Two Full Scholarships including tuition.
Teacher: Charles Thompson
Assistant(s): Clara Kazarov
Funding & Support: The North Bennett Street School, Community Education & The Chairmaker’s Toolbox
Application Deadline: The Application Window has now closed
Notification of award: Oct. 5, 2023
Anyone looking for a way into making chairs or other staked furniture pieces can find one here: we'll make a stout three-legged stool using hand tools and techniques common in traditional chairmaking. Students will first learn to make tapered legs from square stock using handplanes, and how to lay out rake and splay angles for the legs. Next we'll use those angles to drill and ream holes in the seat. Finally, we’ll hammer the seat and legs together with glue and wedges.
About NBSS, Community Education: As America’s first trade school, North Bennet Street School is internationally known for its programs that help students to achieve meaningful lives and livelihoods. For more than a century—since its founding in 1881 as a settlement house for immigrants—the exceptional programs, expert faculty, and inspiring community have encouraged individual growth, curiosity, technical mastery, and commitment to excellence. NBSS offers accredited career training programs in Bookbinding, Carpentry, Cabinet & Furniture Making, Jewelry Making & Repair, Locksmithing & Security Technology, Piano Technology, Preservation Carpentry, and Violin Making & Repair. The School also provides over 120 short classes to beginners and more advanced students every year. The School is committed to community engagement, with offerings that include career discovery programs for youth, preservation projects with civic partners, and programming and exhibitions for the public. NBSS is located in an award-winning 64,000 sf facility in Boston’s North End neighborhood, the community in which it was originally founded. For more information, visit nbss.edu.
Who should apply: No prior experience needed. All applicants must identify as historically excluded or under-represented in the field of woodworking.