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The School of Woodworking

At the

Homestead Heritage Craft Village

, we originally designed our woodworking facility as a furniture making workshop for our own craftsmen and as a facility to train future generations of furniture makers. Though we continue to build custom-made pieces and develop new designs in furniture there, our master craftsmen now work in their own workshops located near to their homes. This has enabled us to dedicate our furniture workshop to a year-round facility for teaching visiting students and woodworking enthusiasts from all areas of the country. Our facilty includes two teaching areas in which we can accomodate a total of twenty-four students.

One area is designed and equipped for hand-tool woodworking and the other is a multi-purpose classroom where we teach machine and hand woodworking as well as wood turning. Our student work stations are complete with a joiner's workbench and a comprehensive hand tool kit for each student.

The School of Woodworking, situated in the craft village of Homestead Heritage, is surrounded by 500 acres of mixed woodlands and arable farmland cultivated by traditional self-sufficient farming and gardening methods.