“There’s Always a Secret Job Behind the Job You Imagine” with Christopher Merchant and Robert Sukrachand
This summer, two CFC Alums—Robert Sukrachand and Christopher Merchant—launched the DIN Collection: a collaboration between Merchant’s ceramic practice and Sukrachand’s design business, Pern Baan. Pern Baan creates artisan made lighting…
Crafting the Body-Mapped Chair with Ian Roberts
Ian Roberts is a former photographer-turned-woodworker living in Westchester County, New York. He’s embarked on a journey to create the perfect chair through a process he calls “Custom-Body-Mapping”. He attempts…
Workshop Scholarship Q&A with Recent College Grad Angeles Medina Morales
Angeles Medina Morales is a recent graduate of California State University San Bernardino who attended a 2026 CFC Workshop through our scholarship program. Learn about their experience with the scholarship…
Lessons from a 2026 Fellow: Annalise Rubida on Materiality
Hear directly from 2026 Fellow, Annalise Rubida, on how a CFC Fellowship gave them the space to explore a new material. How did you get your start…
Interview: 12-week Furniture Intensive with Case Garver
Looking to get a glimpse of a CFC student’s perspective? This week, we sat down with Case Garver who recently completed the 12-week Furniture Intensive. He expanded upon why…
His Design, Their Hands: One Good Chair
Classes have always sparked some interesting collaborations at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship. The summer 2018 Furniture Intensive spawned a particularly inspiring one: two students, perfect strangers, destined to…
From Acorn to Oak: The Woodschool Peter Grew
On December 31, 2021, Founding Director Peter Korn retired. We felt it fitting at this time to reflect on the school’s evolution, beginning with the Basic Woodworking classes held in…
Straight From the Heart: Peter Korn’s Farewell Exhibition
With my retirement as CFC’s Executive Director fast approaching, I wanted to celebrate some of the mentors and peers whose friendship has enriched my half-century in woodworking, whose work I…
A “Wicket” Good Time at CFC
When CFC moved to its current campus in 1996, Founder Peter Korn designed the first building with a lawn that would make a passable croquet pitch. Twenty five years later,…
The Woodworking Family Tree
For almost 30 years, the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship has been a crossroads where woodworkers from around the world connect to share skills, forge friendships, and transmit knowledge from one…
Woodworkers Finding Their (Bench) Space
Sometimes solving a problem leads to benefits you never expected. Last fall, to promote virus safety, we spread student workbenches farther apart by moving some into the adjacent drafting rooms.…
A Nine-month Quest: New Life Plans and Perspectives
The Nine-month Comprehensive recently graduated its latest class. Twelve students spent an intense fall, winter, and spring progressing through projects in hand skills, drawer making, machine skills, finishing, drawing for…
Behind the Scenes: “Current Student Work 2021”
“Current Student Work 2021” is on view in our Messler Gallery through May 26, 2021. Featuring the work of this year’s Nine-month Comprehensive students, the annual exhibition is an important…
Jolly Wood Fellows
There is always something interesting afoot in the Thomas Miller Jackson Building, home of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship’s Fellowship program. In essence, Fellowships are courses of independent study that…
Meet a Teaching the Teachers Partner: Greater West Town Training Partnership
The Center for Furniture Craftsmanship’s Teaching the Teachers program awards scholarships to educational and service organizations that teach woodworking to economically disadvantaged communities. We hope to further the work of these organizations…
Woodworking in the Time of COVID
Recently the Center completed its first full class since the school reopened in September: the fall Furniture Intensive wrapped up on January 22 with its usual celebratory presentation of student…
Eight Weeks in the Turning Studio
On January 11th, a new group of students gathered in our Turning Studio. They came from all over the country with different backgrounds and experiences, but with one unifying theme…
All About Aprons
If you’re like the woodworkers on our campus, you’re constantly carrying around a few crucial tools – pencil, square, rule, maybe a tape measure and a knife. Do you fill…
Holiday Selling Tips for Woodworkers
The holidays are a great time for woodworkers and makers to sell products. However, it can be daunting to figure out pricing, advertising, and an ideal market for your items.…
Veterans Day Spotlight
In honor of Veterans Day, we’d like to share the story of one of our staff members, who, before joining us at the woodschool, proudly served in the U.S. Air…
Contemporary Greenwood Exhibit
Our Contemporary Greenwood exhibit is now on display in the Messler Gallery, through January 2, 2020. This exhibit showcases woodworkers who harvest their materials from freshly felled trees, while both…
Conversation with Documentary Filmmaker Ben Spilling – CENTER for FURNITURE CRAFTSMANSHIP
Earlier this month we publicly released the documentary short, A Life’s Work: The Philosophy of a Craftsman by British filmmaker Ben Spilling. The 17-minute film features CFC’s founder and Executive…
A Day in the Life: The Weekend Turnover
Every weekend between Workshops, our Facilities Staff (left to right: Matt McLaughlin, Angela Robins, and Mark Juliana) ensures that the bench rooms, the machine rooms, and all they contain are…
Summer In Maine
It’s summer in Mid Coast Maine! Come for a workshop and take in the added attractions of living by the sea. Here are a few of the highlights that students…