9000. Taste of Art: Cutting Boards
Taste of Art - Wood | This class is completed
Our Taste of Art Workshops welcome students of all skill levels to the wood studio for a series of projects that you can make and take home with you that very evening. Tonight's project: Cutting boards! Choose your board from an assortment of colorful woods and learn to safely use the tools of the wood studio to bring your design to life! This workshop will cover the use of the bandsaw, drill press, router table and various hand tools. No experience necessary.
Additional Information
- This class is open to students ages 18 and up
- Participants 16 - 18 are welcome when registered with a parent or guardian
David Draper
David has enjoyed woodworking for almost 60 years, having started as a small child working with his father on personal woodworking projects in military base hobby shops. He worked in a small residential cabinet shop in New Mexico as well as a custom carved gun cabinet shop in Montanna during his college days. Throughout a thirty-year accounting and corporate career, David continued his woodworking hobby out of his garage. In 2011, a major lifestyle change saw David leave the big business world and return to school to be a Middle Grades teacher focusing on science, engineering, and design, often using 3D printing and laser cutting tools with his school students. In 2023, while continuing as a middle school teacher, David returned to professional woodworking focusing on benches, cabinets, cutting boards, clocks, and other custom work for clients. Also at this time, he started teaching woodworking classes at Sawtooth on weekends and weeknights. On May 29, 2026, David retired from the WS/FCS system and on June 1, 2026, David took on the dream role of Director of Wood Programs at Sawtooth.