Making a bandsaw box is an endlessly adaptable process that involves sawing a block of wood into pieces, removing the central piece, gluing the rest of the pieces back up into a box, refining the shape, and adding finishing treatments, including colors, textures, and other elements to create a functional container with a lot of character. This workshop will explore several approaches to technique, design, and the formal outcomes that bandsaw box making favors. We begin with a discussion of the properties of wood to give students an understanding of this material as a structural and an expressive medium. Then we will move on to designing, cutting, assembling, and shaping boxes into sculptural forms. We will conclude with a brief section on surface treatment and finishing. We will also address the safe and effective use of carving gouges, chisels, block planes, files and rasps, and, of course, the bandsaw. All skill levels encouraged. 

Suitable for all skill levels.

Fee: $250. Participants will receive a materials list and the prerecorded workshop video. They will have unlimited access to these materials for 60 days from the date of purchase.

We recommend viewing the materials list before purchasing this workshop. Preview them here.