Category: Arts

Discuss the characteristics of wood, then jump into design and create full-scale drawings. Cover machines used for dimensioning and shaping of rough lumber into finely crafted furniture, including using the router for fine details. Discover the structural aspects of joinery with focus on floating mortise-and- tenons. Finishes will be covered.

Our campus is located in Smithville, just 30 minutes from Tennessee Tech. We offer a lodging on our secluded campus overlooking the beautiful Center Hill Lake. If you’re interested in woodworking, blacksmithing, ceramics, fibers, glassblowing or metalworking, check out our wide array of workshops!

Reminder that Tech Employees and students get a 50% discount!

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You can also give us a call at 931-372-3051

Explore various methods of shaping metal into dimensional forms and experiment with firing enamel onto your creations. Utilize both kiln and torch firing techniques and explore layering transparent and opaque enamels over naturally occurring copper oxidation to create visual depth and color complexity.

Reminder that Tech Employees and students get a 50% discount!

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931-372-3051

Adapt the classic Shaker stool design to make it your own. Build on the strengths found in the traditional design and modify it with modern technology. Design and build a stool using turning techniques that allow for maximum creativity. Experiment with texture and finishes before learning to weave a comfy seat.

We have workshops in fibers, clay, blacksmithing, wood, metals and glass.

Our campus is located in Smithville overlooking the beautiful Center Hill Lake. Reminder that Tech Employees and students get a 50% discount!

Click here for more info or to register!
931-372-3051

Ever been interested in picking up blacksmithing or improving your skills? Our weekend workshop taught by John Medwedeff may be just the thing for you! Blacksmiths can forge objects with an infinite range of design and function. Learn or improve skill in the seven fundamental processes used by blacksmiths. Gain an understanding of basic skills and open the imagination while creating small objects. We have workshops not only in blacksmithing, but clay, fibers, wood, metals and glass.

Our campus is located in Smithville overlooking the beautiful Center Hill Lake. Reminder that Tech Employees and students get a 50% discount!

Click here for more info or to register!
931-372-3051

Whether a beginner or experienced glass blower, different levels of goals are crucial to stay in business. Participate in fundamental-to-advanced glassblowing demos, and break your personal vision in glass into concrete steps to take home as an arsenal for your ongoing journey.

Join us at the Appalachian Center for Craft for an engaging and inspiring weekend workshop learning a new craft, all in a beautiful setting overlooking Center Hill Lake. We have a few spaces remaining in this wonderful workshop taught by Kazuki Takizawa, as well as many more workshops in several different mediums. Join us!
Reminder that Tech Employees and students get a 50% discount!
Register by calling or clicking here.
931-372-6801

Please join us for a pop-up art exhibition displaying a collaborative installation of fiber art created by students enrolled in The Chemistry of Fibers, Honors Colloquium.

Thursday, May 5
5-7 P.M.
Derryberry Art Gallery in the Roaden University Center
1000 N. Dixie Ave.
Contact rwood@tntech.edu for more information.

Learn basic interlacement techniques to build a collection of mini weavings. Experiment with structure, material and texture. Explore and discuss themes of the miniature, material character and accumulation while working diligently, inch-by-inch. This is a beginner or intermediate level workshop.

Join us at the Appalachian Center for Craft for an engaging and inspiring weekend workshop learning a new craft, all in a beautiful setting overlooking Center Hill Lake. We have a few spaces remaining in this wonderful workshop taught by Rebecca Smith, as well as many more workshops in several different mediums. Join us!
Reminder that Tech Employees and students get a 50% discount!
Register by calling or visiting the link below.

931-372-6801
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Make wood platters that are perfect for cutting boards, cheese platters, or cookie trays. Learn to take wood from rough lumber to finished pieces using hand and power tools. Combine multiple wood types and try your hand at carving embellishments to create one-of-a-kind pieces. This is a beginner level workshop. Join us at the Appalachian Center for Craft for an engaging and inspiring weekend workshop learning a new craft, all in a beautiful setting overlooking Center Hill Lake. We have a few spaces remaining in this wonderful workshop taught by Alicia Dietz, as well as many more workshops in glassblowing, blacksmithing, fibers, wood, clay and metals. Join us!
Reminder that Tech Employees and students get a 50% discount!

Register by calling or visiting the link below.

931-372-6801
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Want to enjoy a weekend of learning a new craft in a beautiful setting overlooking Center Hill Lake?  Join us at the Appalachian Center for Craft for an engaging and inspiring weekend workshop.  We have a few spaces remaining in our upcoming weekend glassblowing and woodworking workshops.  Join us!

Reminder that Tech Employees and students get a 50% discount!

931-372-6801

https://www.tntech.edu/fine-arts/craftcenter/workshops/summer/index.php