Registration/Payment: If you'd like to sign up for a class please print this registration form, complete it and mail with your class deposit, or use the shopping cart buttons if you plan to pay with credit card or PayPal. If paying online, please note that on the form when you send it. Note, the button is only for 50% of the class. If you wish to pay all of the class in one payment, please change your quantity to "2" during checkout.

Cancellation and Refund Policy: If the student cancels we will refund the full deposit if the cancellation is received in writing four weeks prior to the class date. Later cancellations and “no shows” will not receive a refund. Full refunds will be given if we need to cancel a course.

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Private Classes: David now offers private classes which provide one-on-one instruction. The advantage of the private class is that it is completely tailored to suit your individual skill level, interests, and needs. In addition, there is more flexibility in scheduling dates for one on one class sessions which can range from one day to five days. You can pick any subject or subjects to focus on, such as bandsawn veneers, bentwood lamination, wood turning, dovetails, double-bevel marquetry, sharpening hand tools, wood carving, gold leafing, patinas on metal, working with the vacuum press, working with commercial veneers, fixing mistakes, design elements, etc. The class takes place in David’s workshop/studio in which he taped the television show "Woodworks", and also includes a tour of his home in which he has many of the pieces he made on "Woodworks".

Please use the Contact form to ask about private classes.

Group Classes: Each class will have 3 - 20 students, or more depending on the class format and use of power tools, and will be held in David's shop/studio in Santa Rosa, California. Demonstration only classes can have more students.

Store/Association Classes: David travels quite a bit teaching classes at Woocraft stores, associations and other teaching centers. Details on his schedule for these is listed below as well.

Class Photo Gallery

Combining Vessel Turning With Gilding & Chemical Patination Class Hands-On
Class Size: 3 - 10 Students
$875.00 - All materials included.
August 7 - 11, 2008
 

Get ready to have fun in this five-day hands-on turning class that will incorporate gilding & chemical patination and vessel turning. Using bowl turning gouges, hollowing tools, and scrapers, students will learn how to turn bowls and hollow vessels. David will guide students through the process of selecting stock and how to prepare it for turning. Students will also learn sharpening techniques, sanding techniques, ways to mount wood onto the lathe using faceplates and four jaw chucks, and safety. David will teach students his signature process technique of gilding & chemical patination to embellish their turned pieces. This class promises to be action packed and students will take home a variety of art pieces that they will treasure for years to come.

Click here to see pics from our August, 2007 Turning & Gilding Class.

Shell Inlay: Hands On with World Renowned Master Artist Larry Robinson
Class Size: 12 Students
$600.00 - All materials and tools included.
May 3 & 4, 2008 (Sold Out)

This two-day class will cover all aspects of the inlay process, from composition and design, material selection and cutting, through routing, leveling, and engraving details. Students will be provided with a complete set of tools which they will be able to take home with them at the end of the course, and all materials used in the inlay will be provided. Students will, during the length of the course, complete their own inlay utilizing all the different processes they will be likely to deal with in the majority of any future inlay piece. A list of shell and tool suppliers will be available, and various examples of Larry's own inlays will be on hand.

You can read Larry's bio here.

To see more examples of Larry's work, visit robinsoninlays.com.

Gilding and Chemical Patinations Hands-On
Class Size: 15 - 20 Students
$350.00 - All materials included.
To Be Announced

The processes that you will learn can be applied to any surface that will accept paint. These include wood, metal, paper, ceramics, glass, even plastics. So no matter if you are a jeweler, potter, sculptor, blacksmith, or woodworker, you will take home some very creative and innovative techniques to enhance your work and increase your marketability.

This is a hands-on class where all students will receive six sample boards (4 inch by 10 inch) that they will gild with genuine 22 karat gold leaf as well as copper, silver, and dutch metal leaf. On the first day students will work with the traditional oil size method of gilding. We will also explore creative gilding techniques, such as the Japanese Notan method, of balancing positive and negative spaces. On the second day, I'll introduce students to the process of chemical patination. I will demonstrate various cold patina processes that students will learn working safely with mild acids. These techniques are very comprehensive and not just limited to woodworkers.

Bentwood Laminations Hands-On
Class Size: 3 - 10 Students
$775.00 - All materials included.
June 6 - 8, 2008 (Sold Out)
Please use the contact form to join the waiting list.

This class is for beginning to intermediate woodworkers that want to learn the process of bentwood lamination as they design and make their own project. In this hands on three-day group class each student will design his or her own curve, as well as design and build their own bending form. Students will learn how to resaw laminates on the bandsaw and each student will make their own bentwood lamination project that they can take home. In addition, David will demonstrate how to do compound bentwood laminations as well as continuous strip laminations.

Marquetry and Inlay Hands-On
Class Size: 3 - 10 Students
$725.00 - All materials included.
June 27 - 29, 2008 (Sold Out)
Please use the contact form to join the waiting list.

In this hands-on class David will teach the challenging and artistic world of inlay. He will explore several different methods of creating one of a kind inlays that will enhance your work and take it to the next level. David will show you how to do free hand inlay, router template inlay, double bevel marquetry (which is a veneering technique as opposed to an inlay technique), and colored epoxy inlay. He will show students how to do repeatable inlays by teaching you how to design and make your own templates. In addition, as seen demonstrated by David at the 2007 AWFS Delta Booth “Combining Metal & Epoxy for Inlay,EDavid will show students a unique technique using various non-ferrous metals, copper, brass, and aluminum, combined with various dyes mixed in epoxy.

Bandsawn Veneers Hands-On
Class Size: 3 - 10 Students
$750.00 - All materials included.
July 25 - 27, 2008

This class is for beginning to intermediate students, and in this hands-on class each student can expect to take home a completed sample of a veneered project. The class will focus on learning how to saw your own veneers on the bandsaw, edge join the veneers, choose the appropriate glue, select the substrate, and glue up the project in the vacuum press. Time permitting, each student will get to try their hand at either double-bevel marquetry or inlay work.

May 12 – 18, 2008 Marc Adams School of Woodworking, Franklin Indiana
Please contact the Marc Adams School for Class Details and Registration.
5504 East 500 North
Franklin, Indiana
(317) 535-4013
http://marcadams.com
May 12 – 16, 2008 Making a Table with David Marks
May 17 – 18, 2008 Gilding and Chemical Patination

May 22 – 24, 2008 Utah Woodturning Symposium in Orem, Utah
For information and registration go to: http://www.utahwoodturning.com/site/page/pg2434-pn_Registration.html
David will be one of the presenters at this symposium and will do a series of demonstrations on applying metal leaf to woodturnings, applying chemical patinas to gilded metal, and combining metal and wood for turnings.

JULY 2008

July 7 – 13, 2008 William Ng School of Fine Woodworking
Please contact the school for Class Details and Registration
1340 North Dynamics Street, Unit H
Anaheim, CA 92806
(714) 993-4215
http://www.wnwoodworks.com/
July 7 – 11, 2008 Bent Lamination/Demilune Table
July 12 -13,2008 Gilding and Chemical Patination

SEPTEMBER 2008

September 8 – 14, 2008 Marc Adams School of Woodworking, Franklin Indiana
Please contact the Marc Adams School for Class Details and Registration.
5504 East 500 North
Franklin, Indiana
(317) 535-4013
http://marcadams.com
September 8 – 13, 2008 Combining Patination and Vessel Turning
September 14, 2008 Hollow Forms: Creative Torsion Boxes