Experience carpentry while making a few items yourself
This foundational program introduces you to essential woodworking skills such as hand sawing, drilling and shaping in addition to using right brain skills of visualisation and drawing. The students will be taught how to use tools safely and properly by themselves, but under supervision.
Applied design thinking
Students will be encouraged to draw the object to be made in 2D & 3D. Sufficient guidance will be provided in perspective drawing, dimension proportions and visualisation to help the student personalise their item.
Pre-requisites
Self-interest to work with hands. An ability to draw will be very useful, but not mandatory. Work ethics and discipline.
Key Learnings
- Workshop safety & practices
- Understanding wood – basics
- Understand types of wood products, sheet goods and able to identify quality differences between them
- A brief overview of different types of joinery methods
- How to use a measuring tape and transfer readings to a drawing
- Safe and correct use of hand tools such as saw, drill, hammer, screwdriver, plier, rasp etc.
- How to join wood using glue, nails, screws, and using clamps
- How to make panels using solid wood
- How to use basic power tools such as cordless drill, palm sander
- Essential 2D and 3D perspective drawing
- Use higher-order power tools such as mitre saw, thicknesser, drill press, random orbit sander, palm router
- Understand various finishing options and how to identify them
- Learn to stain wood and apply finish using a roller or brush
- How to maintain solid wood furniture so that they last a life time and beyond
Learn as you make!
- Home number board with small planter
- Medium sized professional cutting board
- Zen desktop planter (or) garden planter box
- Three-tray dry vegetables stand
Representative images of some of these items are on my Pinterest board.
A student can sign-up for as many as items as desired by choosing one item per session day
Duration: Each session is for 4 hours
Timings: 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Location: JPNagar 4th Phase (Map)
The fee includes all materials and tools required to build and apply appropriate finish to protect the wood
Safety Precautions
Workshop safety is extremely important. Working with hand tools and power tools can be dangerous if proper attention and precautions are not taken. Students will undergo a detailed safety orientation at the beginning of the course, and several reminders whenever required.
Safety glasses and ear muffs are available for use during the workshop. A dust mask and ear plugs will be provided for personal use. These are to be retained for the entire duration of the course. A ₹100 fee will be charged for replacement of the set. Nitrile gloves will be provided while applying finish.
Every student must sign a safety declaration form before the start of the workshop – this is a mandatory prerequisite to joining the class. Please bring a signed copy on the first day of the class.
Clothing
It is important to dress properly while working in a workshop. Students should wear pants/jeans/shorts and half-sleeve T-shirts/shirts/tops. Students should not wear full sleeves, flowing fabrics and loose-fitting outfits. Shoes are mandatory. A cap is recommended. Long hair must be tied in a ponytail or a bun.