Veneering

Pete Schlebecker

June 25-29

Students in this class learn to lay up a veneered top such as this Four-Square Table by Pete Schlebecker, walnut, and walnut and madrone burl veneer (31"x24"x16"), 2010Students in this class learn to lay up a veneered top such as this Four-Square Table by Pete Schlebecker, walnut, and walnut and madrone burl veneer (31"x24"x16"), 2010

Table top detailTable top detail

Veneer is popular for the wide selection of wood species and figures that it presents to the furniture maker, and for the design freedom it offers by diminishing the constraints of wood movement. In this course, students acquire the skill to transform veneer from its raw state into beautiful, finished panels. Pete teaches basic book matching, four-way and radial matching, and short-grain borders as well as edge treatments. He also demonstrates the use of the vacuum press, plus traditional hammer veneering of curved edges. Participants learn by building two veneered tabletops.

Pete Schlebecker designs and builds furniture on commission in Kensington, MD. He has been a studio furniture maker since 1984, earned an MFA in Furniture Design from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2004, and was on our staff full-time from 2004-2011. His most recent article to appear in Fine Woodworking was “Mitered Edging Made Easy,” in the October, 2010 issue. He has also been featured in videos on their website. Recent exhibitions include the Southern Vermont Arts Center and the 2010 Furniture Society conference at MIT. His website is www.schlebeckerstudios.com.

Open to all.

Tuition: $695

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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