Resident Program
The Resident Mastery Program in Woodworking
with Gary Rogowski
Concentrations and one-on-one study
9 month program, Fall entry only
The Resident Mastery Program offers an intensive nine month course of study in fine furniture making. Up to four Resident students a year are given bench space in the Studio studying the techniques of hand and power tool use, joinery, fine cabinet construction, finishing, and design.
The course of study lasts for nine months starting in October. The application deadline is September 15th. Students will be able to work in the Studio Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Students will spend each week at the bench designing and building both Design and Studio Projects.
Design Projects have been chosen to teach certain methods, techniques, and approaches while at the same time allowing each student room to explore his or her own style. Studio projects have been selected to illustrate techniques while building useful and practical objects. These include items such as jigs and hand tools, tool boxes and shop storage drawers as well as some smaller shop items like sawhorses and stools.
With an emphasis on furniture design, students will emerge from the program with a sense of how to design fine furniture. They will develop a signature style of their own while building pieces with the goal of producing gallery quality. The practical aspects of the program however cannot be overlooked as students will learn effective machine use and maintenance, production building, and shop set-up.
The application deadline for Fall 2011 is September 15, 2011.
Contact The Northwest Woodworking Studio for a Resident Local Mastery Program prospectus.
Visit our Tour of the Resident Mastery Program!
Watch our spot on Oregon Art Beat for a great overview of the benefits of our Mastery Programs!
We urge students interested in our Mastery Programs to come and take a week long class with us. The Joinery Concentrations are a perfect introduction to the Studio, working with Gary, and the effort required to be a Resident Mastery student.
Please check our schedule of classes for the next Joinery Concentration.
