About Us
Fireweed Community Woodshop, formerly the Women’s Woodshop, is a non-profit educational organization whose key mission is to empower women and non-binary folks through the art of woodcraft.
Fireweed Community Woodshop’s goal is to introduce women and non-binary folks to tools and techniques through classes, while providing equipment, workspace, and community to help women and non-binary flourish within the craft. We also aim to create role models for young women and non-binary folks and girls to observe female and trans woodworkers.
Fireweed Community Woodshop provides a space where women and non-binary folks can learn at their own pace with supportive female and non-binary staff. We all have different learning styles and entry points into craft. Some students need time to understand the process without help. Others want guidance through each step.
Fireweed Community Woodshop instructors are sensitive to the needs of each student and want to know your learning style so that we can support you accordingly. We strive to create a space where women and non-binary folks feel free to ask questions and share their personal experience. Vulnerability is an asset to learning.
Educational Philosophy
At Fireweed Community Woodshop we provide a space where others can learn at their own pace with supportive female and non-binary instructors and staff. We place these often marginalized groups at the center of leadership and instruction in the art of woodcraft. We also aim to create role models for young women, non-binary folks, and girls to observe female and trans woodworkers.
We have a philosophy of balance—a balance of old techniques and new ones, of different ingredients and flavors, and of passion and skill. We offer financial aid for students in order to help lower some of the financial barriers to accessing courses. We also offer a variety of co-ed classes because men have different learning styles too! At Fireweed Community Woodshop there are no expectations of experience based on gender.