The Art of Drawer-Making
Detail of Dame Granadillo cabinet by Craig Stevens
English Elm Cabinet by Craig Stevens
Craig Vandall Stevens
July 19 – 23
Making and fitting beautiful, hand-cut dovetailed drawers is one of the hallmarks of highly refined craftsmanship. This workshop focuses on the fine points of creating carefully made drawers that “whisper” open and close.
Practicing methods of work that encourage consistency and quality, each participant makes a solid-wood drawer to fit an existing case using classic hand-cut dovetail construction. Craig covers pertinent topics such as case preparation, wood selection, milling, layout, sharpening and use of chisels, saws, planes, and other hand tools.
Craig Vandall Stevens designs and builds one-of-a-kind furniture for exhibition and commission in his studio in Sunbury, Ohio. A graduate of the College of the Redwoods Fine Woodworking Program, he now teaches workshops throughout North America and at the Shinrin Takumi Juku furniture making school in Takayama, Japan. Craig’s work is exhibited internationally and he has received numerous awards, including a recent Individual Artist Fellowship from the Ohio Arts Council. Craig has been a featured craftsman on the Home & Garden Television program Modern Masters and is the author of several woodworking books. His latest publication is The Fine Art of Marquetry: Creating Images in Wood using Sawn Veneers (Schiffer Publishing, 2010).