Workshops

I've had the pleasure of leading workshops in several different capacities, from co-leading Timber Framers Guild projects, to helping to lead an international project to construct Estonia's first wooden covered bridge. In 2014 I designed and taught a week-long timber framing workshop in Estonia for professional Estonian carpenters, and in 2015 taught a course near home, offered through Hogback Community College in Bristol VT.

I enjoy leading timber frame workshops, and am happy to take inquiries about further teaching opportunities.

Hogback Community College Workshop

In the spring of 2015, I collaborated with David Brynn of Vermont Family Forests and the Hogback Community College to co-teach a workshop called Forest to Frame. Participants in this workshop, held over the course of three Saturdays, were introduced to the entire process of timber framing: a foundation of… More

Vanaajamaja Course, Estonia

In the spring of 2014 I taught a one-week timber framing course to Estonian carpenters, which was hosted at the workshop of Vanaajama, an Estonian non-profit dedicated to traditional building techniques and historic preservation. We laid out, cut and raised a small pavilion for a local residential school.

Jaruska Covered Bridge, Estonia

In August of 2012 I was invited to north-east Estonia to help lead the construction of the first wooden covered bridge in the country. Over the course of four weeks, an international crew of volunteers fabricated and erected the bridge, clear-spanning 28 meters (92 feet). The bridge replaces an older… More

Old Stone House Museum

In June 2012 I did a stint in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont as a lead instructor for the Timber Framers Guild of North America. With two others, I led a crew of 20+ volunteers from all around the country as we hewed, cut, and raised a gallows-frame English barn in… More