One Day

Sat, Mar 7, 2020 or Sat, Jun 13, 2020

You’ve heard of Sloyd - now you can experience the training just as it was developed in Sweden in the 1870s.

We’ll enjoy the first 20 exercises from “The Teacher’s Handbook of Sloyd” from the 1907 American edition, beginning with the basic cuts with the Sloyd knife and finishing with the cabinet scraper.

Sloyd exercises in wood were designed to create “pleasure in bodily labour and respect for it, habits of independence, order, accuracy, attention and industry, increase of physical strength, development of the power of observation in the eye, and of execution in the hand.” What more could one ask?

This class is intended for adults who want to pass on what they learn. Minimum age for class participants is 17, but one child down to age 12 may join you at your bench (no additional charge) if you are an adult relative.