Picture Frame Workshop

Learn woodworking techniques while making a wood picture frame. The class provides instruction and a broad selection of woods, covering wood choice, preparation, joinery and finishing (if desired). By the end each workshop, you’ll end up with a beautiful and lasting reclaimed object with a story attached.  

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• Table saw -demonstration
• Miter saw – Instruction + practice
• Power planer – Instruction + practice
• Palm sander – Instruction + practice
• Reclaimed wood backstory

 

WOOD SELECTION 

• Douglas fir from Worcestershire sauce tank
• Oak barnwood
• Maple barnwood
• Coney Island Boardwalk
• Longleaf pine
• Antique Eastern white pine
• Pickle tank redwood
• Elm barnwood
• Wormy chestnut (Don’t worry – the worms are long gone!)

 

MEET THE MAKER

• Luke Boyce is a fine woodworker and custom fabricator based in Red Hook, Brooklyn. A graduate of the Industrial Arts program at Pratt Institute, Luke has over ten years of experience using modern woodworking equipment and traditional hand tools for the construction of a broad range of projects for Uhuru Design and his own commissions.
• Alan Solomon is a partner at Sawkill Lumber and a co-author of Reclaimed Wood: A Field Guide. Sawkill Lumber was established in 2008 to recover lumber and history from deconstructed buildings in the NYC area.