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Lil’ Shaker table by Garrett Hack, quilted yellow birch,
bleached Cuban mahogany, satinwood, blackwood pulls,
glass buttons, copper (16”x 34”x30”), 2005
Garrett Hack
September 8 – 19
“In addition to making beautiful tables” says Garrett, “this course is about the way that design choices influence selection of wood and other materials, about determining what joints, techniques, and hand tools will make the process more accurate and efficient, and, finally, about planning construction in logical steps.”
Participants design and build tables within two modest parameters:
- The design can feature only one of the following: a drawer, or emphasized joinery (such as bold through tenons and dovetails), or decorative details (such as string inlays, cockbeads, and leg cuffs), and
- The table must be buildable within the two weeks.
Topics addressed through lecture and demonstration include sources of design inspiration, smoothing surfaces with planes, cutting sliding dovetails, finishing, and much more. Participants leave with years of table inspiration.
Garrett Hack builds contemporary interpretations of Federal and other classic American styles on his farm in Thetford Center, Vermont. A furniture maker for 33 years, Garrett originally trained at Boston University’s Program in Artisanry. He is the author of The Handplane Book (Taunton Press, 1997) and Classic Hand Tools (Taunton Press, 1999). His articles appear frequently in Fine Woodworking, to which he is a Contributing Editor. Garrett is also a member of the New Hampshire Furniture Masters Association.