WORKSHOP COVINGTON

June 7 – 11

The Jennie Chair

with Travis Curtis

Experience Level: All

Class Details

Learn how to build a Jennie chair – a form developed by Jennie Alexander from classic post-and-rung ladderbacks, and made famous in her book “Make a Chair from a Tree.”

By the end of the class you will have a fully built chair, including a woven seat.  You will also have built all the jigs necessary to build the Jennie chair, and leave with a lot of the wood stock you will need to build a second chair at home.  

In this 5 day class, you’ll learn to:

  • Split, rive and hew green wood 
  • Use a drawknife to shape parts 
  • Steam bending
  • Cut mortises by hand
  • Understand wood moisture and movement
  • Make bending forms and “dinguses” (a JA term)
  • Chair assembly 
  • Weave a seat (paper tape provided for weaving. Students can bring their own hickory bark (35-40 yards) if preferred). 

Tool List

Class Tool List

An important note on tools: When you arrive, your tools should be sharp and ready to go.  There won’t be time to restore vintage tools or set up new tools in this class.

Required For the Class

  • Drawknife
  • Spokeshave
  • Card scraper
  • Marking gauge (pin type)
  • 3/16” mortise chisel
  •  Mallet 
  • Small crosscut saw
  • Sliding bevel
  • Optional: Shinwa bubble level (item# D-SW-648 from hidatool.com)

Register for the Class

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Cancellations will be accepted until eight weeks before the class for a full refund.  If a cancellation occurs within eight weeks prior to the class date, a refund will be issued only if the spot can be filled.