There was a time when households had few belongings, when clutter from too much stuff was not an issue. Basics such as matches, glue powders and paint pigments, and sugar, coffee, tea, and spices needed containers. Before the age of canisters and Tupperware, Shaker craftsmen made and marketed their oval boxes to meet this purpose. Explore the traditions of the Shaker box as you learn to make a stacked set of boxes (5 total), reflecting on both the traditional uses and production methods, as well as more decorative touches such as the use of cherry woods rather than plain maple and wood finishes suited for the coffee table rather than cupboard. The Shaker Box-a box for all occasions, utilitarian as well as decorative. Its charm and grace make a difference whatever role it plays.

Working with hand selected straight grained thin wooden strips, you’ll learn to how to soak, bend and tack the strips by hand, made secure by oval shapers. In addition, we’ll explore an age before machines, when thin wood strips were rived from a straight billet of wood and made ready for bending by hand planes and scrapers.

Dates

Sat, Jul 28, 2012 - Sun, Jul 29, 2012
Sat, Oct 06, 2012 - Sun, Oct 07, 2012

Course Details

--Select a Start Date-- 07/28/2012 10/06/2012