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At Contemporary Craft’s Timmons Studios, a beginner workshop trades a finished project for practice with machines, safety and the preparation of a rough-sawn board.
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The pieces participants take home from Woodworking 101 with David Bielewicz will be samples, not a completed piece of furniture. That distinction is the point: the three-hour class concentrates on preparing lumber and getting acquainted with the woodshop before moving on to a project.
Students will use the wood studio’s core machines to learn how a rough-sawn board becomes dimensional lumber. Milling is a preparatory step for many woodworking projects, so the class offers a way to encounter that process on its own rather than trying to learn it while completing a named object.
The beginner-focused lesson also introduces the studio, its tools and safety considerations. Participants leave with several sample pieces from their work—a practical record of the skills covered and an alternative for someone who wants to try woodworking before signing up for a project-based workshop.
Further reading: Woodworking 101 with David Bielewicz - Contemporary Craft ↗
Bielewicz’s introduction to woodcraft came through an apprenticeship in carving and painting with his grandfather in New York’s Finger Lakes region. In Pittsburgh, he studied stagecraft, theater and construction at Point Park University, trained through the Carpentry Union’s KML Carpenters school and studied woodworking fundamentals at the Backchannel School of woodworking.
He has owned the Pittsburgh woodworking business Uncommon Craftsmen since 2021. His class at Timmons Studios brings that background to a session intended for people at the beginning of their own woodshop education.
Further reading: Woodworking 101 with David Bielewicz - Contemporary Craft ↗
Register through Eventbrite. Tuition is $80, with a required $20 materials fee; all materials are provided.
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Student refund requests require at least three business days’ notice and carry a $25 cancellation fee. If Contemporary Craft cancels the workshop because of insufficient enrollment, it refunds the full class fee.
For workshop accommodations, call 412-261-7003. Contemporary Craft asks for accommodation requests at least two weeks before a visit.
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The workshop is at Timmons Studios, 5688 Butler St., not the separate Raphael Building at 5645 Butler St. The main entrance is on Butler Street; the wheelchair-accessible entrance is around the corner on 57th Street. Ring the doorbell for entry.
Timmons has accessible restrooms on its first and second floors.
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Contemporary Craft lists public transportation routes 87, 91 and 93. It also identifies street parking along Butler and 57th streets, including parking on 57th Street for the Timmons accessible entrance.
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No. The workshop is designed for beginners and introduces machines, processes and safety.
The class focuses on milling lumber rather than a named finished project. Participants take home several sample pieces.
No. All materials are provided, and the required $20 materials fee is separate from the $80 tuition.
Wednesday, November 18, 2026, from 6 to 9 p.m.
5688 Butler St., Pittsburgh, PA 15201
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