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Upcoming Classes & Events

  • Beginning Woodworking: Introduction to Fine Woodworking with Kat Edmonds and Ashley Merback
    Beginning Woodworking: Introduction to Fine Woodworking with Kat Edmonds and Ashley Merback
    Beginning Woodworking: Introduction to Fine Woodworking with Kat Edmonds and Ashley Merback
    May 05, 2025, 6:00 PM – Jun 30, 2025, 9:00 PM
    Geared toward new woodworkers who want to build independence and competency in the woodshop! Use all the major tools in the shop to make a small table or night stand. Mondays in May and June (6-9 pm) Tuition $595 Materials: $75
  • Build A Mason Bee House
    Build A Mason Bee House
    Build A Mason Bee House
    Jun 07, 2025, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
    Build a cedar house for native pollinators! This will boost fruit and flower production in your garden and help the bee population! We offer this class at a deep discount in honor of Jerry Paul, who taught Ashley how to care for mason bees to carry on his tradition.
  • Bend Your Own Landing Fishing Net: Learn Bent Lamination With Mike Pemberton and Kat Edmonds (1)
    Bend Your Own Landing Fishing Net: Learn Bent Lamination With Mike Pemberton and Kat Edmonds (1)
    Bend Your Own Landing Fishing Net: Learn Bent Lamination With Mike Pemberton and Kat Edmonds (1)
    Jun 20, 2025, 6:00 PM – Jun 21, 2025, 5:00 PM
    Learn bent lamination by building your own landing net for fishing. Take these skills with you into future building projects AND walk away with a gorgeous landing net that you’ve built yourself! Friday June 20th (6-9pm) and Saturday June 21st (9am-5pm) Class Cost: $380 Mat Fee: $75
  • Design for Fine Furniture with Kat Edmonds
    Design for Fine Furniture with Kat Edmonds
    Design for Fine Furniture with Kat Edmonds
    Jun 28, 2025, 9:00 AM – Oct 03, 2025, 1:00 PM
    Interested in designing your own woodworking project. You will learn technical drawing, make a scale model, and mock up full scale design elements of your own project over 4 weeks. 4th Saturdays in May, June, July, August 9am-1pm Tuition $390
  • Queer Woodworking with Kat Edmonds
    Queer Woodworking with Kat Edmonds
    Queer Woodworking with Kat Edmonds
    Jul 25, 2025, 6:00 PM – Oct 24, 2025, 9:00 PM
    Join Kat for four sessions of woodworking. We will be in a welcoming space and woodwork with other queers, all are welcome! Kat will offer expertise to complete a project of your choice, no experience needed. 1 Friday each month: July, Aug, Sept, Oct. Tuition $200 (12 class hours)
  • Make a Handcut Dovetailed Bench with Nat Stein and Kat Edmonds
    Make a Handcut Dovetailed Bench with Nat Stein and Kat Edmonds
    Make a Handcut Dovetailed Bench with Nat Stein and Kat Edmonds
    Aug 04, 2025, 6:00 PM – Sep 29, 2025, 9:00 PM
    Make a small bench with hand cut dovetails and mortise and tenon joinery. We will cover hand tool safety and learn how to cut joinery by hand! Come learn this timeless skill with us. Mondays in Aug and Sept (6-9 pm) Tuition $595 Materials: $75 (24 class hours)

We always host shop hours each week. This is a great way to start on a project when you don't see a class that fits your schedule.

If you are interested in coming to the shop, head to our membership page!  

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Current Business Hours:  

