Over the course of three weeks, students will learn how to turn a chunk of tree trunk into a wooden bowl or vessel. Students will learn about shop and machine safety while practicing wood turning with blank starts on a lathe. This class assumes no prior wood turning experience but may be repeated for more challenging projects and instructor guidance.

We source our wood for bowl turning predominately from Shelburne Farms.

This course takes place in our beautiful, light filled woodshop at the very back of our campus. 

All materials for the creation of your bowl(s) are provided.

Try out woodturning in this single-session beginner class in which students will learn to safely mount a hardwood blank between centers on a wood lathe, and then use spindle roughing gouges, parting tools and calipers to measure and shape a rolling pin tailored to their preferences. The finished projects will be ready to take home that night and put to work right away. 

This course takes place in our beautiful, light filled woodshop at the very back of our campus. 

All materials for the creation of your rolling pin are provided.

Create a one of a kind butcher block table for your kitchen! Interested in woodworking and looking for a way to get started? This introductory course is designed to give beginner students the basics in using hand tools and shop machinery to design and make a beautiful one of a kind project. Did you know that the Shelburne Craft School began as a woodshop in the basement of a church rectory over 70 years ago? Today, our woodshop is housed in a warm, historic, natural light-filled building in the heart of Shelburne Village. Our instructors are professional woodworkers who offer expert guidance and begin each session with a demonstration and a run through of how to safely use each machine. Each session includes one on one support to help students gain confidence with creative decision making. This course offers a different project each season designed to further develop the beginner woodworker's skill set.

Over the course of three weeks, students will learn how to turn a chunk of tree trunk into a wooden bowl or vessel. Students will learn about shop and machine safety while practicing wood turning with blank starts on a lathe. This class assumes no prior wood turning experience but may be repeated for more challenging projects and instructor guidance.

We source our wood for bowl turning predominately from Shelburne Farms.

This course takes place in our beautiful, light filled woodshop at the very back of our campus. 

All materials for the creation of your bowl(s) are provided.

Maintenance and care of your tools is an essential skill for any woodworker. Keeping your tools sharp not only helps to improve the quality of your work, but it also promotes safety, longevity,and cost effectiveness.In this course students will be instructed on the different methods of tool sharpening andspecificities in sharpening requirements of individual tools. Additionally students are encouraged to bring in their own tools and sharpening implements for instructor led sharpening.

Does your child enjoy science, technology, engineering, and mathematics? Are they looking for a space to be creative in these fields? In this first of its kind class at SCS, join woodworking teacher, Mike Scully to combine these principles with woodworking. This course can be taken again and again. Theme: Gears

Do you have a child that likes to create objects out of wood? This course, designed for our youngest members (5-8 year olds), will allow children to create their very own handmade wooden project over the course of a 6 week period.We teach how to make a different project each season so students often sign up for this course again and again throughout the year.

Create a one of a kind cutting board in this day long workshop and learn about wood selection, milling and building in the process.

This course is being offered in honor and memory of Marshall Webb. Marshall, along with his siblings founded the non-profit, Shelburne Farms and also served as the woodlands manager for many years. Marshall spent his lifetime on the land and embodied the vision of the farm as a true working landscape for learning.