About Raining and Pouring

After three years of near-drought conditions (twice last year, once the previous year) I am suddenly deluged with opportunities to teach and present this year. In addition to those I have previously mentioned, there will be a third Historic Woodfinishing workshop, this one at the Barn(!), commissioned by the regional chapter of the Society of American Period Furniture Makers.  They’ve had a month to get their members into the class and now I can open it up to the general audience for the last couple of slots.  My neighbor is coming over this afternoon to help me rearrange the classroom and move some workbenches down from the fourth floor.

I’m also going to be the banquet presenter for this year’s Annual Meeting of the Early American Industries Association, speaking on the topic of the incomparable Henry O. Studley tool cabinet and workbench.

I even declined a gracious invitation to teach out on the West Coast and another out in the Heartland, but my days of that kind of travel for teaching are over.

When it rains, it pours.

So, here’s what my upcoming teaching/presenting schedule looks like:

April 12-14  Historic Woodfinishing 3-day workshop for the Howard County Woodworkers Guild, Columbia MD

 

May 20 The H.O. Studley Tool Cabinet and Workbench banquet presentation for the Annual Meeting of the Early American Industries Association, Staunton VA

 

June 19-21  Historic Woodfinishing 3-day workshop for the regional chapter of the Society of American Period Furniture Makers, at the Barn

 

July 17-19  Historic Woodfinishing 3-day workshop at Wood & Shop, Earlysville VA

 

August 21-23  Introduction to Parquetry  3-day workshop at Wood & Shop, Earlysville VA

 

September 1&2  Handworks 2023, Amana IA (yes, I know this involves long-distance travel but I’ve been committed to this for several years)