Woodshop for Women
Offered: June 20 - 22, 2008
Time: Begins at 9am on June 20 and ends at 4pm on June 22
Instructors: Kate Lundquist, Janine Björnson, James Pelican, with guests
Cost: $450/$400 if registered two weeks in advance (includes meals and lodging and a materials fee). For registration information, click here.
While the presence of women working in the building trades is ever more common, avenues for women to learn the basic principles and techniques of woodworking are still scarce. We are offering this intensive three-day course to enable women to conceptualize and carry out basic carpentry projects. Topics will include essential tools and their proper use; safe and effective use of power tools; structural integrity; and basic techniques such as cutting, nailing, drilling, driving, and leveling. We will also tour the various buildings of OAEC to show different styles of carpentry: standard professional, natural building, temporary, artistic, and hippie funk! Come together with other women participants to share in this practical and empowering workshop. this course tends to sell out so register early to ensure your place in the course. This course tends to sell out, so register early to ensure your place in the course.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a HANDS-ON course. Please call Kate at (707) 874-1557 x 218 if you have any questions about your ability to participate.
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