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Peters Valley School of Craft

Woodturning for Beginners

October 21 - October 22, 2023

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Woodturning for Beginners

$440.00

Details Fee Breakdown:
Tuition: $375
Material Fee: $65

Come explore the possibilities of woodturning and its potential in this weekend workshop! We will begin with spindle turning to familiarize ourselves with tools and sharpening, then progress to faceplate turning for small bowls and vessels. This workshop will guide you through design, form finding, preparation, and planning. Everyone will leave the course with a series of small turned objects that can be sculptural or functional!

Workshops run from 9:00am to 5:00pm each day
Lunch is included for all participants

Level: Beginner and Beyond
Workshop Levels

Definitions of Skill Levels for Workshops

  • Beginner and Beyond: Introductory level course that presents basic knowledge of tools, materials and techniques and is geared towards first timers or those who want to improve and expand their technique. It takes time to build skills.
  • Advanced Beginner and Beyond: Instruction that assumes some familiarity with tools, materials and equipment. Includes reviews and builds on basic skill sets, allows for those with more experience to work at their own pace. Further development of fundamentals, participants have had at least one class or equivalent with professional instruction.
  • Intermediate: Course content that assumes a working knowledge of basic studio tools, materials and equipment necessary to accomplish the projects and techniques to be explored. Participants feel comfortable in the studio setting.
  • Intermediate to Advanced: Course content that requires a proficient working knowledge of studio tools, materials and equipment necessary to accomplish the projects and techniques to be explored in class.
  • Advanced: Assumes proficiency and advanced working knowledge of materials and studio tools and equipment so that the focus is on artistic narrative and/or technical development.
Type:
Ages: Adult

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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Wu Hanyen

Wu Hanyen is a woodworker, movement practitioner, and educator based in Providence. Her studio Work in Use produces high-end movement tools that are meant to be displayed in the home and celebrated for its craft and materiality. Wu has a background in graphic design from the University of Texas and an MFA in Furniture Design from Rhode Island School of Design. She is also Assistant Professor of Sculpture at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

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