Joinery 1: How to Use Complex Joinery in Furniture
June 9 - 14, 2024
Taeho Kwon · tkwoodartstudio.com
Workshop Overview
REGISTRATION FOR THIS WORKSHOP IS CURRENTLY FULL. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN A WAITLIST FOR THE CLASS YOU MAY DO SO BELOW.
Reveal the secrets of joinery to last 1,000 years. Many books and workshops about joinery teach how to make joints but not where to use them, where not to use them, and why to use them. In this workshop, students will learn the answers to these questions! Students will create various joinery parts while acquiring the complete guide to using hand tools and jigs for power tools and machines. All joints made in this workshop will fit into a miniature panel or door.
Techniques
- Hand sawing
- Chiseling
- Layout
Materials
- Class Materials List
- Please note any materials you are expected to purchase prior to arrival
- Estimated fees vary based on class size and materials used
Outcomes
- A set of miniature doors or a panel made up of complex joints
COURSE FEE: $775
Fees exclude housing and meal plans. Review housing options here.
Artist Bio
Taeho Kwon attended East Carolina University and majored in Commercial Arts, studying Interior Design, and has been a Furniture designer for 27 years and a woodworker for 24 years. During those years, he spent numerous years learning and practicing building Buddhist temples, Hanok (traditional Korean houses), and traditional furniture to acquire the knowledge of complex joinery passed down for thousands of years. Taeho now lives in Southern California, and works as a specialty builder for numerous designers and architects, and and also teaches at woodworking and crafts schools across the US. He has won many awards in the “Design in Wood” annual competition in San Diego, including Master Woodworker Trophy.
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