The class will discuss the natural properties of wood, structural principles, mathematical angles, design aesthetics and tool maintenance. After this workshop, students will be able to pursue their own woodworking projects with a set of winding sticks, a joiner’s mallet and a Japanese style tool box to take home!

Instructor: Greg Alexander graduated from USC with dual degrees of music composition and political science. Mr. Alexander studied guitar building and began building instruments in Columbia in 2011, having two guitars on exhibit at the SC State Museum. He worked at Camp Pinnacle in North Carolina, where he was a counselor for 13-14 year olds and taught multiple classes daily on nature skills to groups aged 7-17. He is a full-time woodworker.