by Andrea Barber | Feb 6, 2026
Job Description Position Summary Build your hands-on preservation trades skills at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area through projects addressing a range of historic preservation needs. Over the course of a 26-week immersive experience, TTAP participants...
by Andrea Barber | Dec 15, 2025
“Woodworking 101 with Traditional Hand Tools” is a new class offering a fun and interesting, three-day, hands-on learning experience in the Belvedere School’s woodworking studio. This is a basic class learning how to make a small wall cabinet out of old growth,...
by Andrea Barber | Dec 2, 2025
This 6-day immersive course will teach students how to split (rive) wood using traditional hand tools to create the materials needed for roofing, siding, and interior lath work of a timber frame cabin. The key focus of this course is riving—the art of splitting wood...
by Andrea Barber | Nov 26, 2025
Step into the world of traditional craftsmanship in this Hand Tool Timber Framing class. In this immersive 6-day class, students will build a full-size cabin inspired by Henry David Thoreau’s famous cabin at Walden Pond, gaining firsthand experience in the...
by Andrea Barber | Nov 26, 2025
The Art & Craft of Axes is designed for anyone interested in learning the history, anatomy, and practical use of one of the most essential tools in woodworking and timber processing. This course will be beneficial to both beginners and tool use and experienced...
