Two full scholarships (covers tuition, materials, and housing).

Teacher: Peter Galbert
Assistants: Aspen Golann & Kelly Harris

This class is a continuation of a workshop Peter Galbert taught to a small group of professional woodworkers in 2022. The inaugural class consisted of Audi Siosi, Sarah Watlington, Lacey Carnahan, Kelly Harris and Aspen Golann. Pete led the group through the process of designing a Windsor chair from scratch. It was wildly successful and we are going to offer it again this year. The original class will return and we are looking for two new chairmakers to join the crew.

This design class will focus on all aspect of creating a chair from concept drawings to models, mock ups, drafting and construction. The topics will range from material technology, ergonomics, structures, process and tooling. The class will choose two designs to push through the process. This is not a class to build and take home a chair, it’s to learn how a chair goes from concept to creation.

Who should apply: Applicants needn’t be expert chair makers or even comfortable with the process of designing and building from scratch, but this class will skim over some of the basics of wood technology and safe machine use and so as to jump full force into designing and building. As such, this class is most appropriate for students who have experience woodworking, have likely already built a chair, and are now looking to learn how to design their own pieces. All applicants must identify as historically excluded or outsiders in the field of woodworking.