Registration opens at 10 a.m. today (January 21, 2019) for classes during the second half of 2019. Note that the registration form now requests (but does not require) a phone number. It would be helpful to provide that (and to double-check your email address); we’ve had a few emails bounce back…and if I can’t get in touch with a student after repeat attempts, I have to cancel the registration – which I hate to do. Thanks in advance.
If you’ve any questions, shoot me an email at covingtonmechanicals@gmail.com (please do not send questions about classes to the LAP help desk).
French Polishing with Derek Jones (July 11-12)
Build a Sawbench with Megan Fitzpatrick (July 27-28)
Make a Carved Oak Box with Peter Follansbee (July 29-Aug. 2)
Build a Sack-Back Chair with Greg Pennington (Aug. 5-9)
Build an Etau, Benchcrafted’s Hi Vise, with Jameel Abraham (Sept. 6-7
Build a Shaker Candle Stand with Will Myers (Oct. 5-6)
Build a Hanging Wall Cabinet with Anne “of all Trades” Briggs (Oct. 7-11)
Chip Carving with Daniel Clay (Oct. 19-20)
All About Moulding Planes with Matt Bickford (Oct. 26-27)
Greenwood Post-and-Rung Stool with Andy Glenn (Nov. 2-3)
Build a Jennie Alexander Chair with Ray Schwanenbeger (Nov. 4-8)
Build a Sawbench with Megan Fitzpatrick (Nov. 16-17)
Make a Carved Oak Box with Peter Follansbee (Dec. 9-13)
You folks generally seem to be thoughtful and careful people, so if I am off base please ignore. I found it a little jarring that you used Jennie Alexander’s name in the title of one of your classes. Jennie is well known in the woodworking community and using her name to advertise a class seems a bit exploitative unless you had/have explicit permission from her and her family. Calling this a “post and rung chair” would surely get the idea across and avoid appropriating Jennie’s reputation to sell a class.
Lost Art Press is working with Jennie’s family and woodworking friends to publish a new edition of “Make a Chair from a Tree,” and this chair is her design. So it seemed inappropriate to me to not credit her.