Registration/Payment: If you'd like to sign up for a class please print this registration form, complete it and mail with your class deposit, or use the shopping cart buttons if you plan to pay with credit card or PayPal. If paying online, please note that on the form when you send it. Note, the button is only for 50% of the class. If you wish to pay all of the class in one payment, please change your quantity to "2" during checkout.

Cancellation and Refund Policy: If the student cancels we will refund the full deposit if the cancellation is received in writing four weeks prior to the class date. Later cancellations and "no shows" will not receive a refund. Full refunds will be given if we need to cancel a class.

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Private Classes: David offers private classes which provide one-on-one instruction. The advantage of the private class is that it is completely tailored to suit your individual skill level, interests, and needs. In addition, there is more flexibility in scheduling dates for one-on-one class sessions which can range from one day to five days. You can pick any subject or subjects to focus on, such as bandsawn veneers, bentwood lamination, wood turning, dovetails, double-bevel marquetry, sharpening hand tools, wood carving, gold leafing, patinas on metal, working with the vacuum press, working with commercial veneers, fixing mistakes, design elements, etc. The class takes place in David’s workshop/studio in which he taped the television show "Woodworks", and also includes a tour of his home in which he has many of the pieces he made on "Woodworks".

Please email us at victoria@djmarks.com to ask about private classes.

Group Classes: Group Classes: Each class will have 3 - 10 students and will be held in David's Workshop/Studio in Santa Rosa, California.

Store/Association Classes: David travels quite a bit teaching classes at Woodcraft stores, associations and other teaching centers. Details on his schedule for these is listed below as well.

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August 9 - 13, 2012 FINISHING 5-DAY HANDS-ON

Class Size: 3 – 10 students $875.00 - All materials included.

This exciting hands on finishing class will cover a wide variety of topics. Students will be supplied with sample boards to work on made from maple, walnut, and mahogany. We will cover surface preparation, scraping and sanding. Also, the class will cover a wide variety of ways to color the wood, including water based metalized dyes, oil based stains, chemical treatments such as bleaching the wood, various other chemicals, and 27% aqua ammonia for fuming which is particularly relevant to arts and crafts style furniture. After coloring the wood, we will cover various ways to finish the wood to bring out the depth and beauty, as well as to protect the surface. Finishes that we will cover in class include: shellac, various oils, as well as lacquers and polyurethanes. For those that have seen Woodworks, David will cover in depth his technique for applying hand rubbed oil finishes.

NEW CLASS August 25 - 26, 2012 WEEKEND FURNITURE DESIGN SEMINAR
with Pieces from WOODWORKS.

Class Size: 10 - 15 students $450.00 - All materials included.

In this 2-day seminar/ demonstration David will explain his design process. On hand will be over two dozen pieces of furniture that David had designed and built for his television show Woodworks as well as numerous examples of his designs for woodturning, bentwood lamination, as well as marquetry.

David will begin by explaining his sources of inspiration and then demonstrate how he begins to work on drawings, mock ups, explores construction techniques, and finishing methods, and how he pulls it all together to create a final piece. He will also have examples of sample joinery, sample boards of various finishes, and portfolios of his current work. In addition, David will do a slide show and will be prepared to answer any and all questions that students might have.

Included will be a demonstration on torsion boxes and their use in furniture as well as sculptures.

September 13 - 17, 2012 COMBINING VESSEL TURNING WITH GILDING & CHEMICAL PATINATION 5-DAY HANDS-ON

Class Size: 3 – 10 students $875.00 - All materials included.

Get ready to have fun in this 5-day hands-on turning class that will incorporate gilding and chemical patination and vessel turning. Using bowl turning gouges, hollowing tools, and scrapers, students will learn how to turn bowls and hollow vessels. David will guide students through the process of selecting stock and how to prepare it for turning. Students will also learn sharpening techniques, sanding techniques, ways to mount wood onto the lathe using faceplates and four jaw chucks, and safety. David will teach students his signature process technique of gilding and chemical patination to embellish their turned pieces. This class promises to be action packed and students will take home a variety of art pieces that they will treasure for years to come.

Click here to see pictures of a previous Combining Vessel Turning with Gilding & Chemical Patination class.

September 28 - 30, 2012 MARQUETRY & INLAY 3-DAY HANDS-ON

Class Size: 3 – 10 students $750.00 - All materials included.

In this hands-on class David will teach the challenging and artistic world of inlay. He will explore several different methods of creating one of a kind inlays that will enhance your work and take it to the next level. David will show you how to do free hand inlay, router template inlay, double bevel marquetry (which is a veneering technique as opposed to an inlay technique), and colored epoxy inlay. He will show students how to do repeatable inlays by teaching you how to design and make your own templates. In addition, David will show students a unique technique using various non ferrous metals, copper, brass, and aluminum, combined with various dyes mixed in epoxy.

Click here to see pictures from David’s 2010 Marquetry & Inlay class.

Click here to see video highlights of David’s 2011 Marquetry & Inlay class.

NEW CLASS NOVEMBER 9 - 13, 2012 GILDED OSTRICH EGG 5-DAY HANDS-ON

Class Size: 10 students $875.00 - All materials included.

This class is designed to really focus on the gilding and chemical patination process. In the past David has taught 2 day workshops on flat sample boards. By introducing this new 5 day class, students will be able to go into depth and detail of how David achieves his special effects on flat surfaces as well as on his hollow vessels.

Each student will be given numerous sample boards to practice on before working on their Ostrich Eggs. With this many sample boards to practice on, students can really have a chance to refine their techniques before working on their Ostrich Eggs.

Students will receive two "prepared" genuine ostrich eggs that have been steamed cleaned with the hole filled with epoxy putty, sanded, primed, painted with japan paints and ready to gild.

Everything will be pre painted, so each student can focus on gilding techniques and patina techniques as well as introducing some techniques using frisket.

Frisket permits the user to create very specific images.

David used frisket to create the fish as well as the dragonfly on his dye-infused metal print titled Dragonfly:

Using what you have learned from working on your sample boards, you will be then be able to apply these techniques to your Ostrich Eggs. This is an opportunity to challenge yourself to push your artistic skills and create objects d'art in the genre of Faberge.

DECEMBER 1 - 2, 2012 SHELL INLAY HANDS-ON
Taught by World-Renowned Master Artist Larry Robinson

Class Size: 10 students $700.00 - All materials included.

This two-day hands on class will cover all aspects of the inlay process, from composition and design, material selection and cutting, through routing, leveling, and engraving details. Students will be working with a complete set of up to date tools, and all materials used in the inlay will be provided. Students will, during the length of the course, complete their own inlay utilizing all the different processes they will be likely to deal with in the majority of any future inlay piece. A list of shell and tool suppliers will be available, and various examples of Larry's own inlays will be on hand.

You can read Larry's bio here and see more examples of Larry's work on his website robinsoninlays.com.