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Mastercraftsman Series: David Marks
December 18 and 19, 2009
Friday December 18, 2009 5pm - 9pm
Guilding and Patination Demonstration
Spend an evening with a true master: David J. Marks of the Wood Works Show on DIY. The processes that David will demonstrate can be applied to any surface that will accept paint. These include wood, metal, paper, ceramics, glass, even plastics. So no matter if you are a jeweler, potter, sculptor, blacksmith, or woodworker, you will take home some very creative and innovative techniques to enhance your work and increase your marketability. David will gild with genuine 22 karat gold leaf as well as copper,silver, and Dutch metal leaf. In addition to demonstrating the traditional oil size method of gilding, he will also explore creative gilding techniques, such as the Japanese Notan method, of balancing positive and negative spaces. David will introduce students to the processof chemical patination. He will demonstrate various cold patina processes that students will learn working safely with mild acids. These techniques are very comprehensive and not just limited to woodworkers.
Tuition: $95
Saturday December 19, 2009 9am - 5pm
Sunday December 20, 2009 9am - 5pm
Dovetailed Jewelry Box
Spend two days with master craftsman, host of Wood Works on DIY Network and all-round nice guy: David Marks. David will teach a two-day class on making a dovetailed box using a bandsaw. David will introduce students to a system he uses for efficiently sawing dovetails using the bandsaw for speed and accuracy. Students will learn how to lay out a pattern and a method for designing their own “unique dovetail signature.” This system is extremely versatile allowing Upcoming classes With David Marks for dovetails with “thin pins” as well as sawing dovetails in thick stock. This is the same technique that David has used in his own studio since 1984 when he bandsawed the 4" thick dovetails for his workbench. Each student will receive prepared stock for a small box, and after cutting the dovetails, David will set them up with a “guide block” to finish them off with sharp chisels. Students will cut a concealed dado in the bottom for a panel
to be inserted just before glue-up. Time permitting; students will make a lid either with a rabbet so it can drop in or with hinges available through Woodcraft.
Tuition: $495 - Plus Materials. Please See Store For Details
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