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~Joint Gymnastics~ Wedged Mortise and Tenon Joinery (intended for women & marginalized genders)

Start
10 November 2025
End
17 November 2025
Schedule
2 sessions
#1.
10 November 2025, 6:00 PM 9:00 PM (CST)
#2.
17 November 2025, 6:00 PM 9:00 PM (CST)
Location
14 27th Ave SE, Minneapolis MN 55414
Spaces left
9

Registration

A. Class Admission – $118.00
B. Pay it Forward Admission – $150.00
C. Sliding Scale Admission – $85.00
D. BIPOC Registration – $53.00
These seats are reserved for BIPOC students wishing to pay for registration based on Fireweed's micro-reparations pricing strategy.

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Fireweed Woodshop is excited to host a four part series in handcut joinery called Joint Gymnastics! Each part will be a two-class session: the first class will be a lecture, demo, and beginning hands on practice and the second class will be time for students to practice making the joint and ask questions. Joint Gymnastics is a skills-building workshop for students to learn how to use handtools, so the focus is on practice rather than creating a take-home project. Students are welcome to sign up for individual parts.

The four types of joinery we will cover in Joint Gymnastics are the mitered corners with splines, butterfly joints, wedged mortise and through tenons, and handcut dovetails. While students are welcome to sign up for the specific joinery they are interested in learning, the sessions are organized so we will start with the most forgiving joint and work our way towards the most complicated. These classes will build students' confidence in handsaw and chiseling skills.

Wedged mortise and tenons are a beautiful way to showcase joinery, where a strong, durable, and visible connection is desired. They are often used on furniture to attach legs to stretchers on tables, chairs or beds. Stuents will use pull saws, chisels, marking gauges, and angle finders to create this joint. Students will learn how to chisel on an angle and techniques in precision. While perfecting this joint may take a few repetitions, students will be provided with material to make a bookend or small shelf.

The materials fee for this class is $20 and is included in the admission cost.

* We do require masking indoors, whatever your vaccination status *

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Taught by Aria Kampfer and EB