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**Class canceled due to no enrollment per Jeanne. 1/21 SK**

Was 6 sessions, each 3 hours.

Help build one or two Japanese-style workbenches for the BARN woodworking shop as you learn to use Japanese-style layout tools, saws, planes and chisels.

This class will focus on making the trestle supports, which have mortise-and-tenon joinery. To complete the workbenches, a pair of these supports will hold one or two thick beams that serves as the work surface, plus a thinner board for tools. The top of the beams is considerably lower than the top of a Western-style workbench, making it much more efficient for use with Japanese-style tools.

Details:

• Ages: Ages 14+ welcome. No woodworking experience is required, but it would be helpful to first take our Intro to Japanese Tools class. You'd also be well prepared if you took any of the Japanese woodworking classes we offered in previous years.
  
• Wear closed-toe shoes. Tie back long hair.
  
• BARN will supply all of the necessary tools, but you are also welcome to bring and use your own tools if they are set up and ready to use.
  

Instructor: Gary Bella  grew up in western Pennsylvania. After college and art school, he moved to the Bay Area in California and began working in Marin County with several firms in residential construction. Later, he specialized in finish carpentry while developing a design/build business. He took classes with traditional Japanese teahouse carpenter Makoto Imai and later worked primarily with Makoto building traditional houses and tea houses in California, New York and Washington. After he moved to Bainbridge in 2003, he continued to build Japanese-inspired projects for private clients. He was among the craftsmen who restored the Japanese guest house at the Bloedel Reserve.

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Please avoid dangling jewelry or loose clothing. Long hair must be tied back.