What's New in December 2025 at Intersections!

As 2025 draws to a close, we want to wish you a joyful holiday with friends and family. It is difficult to sum up in words all of the activity, creativity and community that has enlivened Intersections Wood Collaborative this year. A huge thanks to you - the members, volunteers, instructors, participants, and cheerers on that make all this joy possible. Read of for some excellent gift ideas. But first, some important announcements!

Join or Renew your Membership today for 2026

Benefits of membership include:

• early access to workshop registration
• borrowing privileges from our floor to ceiling library
• independent work during Open Hours
• participation in community builds
• volunteer opportunities with youth and other community groups
• complementary access to presentations and visiting speakers
• membership appreciation events

To mark our fall membership drive, we will enter all purchasers of an annual or lifetime membership prior to December 31 into a draw to win a cribbage board, routed in the Intersections workshop!

Raffle Tickets -- ON SALE NOW

Intersections is pleased to announce that tickets are on sale now for our annual fundraising raffle. Proceeds from the raffle go directly to supporting educational work at Intersections and making woodworking education accessible to as many people in our community as possible.

This year, there are 5 (five!!) outstanding prizes, including a handmade ash dining table from our Tree to Table program. The draw will be held February 28, 2026.

Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased during Open Hours (Tuesday - Thursday 10 am - 3 pm) at Intersections or by e-transfer to raffle@intersectionswoodcollaborative.org with your name and contact information in the memo.

Here are some pictures of the other prizes which could be yours or your loved ones soon... Stop by Intersections to view and learn more about these special prizes.

For Sale!

Intersections is looking to sell a 6" Wood Jointer and a 15" Planer that are in good working used condition. Please send an email to info@intersectionswoodcollaborative.org if you have interest in making an offer on these items.

December and January Workshops

December workshops are filling up, but there is still space to register for Mentorship with Pierre Rousseau on December 10. Intermediate woodturners will want to try their hand at Ornaments with Finials with Carl Durance December 13-14. And there are still spots in Introduction to Power Tools with Jennifer Hart on December 20.

In addition, there are a full host of workshops in January which make excellent gifts. Intersections is happy to send along a personalized gift certificate for workshop registrations to be discovered under your Christmas tree. Take a look for some great options for 1-3 day workshops.

Longitudinal Weekday Workshops Starting in January

Pierre Rousseau will be offering four longitudinal offerings in January and February in fine woodworking. Over four Thursday evenings in January, Pierre will lead an introductory workshop on technique and use of hand tools. In February, Pierre brings things up a notch with an additional four evening sessions to finesse accuracy with hand tools.

Fundamentals of Woodworking 1 returns on Fridays starting January 16. No experience is required and over 10 weeks, you will build a table of your own design, learning fine woodworking along the way. Pierre will also offer Fundamentals 3 on Mondays starting January 19. Perfect for the graduate of Fundamentals 2, or for experienced woodworkers with permission of the instructor, this course combines learning multiple techniques of furniture craft while building an exquisite tambour cabinet. Scholarships are available.

Open Hours
Open Hours will continue to be Tuesday - Thursday 10 am - 3 pm. We are now pleased to also offer weeknight evening open hours by appointment only. Please email ahead of time if you are planning to come in to work in the shop to confirm availability.

Thursday, December 18 will be the last Open Hours of 2025, and Open Hours will resume on January 6, 2026.

As always, you can email ahead to reserve shop time at info@intersectionswoodcollaborative.org.

Best wishes from all of us at Intersections,

Mike Simpson, Chair
Intersections Wood Collaborative