The Upholstered Wooden Stool
Visiting Artist - Wood | Available
Add a new soft side to your furniture making! Join professional artist and educator Annie Evelyn for an immersive workshop that combines basic furniture making techniques with slip seat upholstery. Explore the influence of form, texture and color, while working with the simple form of a four-legged stool. Starting with pre-milled lumber, you'll have the chance to cut and shape a unique design for the legs at the band saw, and combine the form you have created with the fabric of your choice to complete a beautiful new upholstered seat. We will learn to safely use machines such as bandsaws, sanders, and various hand tools. Prior woodworking experience is encouraged, but this workshop is designed for all skill levels from beginners to long time makers.
- A Material fee of $70 will be added to your total at checkout. This fee covers wood, foam, hardware and consumables but not fabric. Students will bring their own fabric to allow for personalization of the project. See the Supply List for details.
- Registration will close one month ahead of the start of this workshop on 9/13.
- Enrollment is open to Students 18+
This workshop is part of Sawtooth Luminaries, a long weekend of immersive and intensive workshops that will take place from October 11-13, 2024, in Winston-Salem, NC. This exciting new event welcomes nationally acclaimed artists to provide learning experiences for creative students of all skill levels. It expands Sawtooth's depth and scope as a community art school and aligns with our vision to be a creative hub for Winston-Salem and the entire region.
The weekend's programming will balance structured studio time in Sawtooth's landmark downtown facilities with communal lunch offerings and evening events that explore Winston's reputation as the City of Arts and Innovation.
Tuition includes three days of instruction and dedicated studio time, catered lunches, opportunities to socialize with other artists in attendance, and exclusive access to some of the city’s most beloved art institutions. Special rates at The Historic Brookstown Inn, Sawtooth’s preferred lodging partner, are available for enrolled students and guests. (Discount code is provided after registration.)
Learn more about this dynamic weekend and see the full list of workshops at sawtooth.org/luminaries
- Please come to class with the following supplies and materials:
- One pair of good fabric scissors
- 1 yard of your favorite upholstery fabric
- 1 yard of muslin
- Personal protection gear such as eye and ear protection, dust mask, apron, etc
Annie Evelyn
Joy, laughter, and the unexpected are at the heart of Annie Evelyn's work. From 2014-2017, Evelyn was a resident artist at the Penland School of Craft in North Carolina and, in 2016, was awarded The John D. Mineck Furniture Fellowship. She received both her BFA and MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Evelyn is currently heading up the wood area in the Craft and Material Studies Department at Virginia Commonwealth University. Evelyn has also taught at RISD, California College of the Arts, Parsons - The New School, Haystack Mountain School, Penland School of Craft, and others.
Her work has been featured on the cover of American Craft Magazine and published in Agata Toromanoff’s book Impossible Design. She has been awarded Windgate Furniture residencies at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (2011), the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2018), and San Diego State University (2020). Evelyn had a solo show at the Houston Center for Craft and, in 2018, was a finalist for the Burke Prize for Contemporary Craft. Her work was included in an exhibition at the Museum of Art and Design (MAD). In 2019, Evelyn co-founded
Crafting the Future, a collective of artists working together to provide equitable opportunities in the arts, where she is currently the Development Director.
She spends as much time as she can in North Carolina, where she is a founding member of the affordable studio space
Treats. You can see more of her work on her website
annieevelyn.com