Our July meeting will feature a presentation on greenwood chairmaking that explores the techniques and material knowledge that make them work, as well as demonstrations of the processes involved, by Brendan Gaffney.

Brendan is a well-regarded furniture designer, woodworker, educator, and author of an upcoming book on woodworker, James Krenov.

Since Brendan will be joining us from his shop in Kentucky, our July 7th meeting will begin with Brendan’s presentation at 5:30 PM, PST.

For more information about Brendan, please visit his website.

A LOOK INTO GARRETT HACK’S SHOP

Garrett will give us a look into three projects in his Vermont shop: a six drawer side table, an Edward Barnsley cabinet recently restored/repaired, and a curvy desk underway. 

The six drawer table is a bowed front variation of a much older piece. It has the challenges of building a strong case with the facade almost entirely drawers and only light stiles and rails, laminating curved drawer faces and then dovetailing the sides to them, fitting and fixing solid wood bottoms, working with highly challenging curly birch, and building in two secret drawers. 

Edward Barnsley was an important British furniture maker of the mid-20th century. His cabinet has many lessons: how symmetry can be powerful, the punch of repeating, varying and changing the scale of details, how our work ages from the stresses of wood movement, and how Barnsley built the cabinet strongly and efficiently using hand tool techniques.

If there is time Garrett will discuss his latest project, a complex curved desk with some very secret compartments and drawers. He’ll talk about the design, making full scale working drawings, patterns, and laminations.

• The March Board meeting was canceled.
• The Shop Tour scheduled for March 21 was canceled.
• The April 7 General Meeting is canceled.
• All classes between now and the end of April are canceled.
• WoodFest 2020 scheduled for April 25 & 26 is canceled.

Tuesday, March 3rd at 7pm
Mount Vernon Christian School
820 W Blackburn Rd, Mt Vernon, WA 98273

“He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.”

This quotation on Andy’s website will give you some idea of what to expect from his presentation. If you’ve seen his wide range of projects at Bring and Brag, you already know that he is an artist and master craftsman, working with wood and metal.

In case you were thinking about skipping the next meeting, take a quick look at his website — https://www.sawdustmaker43.com — That should be enough to change your mind!