The Wild Earth Woodworking School

Hudson, WI

“Education is the most important tool you’ll invest in.”

2007 Open House

What a success!!

Our 2007 Open House was held August 4. There was a little drizzle, but after two months of drought we couldn’t complain about rain.

Thanks to many generous tool companies we were able to raise over $2000.00 for the St. Paul Police Mounted Patrol. We turned a bunch of pens for the Freedom Pen Project. Lots of kids who came with their folks got their first turning experience at our Open House.

Thanks to all who came, and thanks to these folks for helping out.

v Brent Ackley of the band Boondoggle (click here for more info on the band).

v Bessey Tools Visit them on the web

v CMT Visit them on the web

v FastCap Visit them on the web

v Incra Visit them on the web

v JDS Visit them on the web

v JessEm Visit them on the web

v Kreg Visit them on the web

v Laguna Visit them on the web

v Leigh Jigs Visit them on the web

v Milescraft Visit them on the web

v Osborne Manufacturing Visit them on the web

v Powermatic Visit them on the web

v PS Wood Visit them on the web

v Rockler Visit them on the web

v Salazar Solutions Visit them on the web

v Van Dusartz Quality Woodworking Visit them on the web

v Woodcraft Visit them on the web

The Wild Earth Woodworking School Open House 2007

Here are some photos of the Open House events.

Folks looking over the raffle and silent auction items.

Instructor Dave Abraham, gray shirt, demonstrates rail and stile joinery to the group. He was also promoting our new finishing class.

Excited woodworkers begin to line up to get on the lathes and turn pens.

The pen turning crowd thickens. Our daughter Meg keeps a running total of completed pens on the chalk board.

Brent Ackley explains our Guitar Making class.

Projects from each of our classes were on display in the studio.

Instructor A.J. Moses demonstrates bowl-turning techniques.

Instructor Tim Nyberg gets one of the kids started on his first pen.

Instructor Laura Fairweather lets a student try tenon cutting for twig and stick furniture.

Emily and George with Mounted Patrol Officer Eric Skog.

Officer Skog tries his hand at pen turning.

The crowd finally thinned enough for the Vondriska kids to get on the lathes. George, 7, Ginny, 9, and Meg, 12, each cranked out their share of pens.