The Beaverbrook School

After a successful first semester, Vimeo founder Zach Klein's Beaver Brook School is back and this year it will see 7 successful applicants travel to upstate New York to learn traditional Japanese woodworking techniques - how to cut a mortise and tenon with hand tools, how to wield a chisel with surgical precision and how to raise a frame with nothing more than your hands and a few lengths of rope. The goal is is to build a shed roofed, open sided kitchen pavilion and by the end of the session, participants will have the skills and knowledge to design, lay out, and build a simple timber frame of their own

Beaver Brook is made up of a 55-acres of woodland situated in Upstate, NY. The land is managed by a group of friends with a mission to protect its splendor and make an inspiring place to learn new skills. The School was founded to share this opportunity, to show others how to make their own home just as the Beaver Brook inhabitants are doing themselves.

Anyone is welcome to apply, but the Beaver Brook school will give preference to those with some experience making anything. The $500 tuition fee covers tool rental and three square meals a day. Participants are responsible for getting themselves to NYC. The next Beaver Brook School runs August 30th to September 7th 2015 and all ages are welcome.

For further information, you can visit BEAVER BROOK or BEAVER BROOK SCHOOL

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