DOWN ECONOMY TUTORIAL TUITION DISCOUNTS
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Those who are familiar with Country Workshops’ fall and winter tutorials know that our standard tuition represents an outstanding value. Tutorials are limited to just 4 students. Tuition includes materials, use of specialized tools, a private room, and special meals prepared by Louise Langsner. Drew Langsner is the instructor for all of our fall-winter tutorials.
At this time of year our winter tutorials are usually almost fully enrolled. Because of the recession economy, some of our 2009 winter tutorials are currently without any registrations. Tuition discounts are now available for these select courses:
| Dates | Course Name | Standard Tuition | Discount Tuition |
| Jan 22 - 27 | Rustic Windsor Chairmaking | $975.00 | $828.75 |
| Feb 9 - 13 | Carving Bowls and Spoons | $950.00 | $807.50 |
| March 9 - 13 | American Windsor Chairmaking | $975.00 | $828.75 |
| Mar 30 - Apr 3 | Rustic Windsor Chairmaking | $975.00 | $828.75 |
As a further incentive ... If you register for 2 or more of these tutorials, or recruit a friend to register with you, we will deduct an additional 5% from the standard tuition for each enrollment. Also, to make things easier, the deposit for these tutorials has been reduced to $250, with the tuition balance due 4 weeks before the course begins. Please note: The minimum enrollment to run each listed tutorial at the discount tuition is 2 registrations. Our cancellation policy, found on the Country Workshops Web site applies.
To sign-up, or ask any questions, e-mail us or phone 828 656 2280.
COUNTRY WORKSHOPS ...The woodworking school that focuses on traditional craftsmanship with hand tools. Started in 1978 by Drew Langsner. Country Workshops is located just off the Appalachian Trail in the mountains of western North Carolina, about one hour's drive north of Asheville.
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At our woodworking school hands-on experience and theory are combined in courses built around the making of carefully selected projects. Project work is often done with a drawknife and spokeshave while seated at a shaving horse. Our woodworking seminars also teach the skills of wood turning, wood bending, carving and hewing. Japanese woodworking is another course that we have offered since 1983. Use of our high-quality specialty tools is included for most of our woodworking courses. We typically provide each student with a shaving horse, drawknife, Windsor chair inshave, Windsor chair adze, bowl adze, sloyd knife, travisher, splitting froe and other tools as needed for each project. We sell many of these tools through the Country Workshops Store.
In a Country Workshops green woodworking class, instruction often begins by using a froe to rive out project parts from a freshly felled hardwood log. In other courses, air-dried lumber is used when appropriate. Our well-known chair school includes the traditional ladderback chair class (also called a “post-and-rung chair”), a post and rung rocking chair class, the classic American Windsor chair class and our special rustic Windsor chair class (these are sometimes known as a “Welsh stick chair”). Carving classes include both bowl carving and spoon carving.
The summer woodworking school is taught by Drew Langsner and our guest instructors. Our 2009 summer instructors will be: Hans Karlsson -Toolmaking for Woodworkers, Peter Follansbee -17th Century Carved Box, Carl Swensson - Japanese Woodworking, and Tom Donahey - post-and-rung rocking chair. Fall-winter-spring woodworking classes -- which we call “tutorials” -- are all taught by Drew Langsner. These tutorials are limited to 4 students. Louise Langsner will also teach a spring weekend willow basket class.
The Country Workshops Store -- Specialty hand tools. Where you can purchase a high-quality froe, drawknife, Windsor inshave, hewing axe, bowl carvers/Windsor hollowing adze, and other tools. For carvers we offer a range of bowl and spoon carving tools, including our sloyd knife and hooked spoon knife selection from both Hans Karlsson and Svante Djarv, engraving and kolrossing knives from Del Stubbs, and Hans Karlsson’s carving gouges. We also sell books -- including Drew Langsner’s The Chairmaker’s Workshop -- and videos -- including John Alexander’s “Make a Chair From a Tree” DVD and Country Workshops’ “Swiss Cooperage” and “Carved Swedish Bowls” DVDs.
To receive a printed bulletin, contact us by phone (828 656 2280) or e-mail Drew Langsner
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Updated December 29, 2008
It's Back!
Drew Langsner's chairmaking book is back in print.
Click here for more details about this new edition of The Chairmaker's Workshop.
Visit Drew Langsner's new Web site, and take a look at the carved bowls he has been producing. Click the photo below to be taken to DrewLangsner.com.
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How to contact
Country Workshops
E-mail:
Drew Langsner
Phone:
828-656-2280 (Daily, 9-6 Eastern time)
Postal mail:
990 Black Pine Ridge Road
Marshall, NC 28753