Penland School of Crafts, June 1 - 13, 2025

Corrugated cardboard is versatile and often overlooked as a material to create finely crafted objects. After laminating corrugated materials together, it is possible to create highly textured furniture, bowls, lamps, and sculpture with the bandsaw, table saw, woodturning lathe, chainsaw, and other hand and power tools. This workshop will start with the lamination process and move on to machining. We will use various subtractive processes to reveal the form within the blank. Students will leave with several finished projects and an appreciation for the potential of constructing objects from corrugated cardboard. All levels.

We'll go over:
Selection and preparation of corrugated material for your designs
Design surface texture and pattern through cardboard orientation
Proper glue-up and clamping methods
Safe machining practices
How to turn corrugated cardboard on a woodturning lathe
Cutting, shaping, and sanding methods
Using paint, fillers, and finishes with cardboard
Wiring and lighting corrugated cardboard lamps

Arrowmont School of Art and Craft, June 22-27, 2025

Woodturning is an immediate process that can result in a functional object in just a couple of hours. In this workshop, students will learn how to safely turn functional bowls and platters from both green and kiln-dried wood. Using only the bowl gouge, students will begin the process by shaping the outside of the bowl, and then prepare a reverse mounting method to turn the inside and reverse once more to trim the foot. In this workshop, emphasis will be on safety and technique, and form and function. Each student will leave this workshop with many bowls and platters, new technical skills, and the confidence to safely practice woodturning.

Link: https://arrowmont.org/workshop/bowl-turning-simplified/