opening in JA chair class Sept 11-16
Pete Galbert has just told me there's an opening in my only class for 2023 - making the Jennie Alexander ladderback chair. The 6-day class is Sept 11-16, 2023 at Pete's shop in the Rollinsford Mills in Rollinsford, N.H. Details are at Galbert's site - https://www.petergalbert.com/schedule/2020/7/13/make-a-chair-from-a-tree-with-peter-follansbee-8brcj-7b62n-xafjp
Making chairs in Galbert's shop is out of this world - an immersion experience if ever there was one. All chairs all week. This is about the 4th time I've been there for this class and each time we learn more & more.
We'll start by riving out the stock, shaving all the parts and steam-bending the posts. At that point, we'll switch over to stock prepped before hand and chop slat mortises and begin boring and assembly. I'll have one of my chairs as well as one of the last ones Jennie made. There will be a seat weaving demo - but I don't have materials for students' seats. Anyone who has either hickory bark or Shaker tape can bring it & weave their seat on the last day of class.
Joel Paul https://www.instagram.com/13starsfarm/?hl=en will be there to help out. He's a great craftsman and his enthusiasm is off the charts.
Get in touch with Pete if you're interested in coming next month. There's always more to do & see than we have time for...
I was in an earlier class and it was great. I had read MACFAT3 and watched Peter’s video, but I couldn’t have learned as much as I did in that week any other way. Pete’s shop is also a great place to take a class in! Best wishes to the September class!