Memory of moments with Roy and Elia

Almost at the end of this PBS video, Roy showed another chair made by a student, which is actually made by me. ;-)



I spent a week(6 days) taking a Windsor Continuous Arm Rocker chair class by Elia BIzzarri last summer. Roy Underhill was a student as well at that class. After the class, I went to Boston to take a Mike Dunbar's Windsor Sack Back chair class, and then returned to Elia's place to take one-on-one instruction. The PBS video was taken during the week when I was in Boston.

This a picture of Roy and Elia taken by me in a pub after finishing the chair making class.

International Fellowship House

International Fellowship House (IFH)

386 Marlborough Street

Boston, MA 02115-1502

This will be my new residence in Boston.

IFH is a home for eighteen male residents and managed by Chris and Amy Stroup.

According to almighty Google Map, It will take 25 minutes(10 minutes walk+15 minutes subway) from IFH to NBSS.

cabinet and furniture making program of NBSS

The cabinet and furniture making program is the core of the North Bennet Street School(NBSS) and recognized as one of the premier woodworking schools in the country.

Faculty: Dan Faia, Steve Brown, Alexander Krutsky, Lance Patterson

Program schedule:

2 years(72 weeks or 2340 class hours).

Classes meet 8:00-15:00(shops open 15:00-17:00), Monday-Friday, September through May.

1.session 1 (18 wks)

- drafting

- benchwork fundamentals

- introduction to stationary power tools

2. session 2 (18 wks)

- tool chest

- proficiency test

3. session 3 (36 weeks)

- project assignments for graduation

- advanced benchwork

- machine lubrication and maintenance

North Bennet Street School

The North Bennet Street Industrial School was founded by Pauline Agassiz Shaw in 1885. With the success of her first kindergarten, the city of Boston’s school system retained the classes and Shaw moved on to fund the North Bennet Street School(NBSS) for training of immigrants for employment in traditional trades.

Today, the NBSS offers 8 full time professional programs, such as Bookbinding, Cabinet and Furniture Making, Carpentry, Jewelry Making and Repair, Locksmithing, Piano Technology, Preservation Carpentry, and Violin Making and Repair.

The NBSS is located in an Italian neighborhood of Boston, known as the North End. The main part of the NBSS consists of a 19th century building -- a former church combined with three adjacent town houses.

I'm going to Boston!

and I am not dreaming.. ;-)