Woodworking | Terry Ratliff | All Levels | All-Day Class | Week 3 (July 20-24, 2026)
Join Terry in a fun week of introduction to green wood joinery. Over four decades of producing traditional functional folk art has turned Terry into a seasoned professional. Participants will use a few edge tools and logs to produce a lasting heirloom from log to finish. No metal fasteners or glue necessary. Through the week knowledge of forest growth , tree anatomy, identifying and working with the grain as well as how to use tools from sledge and wedge to getting fine edge on spoke shave and draw knife will be at hand. Come learn the age old process and leave with an all from the woods handy stool to be passed along to another generation.
About the Instructor
Terry Ratliff was influenced by wood shop instructors in junior and high school. Later on, as an adult he befriended two chair makers in his community. Living in a diverse hardwood forest of eastern Kentucky, he saw the possibility of making a livelihood from the abundant resource surrounding him. Terry enjoys both making chairs and making chairmakers.
