Second Semester

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The second part of the course consists of a study of more advanced techniques: the making and use of sawn veneers, joinery at angles other than 90°, and techniques of joining glass and wood. You will then be free to undertake a more involved project of your own design, developed in consultation with the staff.

As this sequence suggests, we view the process of learning the fine art of cabinetmaking as an "upward spiral," in which the cabinetmaker is constantly refining techniques previously learned-an effort with no end, as such, whose goal is excellence in all aspects of the craft.

Thus, the process of learning, testing, and evaluating occurs continuously throughout the course. From the first exercise to the last project, all work is intended to encourage patience and flexibility of methods, to enrich and refine hand skills and clarity of vision, and to foster the integrity implicit in the term fine woodworking.

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