for the Guild in 2018 and 2019, and assisted Michael Fortune in several workshops at the Guild between 2015 and 2018.
Guild classes are Member-only classes.
Check out the Guild Scholarship Program to see if you qualify for the various scholarship we offer.
The guild promotes and encourages all members to act responsibly in matters of health and safety by adhering to the following measures:
- Staying Home When Sick: Members are urged to prioritize their health and the health of others by refraining from attending guild events, workshops, or gatherings when experiencing symptoms of a contagious illness, especially those associated with COVID-19.
- Follow CDC guidelines: If you have tested positive for COVID-19 or have been exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, you are expected to follow the current CDC guidelines.
Cancellation Policy: 30 days for a full refund. If we can fill the vacancy from the waitlist 50% between 30 and 14 days. After 14 days no refund.
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