1 Full Scholarship Seat (covers tuition and materials).

Teacher: Travis Curtis
Application Deadline: May 30, 2023
Notification of Award: June 15, 2023

Learn how to build a Jennie chair – a form developed by Jennie Alexander from classic post-and-rung ladderbacks, and made famous in her book "Make a Chair from a Tree."

In this 5-1/2-day class, you'll learn to:
• Split, rive and hew green wood
• Use a drawknife to shape parts
• Steam bending
• Cut mortises by hand
• Understand wood moisture and movement
• Make bending forms and “dinguses” (a JA term)
• Chair assembly
• Weave a seat (materials provided for a split reed seat. Students can bring their own hickory bark (35-40 yards) if preferred).

Who should apply: No prior experience needed. All applicants must identify as historically excluded or under-represented in the field of woodworking.