For more than thirty years, Michael Kline has worked as an educator in the fine and practical arts, inspiring children and adults through painting, sculpture, woodworking, metalworking, and other traditional crafts. Michael believes that the creative process is not about artistic talent or producing a perfect result. It is about self-exploration and engaging with the present moment. Through mindfully working with our hands, we cultivate self-knowledge, curiosity, resilience, imagination, and the satisfaction that comes from making something with intention.

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In this outdoor course we will use hand tools and foot-powered pole lathes* to turn unseasoned ('green') wood into beautiful, useful objects. Starting with a freshly felled tree we will proceed to use the shaving horse, hatchets, drawknives, drills, hand saws, mallets, chisels, and gouges to create items such as rolling pins, spoons, baby rattles, candlesticks, and stools.

Children 12 and older are welcome if accompanied by an adult (either participating and working on their own projects and paying, or just helping their child and not paying).

All tools are provided, but feel free to bring your own if you have them. No previous woodworking experience is necessary. Bring water and snacks. Maximum enrollment is 6 participants/session.

When?: Four consecutive Saturdays from 10:00am to noon:

Oct. 17 / Oct. 24 / Oct. 31 / Nov. 7

Where?: In the woods behind my house at:

35 Old Country Rd.

New Ipswich, NH 03071

*With origins in antiquity, the pole lathe is a simple, human-powered wood-turning machine that uses a foot treadle, a cord wrapped around the workpiece, and a flexible spring pole or bungee cord overhead to create a back-and-forth spinning motion.

$250.00

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