Woodworking Classes
5-7 day classes that focus on specialized skills such as, wood carving, veneer, carpentry, furniture making, Stereotomy, timber framing, and more.
Windsor Chair Classes are 5-7 days long. Students will start with a log and complete a windsor chair or rocking chair during the course period.
These courses include cutting boards, spoon carving, hand tool use, sharpening, upholstery, power tool safety, band saw box making, footstool and ottomans, and more.
These courses include Intro to Woodturning, Bowl Turning, and Bowl Turning for Beginners
Courses that focus on Timber Framing and Carpentry.
Classes that are welcoming to women, non-binary folks, and allies.
By embarking on the journey in our Wood Design:Furniture Making Career Program, you are opening yourself up to many opportunities.
Successful participants of the 40-week program will graduate with a Professional Diploma in Wood Design.
2025 CALENDAR
1-7 Day Continuing Education Classes
SEPTEMBER
1-6 Sculpted Elegance: Crafting a Maloof-Inspired Rocker with Chairmaker Jeff Wyatt
8-14 Windsor Continuous Arm Chair
13-14 Intro to Woodturning
19-21 Introduction to Timber Frame Engineering: Design/Make/Break
22-27 Timber Framing
27 Upholstery Basics: Wrap and Staple Essentials
27 Turning Finials and Ornaments
OCTOBER
11 Women & Non-Binary: Woodshop Safety
11 Comprehensive Lumber Grading with Bob Vogel
13-18 Hand Tool Timber Framing: Build a Cabin
20-24 Balloon Back or Fan Back Windsor Side Chair
20-25 Riving, Shingling, and Siding a Timber Frame Cabin
25-26 Intro to Woodturning
NOVEMBER
8-9 End Grain Butcher Block Cutting Board
22-23 Learn Dovetail Joinery
23-23 Farm House Table
DECEMBER
8-14 Modern Windsor Rocking Chair
13-14 MCM Funky Footstool
20-21 Learn Dovetail Joinery
2026
6/8-6/12 Smooth Abstract Sculpture Carving with Mike Sasaki
Holidays Observed
The SBWI will be closed on the following holidays: Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve & Christmas Day, New Year’s Day