Come spend the beginning of a wonderful summer at New Sky Ranch in southern Colorado and learn the fundamentals of Japanese Woodworking and Timber Framing. During this 8 day workshop, students will receive training in chisel set up, sharpening techniques, sawing with hand and power tools and joinery cutting. We will work together to cut and raise the frame, walls, and roof for a wood fired sauna. With luck we'll get it built "enough" to relax insite after the hard but rewarding work. 

Participate in a full immersion in the construction and raising of a Japanese timber frame. Students will learn and gain practice cutting different joints and assembling a building to house a traditional Japanese blacksmith forge.

Join Jeff Bearce of 3 Sticks Design as we learn about the design and execution of Japanese carpentry. A full immersion in the construction and raising of a timber frame gate. Students will learn and gain practice cutting different joints, hand planing the finished pieces and assembling the structure.