What's New in January 2025 at Intersections

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We are please to share that our 2025 Winter/Spring Workshop Calendar is ready for review and registration! We are gearing up for a busy season in the work shop with something for everyone in the upcoming months.

Gift certificates are also available in any denomination, can be used for any of our workshops, and never expire! A great gift idea if you are still looking.

2025 Winter/Spring Workshops

With a few still-to-be-confirmed exceptions, we are pleased to be able to share a host of workshop offerings for the first half of 2025. In planning for the diverse interests of our community, we strove to find a balance in woodcraft modalities, skill, duration, dates and instructor variety! Those new to woodworking may be overwhelmed by the wealth of options, and those familiar with Intersections should find some new challenges.

Pierre Rousseau will teach Intersections' 10 week signature workshops, Fundamentals of Woodworking 1 and Fundamentals 2 beginning in January. Beginning in April, he will teach a 12 week Fundamentals of Woodworking 3 with the challenging project of the Tambour Cabinet. He will also teach specific skills in weekend workshops.

Carl Durance returns to share his expertise in woodturning, offering workshops for beginner and intermediate turners. He will also teach a long anticipated workshop in marquetry, as well as share his breadth of skill in woodcarving Celtic Spoons.

Jennifer Hart continues to push the boundaries of what is possible in a single day workshop. Her popular Introduction to Power Tools for Women now has a series of follow up workshops, including Build a Free Little Library, A Wall Mounted Shelf, and new this season, a Kitchen Garden Planter.

Hugh Hunter and Nick Davies take the lead again in CNC Instruction, and Nick will again instruct in the art of Pyrography. Allan Guacci, our shop manager, will provide Workshop Orientation and Safety Training to new workshop users.

Chronologically, our first workshops of the new year are listed below. All are now open for registration.

Two New Things This Session

Intersections continues to grow as an organization and respond to the needs and feedback of our community and members. We are happy to share some new programming offered in 2025.

Tree to Table

Tree to table or Forest to Finish will be a multi-event program where members of the Intersections community start from felling a tree and in stages work together to complete the milling, preparing, cutting and finishing of a table. Joe Watson will be the instructor lead. We are currently waiting for ideal conditions for the tree felling and from there the rest cascades through. There will be opportunities for involvement of members at different points including through workshops, events and community projects. We will post about upcoming events on our social media and share the progress of our table as we go.

Mentorship

Mentorship evenings will allow small groups of intermediate woodworkers the opportunity to work on their own projects with the support and mentorship of an expert. Our aim is to help foster independence in woodcraft and greater confidence in trying new techniques and skills in the shop. Mentorship lies between our formal workshop instruction and unstructured Open Hours. Bring a project at or just beyond your skill level!

Pre-registration is required. Links below for our first mentorship evenings in January and February.

One of A Kind Cribbage Boards

Intersections' members have been hard at work this fall perfecting the design and build of our very own Intersections Wood Collaborative cribbage board. Made from local hardwoods, and precision engineered using our workshop CNC router, these cribbage boards will delight new and experienced players alike.

Each board is fitted with a storage slot and cover on the underside and pegs are also included.

We have a very few number of boards left. Click here to purchase.

Congratulations to our Raffle Winners!

• Handmade large turned bowl by artist Adam Cottrill - Joe Watson
• Handmade wooden chair by artist Pierre Rousseau - Wendy Dodd-Kellam
• A two day woodworking or woodturning class at Intersections - Jody Bauerlein
• A guided bird watching tour with Beth Anne Currie - Melanie Broadbent

Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets!

Open Hours

Open Hours will be back to our regular Tuesday - Thursday 10 am - 3 pm starting January 7, 2025. Please email ahead of time if you are planning to come in to work in the shop. Thanks to all of our Open Hours volunteers for your dedication.

As always, you can email ahead to reserve shop time at info@intersectionswoodcollaborative.org.

Our best wishes for a happy holidays from all of us at Intersections,

Mike Simpson, Chair
Intersections Wood Collaborative