Windsor Chair Making Classes Maine

Chair legs will be turned by me prior to class starting.
Windsor chair making classes maine. The windsor institute was founded by the internationally renowned chair maker mike dunbar and his wife susanna. Classes will be limited to 4 6 students to ensure that each student receives the personal attention attuned to their abilities and interest. Tony is a chair maker instructor recognized by windsor chair resources and canadian woodworking. Wood drying and technology.
Windsor chairs are the reason the sam beauford woodworking institute is in business today. From there lots of spindle carving will ensue. Class will cover the full construction of a chair but painting is not covered by the class you can ask caron for a milk painting class it. Shaving and shaping parts.
We are for the most part work at your own pace. Each chair is a little different but generally your week will look like this. Students work with traditional tools will learn to split shave carve drill turn then assemble a classic and comfortable chair that should last a lifetime. Our windsor chairs are not a reproduction or copy of an antique.
Luke barnett started his career in chair making many years ago. Our chairs are original designs made with comfort and durability in mind. With three cameras and two camera men elia has a professional set up. Splitting handling and storing green wood.
The one on one course includes all materials the use of all hand tools required to build a windsor chair as well as a detailed instruction manual on how to make a windsor chair. Chair making classes will cover all aspects of making the chair including. After receiving awards recognition and many lucky breaks luke earned a substantial reputation as a professional chair maker. Elia bizzarri and i will team up via zoom to teach a two hour spoon carving class on september 19th.
Elia will be doing all the demonstrating in his shop. Mike and susanna still sell windsor chairread more. Mike is focusing on writing books both fiction and woodworking. I work with students as a personal tutor my classes offer hands on instruction combining essentials of 18th and 19th century techniques used to build windsor chairs.
We make windsors with the aesthetic appeal of 18th century chairs and utilize the best of traditional joinery. In the summer of my junior year i took a job teaching jewelry making at a summer camp in. Windsor chairmaking with luke a. The couple retired from teaching april 1 2016.
It was the only school in the world dedicated to teaching windsor chairmaking. I will be in my shop as i guide elia through my method of how i as a chair maker carve a spoon.