The program emphasizes mastery of technique, understanding of the material, and the formulation of a personal direction. The intention is to stretch the boundaries of function, structure and expression beyond those ordinarily associated with woodworking. Beginning courses build technical skill while introducing the student to creative problems and the contemporary history of the medium. The use of hand tools and simple joinery is followed by basic machine tool use. During the subsequent courses increasingly complex technical and creative problems are studied.
Students then explore independent directions through personally directed projects.
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