This course will teach you how to prepare a bowl blank with an axe (via demonstration/instruction), how to turn that blank into a bowl using turning hooks and various techniques, and how to finish the bowl with drying oils, paint, and other finishes.
Come learn to turn a wooden bowl on a foot-powered pole-lathe.
For a thousand years these simple, hand-built machines were used to turn all sorts of wooden products.
This course will teach you how to prepare a bowl blank with an axe (via demonstration/instruction), how to turn that blank into a bowl using turning hooks and various techniques, and how to finish the bowl with drying oils, paint, and other finishes.
Successfully using a pole-lathe requires a certain amount of stamina and coordination, so students should be prepared for a physically demanding class.
All tools and materials provided, including one bowl blank for each student.
If you have your own carving tools (knives, axes, etc.), feel free to bring them to class.
Join us with hammer, thimble, camera or brush and pursue your desire to create. Find us in our Jamaica Plain classrooms and in public schools and community centers throughout Boston.
We are offers classes to people of all ages in woodworking & furniture, sewing & fashion.
Our Schoolhouse in Jamaica Plain is open for in-person classes. Our clean-air system ensures classroom safety and COVID safety rules are updated regularly.
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