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   mathew | Sep 26, 2006 10:06pm | #1

   Darrel Peart has a Green and Green class that he teaches down in Auburn. One weekend, and you learn some really nice craftsman style detailing. Other than that, the only thing I can think of is the 'inside passage' school. That's over the border though.

   Mat

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   maderamax | Sep 26, 2006 11:10pm | #2

   Forgive my ignorance, Mat, but what is 'Green & Green', and where exactly is Auburn?

   Thanks,

   Max

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   mathew | Sep 26, 2006 11:19pm | #3

   The Green brothers were two influential designers from the craftsman era.
   http://www.usc.edu/dept/architecture/greeneandgreene/Darrel is a good guy (and he's one of the guest 'speakers' on the FWW site about craftsman style).Auburn is about 20 minutes south of Seattle, which is probably an hour and a half to two hours south of Whidby Island (it depends on if you take the ferry or drive through Anacortes).

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   maderamax | Sep 27, 2006 05:42pm | #9

   Hey Mat,

   Thanks for the link. That site on Greene & Greene is awesome! All kinds of interesting stuff in there.

   Any idea which school Darrel Peart teaches out of?

   Max

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   mathew | Sep 27, 2006 05:55pm | #10

   The class I took was a weekend class at his shop (three other guys and myself). He also teaches a class down in LA, at a WW school, but that's probably a bit far to drive :)Here's his site (which has a schedule of his classes)
   http://www.furnituremaker.com/MatP.s. I don't get any kickback for recomending his class. I took it, and it was a lot of fun.

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   maderamax | Sep 27, 2006 08:34pm | #11

   Thanks to all for the links and advice.

   I will definentaly be looking into a workshop with Darrel. The NW School of Woodworking also looks very interesting, however, it's in Portland...may be worth the drive for a weekend class, though.

   The Inside Passage school offers a six week summer program which seems like exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for. The school is located in Robert's Creek, N of Vancouver. Is it difficult to get up there from the Islands? Is there any sort of ferry that goes up into Canada, or would I have to drive up from the mainland?

   Thanks again,

   Max

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   tms | Sep 28, 2006 06:15am | #12

   Hey Max,Depending upon the time of year (Summer), there is a Washington State Ferry that runs from Anacortes, through the islands to Sydney. There's also a ferry from Bellingham (mainland) to the Canadian Gulf Islands. There is a year 'round ferry from Port Angeles (Olympic penninsula, Washington) that goes to Victoria, on Vancouver Is. In any event, you will have some driving to do.Tom

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   oldbeachbum | Sep 28, 2006 09:41am | #13

   Try these for info

   http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/

   http://www.bcferries.com/

   The border crossing at Blaine can be difficult, especially weekends, due to traffic volumes.  Try traveling through there in off hours.

   Enjoy the Pacific NW, it is gorgeous....a bad day at the beach is better than a good day anywhere else... :)

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   mwenz | Sep 27, 2006 12:07am | #4

   Fine Woodworking has a decent index of woodworking schools for the States:

   Washington
   
   Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding
   251 Otto St.
   Port Townsend, WA 98368
   Contact: William Curry
   Phone: 360-385-4948
   Fax: 360-385-5089
   Email: [email protected]
   Home page: http://www.nwboatschool.org

   Seattle School of Fine Woodworking
   4841 West Marginal Way
   Seattle, WA 98106
   Contact: Keith Mathewson
   Phone: 206-933-3004
   Fax: 206-932-6443
   Email: [email protected]
   Home page: http://www.www.ssofw.com
   
   The Woodworking School
   #104
   5813 152nd Ave. Ct. E.
   Sumner, WA. 98390
   Contact: Roger Goad
   Phone:(253) 862-6571
   Email: [email protected]
   Home page: http://www.thewoodworkingschool.com
   

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   MaxYak | Sep 27, 2006 01:00am | #5

   I'm not sure the Seattle School of Fine Woodworking exists anymore.  They haven't returned my phone calls or emails for the past several months.  The website was a year out of date a few months ago.  Now I can't even get to the website.To the man with a hammer, all the world is a nail.

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   mwenz | Sep 27, 2006 01:23am | #6

   Ah, a dead link. Thanks for catching that. Mike

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   tms | Sep 27, 2006 06:03am | #7

   Hey Max,

   I would definitely look into Darrel's classes for design elements. I've taken classes from Roger Goad at The Woodworking School in Sumner, and he does a very good job as well, particularly if you need the basics.

   There is another school near Seattle, that I've not tried yet.
   http://www.northwestwoodworking.com/about.html

   Tom

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   oldbeachbum | Sep 27, 2006 11:16am | #8

   Max,

   Just reading some of the other posts.  FYI..Sumner is also SE of Seattle and traffic in and out of there to the city is a real PIA.  Try and stay to the North side of town if you can and better yet something on the Peninsula wouldn't be all that bad.   We are not a convenient commute area.  Of course it all depends upon your time constraints.

   bum

   ...a bad day at the beach is better than a good day anywhere else... :)