The lectures takes place at 6:30pm on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month. The lectures will be presented at Building 315 in Fort Worden (unless otherwise posted).
All lectures will be free. If you'd like to help offset the speaker's costs please feel free to make a donation.
We're always looking for interesting speakers and we welcome suggestions from the community. If you have a friend or relative visiting who could be a good speaker feel free to contact us. The only constraint we have is that we don't do anything with boats or the marine trades - we leave that to our good friends at the NW School of Wooden Boat Building.
Working With Woodworkers
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Thursday, June 26, 2008 |
| John Marckworth & Jim Tolpin |
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How does an abstract concept become beautiful furniture or cabinetry in your home?
Why does a project sometimes turn out wrong: "But that doesn't look at all like what I had in mind..." or "I thought it was a lot smaller / larger than that"
Good communication between client and woodworker (as well as knowing the right questions to ask) is essential for a successful woodworking project.
This lecture explores the ins and outs of working with woodworkers - from basic project definition, through design options and details, to bids and pricing, and finally to installation. Everybody wins when they work together.
We'll pull in local woodworkers to share their experiences and tips.
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Timberframe Construction
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Thursday, July 10, 2008 |
| Charles Landau, founder of Timbercraft Homes |
 "Timber framing is a simple but elegant building system consisting of large wood posts and beams fit together with interlocking joinery and secured with wooden pegs. As in any post and beam structure the timber framework supports its roof by transferring roof loads to principal posts and onto the foundation of the building eliminating the need for load bearing interior partition walls. The result is a strong, self supporting timber structure in which heavy timbers frame large, open living spaces.
This talk will place the modern craft of timber framing in the context of its historic development and describe some of the unique features of the contemporary timber-frame building system. Examples of recently constructed timber frame residences and public buildings will demonstrate the flexibility and energy efficiency of modern timber frame structures. It is my hope that the strength and beauty of the buildings you see, will persuade you that the future of timber framing promises to be as rich as its past and that if you choose to work in this field you will be inspired to design and build buildings that stretch the existing aesthetic and structural boundaries of timber frame construction."
Charles Landau founded Timbercraft Homes (based in Port Townsend). Charles sold the business several years ago, now in retirement (and no less busy), Charles will share his love of Timberframing in this presentation.
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Being a Recovering Furnituremaker
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Thursday, August 28, 2008 |
| Kim Kelzer |
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 Kim has been a nationally and internationally recognized furniture maker. Her whimsical painted furniture has been a delight over the years. Her furniture has been shown in many galleries (like this one).
Kim however has come to the hard recognition that people expect furniture to be cheap (thanks IKEA!) and sculpture to be expensive. It was a very painful decision for Kim to switch from furniture to sculpture. Kim will share the pain and pleasure of her decision. If you are quick you can pickup some of her furniture at a big discount directly from Kim.
She'll share with us some of her latest work which she is preparing for a show at Museo in Langley on Whidbey Island in September.
Kim lives and works in Freeland on Whidbey Island.
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