Woodworking Workshop // The Cutting Board
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Wood is such a great material: strong, rich in both texture and color, renewable, and full of charm. Wood is also a great material to work with by hand.
In this workshop you will become intimate with wood. You will form and shape a bond with one of nature's most valuable resources. You will gouge it, sand it and rub it with oil. At the end of the process you will hold in your hands a splendid cutting board that will proudly serve you for years and years. It can be used for cutting or as a display board for cheese and bread, or as a trivet for hot pots and pans. And of course – it will make a great gift.
Participants will receive a nice piece of wood and will learn how to measure, mark and drill. Next, they will carve a nice detail that will elevate the board to a great looking household object. Following this they will sand their boards and enhance their look by finishing them with organic flax oil (this process will also protect them).
Within a few hours, people who have no prior experience with woodworking will feel like accomplished artisans. This workshop is as fun for the novice woodworkers as it is for more experienced ones. We will take care of the tools, the wood and the teaching; all that you need to do is to sit down, relax and enjoy the process and its rewarding outcome.
This is a short but extremely fulfilling introduction to the wonderful craft of woodworking.
Instructor
Yoav S. Liberman is a studio furniture artist, an architect and an inventor. His work combines the old and new, using found objects and discarded wood as sources of inspiration for the pieces that he builds. Yoav received his architectural degree from the Israel Institute of Technology. From 2001 to 2003 he was an Artist-in-Residence at the Worcester Center for Crafts. Between 2003 and 2011 Yoav headed the woodworking program at Harvard University's Eliot House. In 2011 Yoav was a Windgate Foundation Artist in Residence/Fellow at Purchase College, New York.
His work has appeared in several juried exhibitions in the United States, most recently in Saks Fifth Avenue, SOFA Chicago 2005, and in NEW / NOW: 10 Makers for the New Millennium Pathways and Process, at the Fuller Craft Museum. Yoav’s Etrog Box was one of the finalists at the 2005 Niche Awards. Yoav’s articles on furniture design and woodworking have been published in leading design magazines including American Woodworker, Woodwork Magazine, and the Boston Globe. He has also published numerous articles in several of Israel's most prominent design publications. His pieces have been featured in recent art books on innovative approaches to woodturning and furniture design: 500 Wood Bowl (Lark Books 2004) and 500 Tables (Lark Books 2009). Yoav's pieces can be found in galleries in Cambridge, Worcester and Acton as well as in private collections in the United States, Israel and England.
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