Monday: 10am-2pm 

Tuesday: 5-8:30pm 

Wednesday: 10-5pm 

Thursday: 5-8pm  

PAST CLASSES

  • Hanging Plant Propagation Station
    Hanging Plant Propagation Station
    Feb 10, 2024, 9:00 AM – 1:10 PM
    Plant propagation stations make great gifts for that plant person in your life, which could include you! We will learn basic woodworking techniques in this class to make a hanging propagation station. All materials are provided. Cost is $155.
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  • Intro to Woodshop
    Intro to Woodshop
    Feb 03, 2024, 12:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Curious about what Highland Woodshop is all about, come join us to learn more about woodworking and Highland Woodshop in this great introductory class! We learn to four square mill rough lumber and make a cheese board as the final project. Cost is $175, registration is through Corvallis Parks Dept.
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  • Staghorn Fern Mounting Class
    Staghorn Fern Mounting Class
    Jan 26, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    A fun class with a beauty of a prize at the end: a Staghorn Fern mounted on rustic wood to hang on your wall. A great class for beginners to the more experienced woodworker, this class is available to folks ages 10+.
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  • Build a Simple Stool
    Build a Simple Stool
    Oct 11, 2023, 6:00 PM – Oct 18, 2023, 9:00 PM
    This events occurs on two Wednesdays October 11th and October 18th
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  • Wooden Mallets: Make a Shop Tool with Nathaniel Stein
    Wooden Mallets: Make a Shop Tool with Nathaniel Stein
    Aug 26, 2023, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    This class covers the steps to build a beautiful hardwood mallet, useful for persuading tight joints in style. This class is being taught in partnership with Tarweed Folk School.
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  • Next Level Cutting Board Class
    Next Level Cutting Board Class
    Aug 23, 2023, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    This events occurs on two Wednesdays August 23rd and August 30th
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  • Intro to Woodshop
    Intro to Woodshop
    Aug 19, 2023, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Curious about what Highland Woodshop is all about, come join us to learn more about woodworking and Highland Woodshop in this great introductory class!
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  • Introduction to Pyrography: Woodburning
    Introduction to Pyrography: Woodburning
    Aug 14, 2023, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Are you an artist looking for a new canvas or do you want to learn to embellish your woodworking projects?
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  • Build Your Own Tiered Bookshelf with Katherine Edmonds
    Build Your Own Tiered Bookshelf with Katherine Edmonds
    Aug 13, 2023, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
    Each student will build a small angled bookshelf, learning more advancing woodworking and machining skills. This class is being taught in partnership with Tarweed Folk School.
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  • Build a Modern Coat Rack with Nathaniel Stein
    Build a Modern Coat Rack with Nathaniel Stein
    Aug 12, 2023, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Combine design and function in this class to make a sleek and modern rack with flip down hooks for hanging coats and bags. This class is being taught in partnership with Tarweed Folk School.
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  • Community Build: Earth Ovens Learn to Make a Traditional Wood-Fired Masonry Oven
    Community Build: Earth Ovens Learn to Make a Traditional Wood-Fired Masonry Oven
    Aug 12, 2023, 9:00 AM PDT – Aug 14, 2023, 4:00 PM PDT
    Earth OVENS are easy as mud pies, and perform exactly like commercial models costing thousands. Cook pizza in as little as 90 seconds; then bread, meat, fish, vegetables, casseroles, soups, & stew; desserts, steamed bread, rice pudding; then dry fruit, firewood, or wet shoes!
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  • Community Build: Timber Frame Shelter with William Fowlkes
    Community Build: Timber Frame Shelter with William Fowlkes
    Jul 22, 2023, 9:00 AM PDT – Jul 24, 2023, 4:00 PM PDT
    Come join us on the job site and become part of the crew as we layout, cut, and raise a timber frame oven shelter. All skill levels welcome.
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  • A House for Mason Bees
    A House for Mason Bees
    May 21, 2023, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
    Ashley is excited to share her skills of making great habitats for mason bees, and increasing our native pollinator population!
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  • Beginning Spoon Carving Class
    Beginning Spoon Carving Class
    Mar 12, 2023, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
    A very popular class here at Highland Woodshop! Learn to carve your own spoon using green wood. Ages 14+
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  • Build a Mobile: Scrollsaw Techniques
    Build a Mobile: Scrollsaw Techniques
    Jan 14, 2023, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
    Build a free-hanging mobile while learning scroll saw techniques.
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  • Book Haus Bookshelf
    Book Haus Bookshelf
    Jun 05, 2022, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
    Build this adorable Book Haus bookshelf for your nightstand. A perfect perch for your favorite reads. This class is designed for tweens and teens ages 10-16yrs of age.
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  • Post and Rung Stool Class
    Post and Rung Stool Class
    Nov 01, 2021, 6:00 PM – Nov 29, 2021, 9:00 PM
    In this once weekly course, each student will build a post-and-rung stool out of sustainably harvested Oregon White Oak. What a beauty!
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  • Pack Basket Backpack
    Pack Basket Backpack
    Oct 09, 2021, 10:00 AM – Oct 10, 2021, 4:00 PM
    Our most popular class! Learn the basics of weaving and natural dyes with Rose Holdorf and go home with your own basket backpack! *Income based scholarships available. Email highlandwoodshop@gmail.com for more information.
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