Keunho Peter Park

Sculptural Segmented Power-Carving

August 9 - 14, 2026

Open to All Skill Levels

Sculpture, Furniture, Wood

Overview

This workshop will lead students through building, shaping, and texturing wood to create their own personalized, dinner table-sized centerpiece vessel. Students will learn a specialized coopering-like glue-up method, a fun alternative that uses tape and rubber bands instead of traditional clamps to assemble many smaller pieces of wood from a flat board. To explore more organic and free-form shapes, this workshop will provide hands-on instruction in how to safely and properly use a variety of tools. This includes hand shaping tools (gouge, rasp, file, scraper) and power carving tools (angle grinder, die grinder, jointer, circular saw, band saw). Students will leave this workshop having created a unique, structurally complex, and personally textured vessel.

Course Fee : $852.00

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Scholarships & Material Fees

Need help covering workshop costs? Arrowmont offers financial aid opportunities to broaden access to our arts and craft programs. We believe a diverse community enriches the learning experience for all.

Material fees are not included in our national workshop costs, but are included with the cost of our winter short workshops. A material list with estimated costs will be emailed about 30 days before the national workshop begins.

TUITION & FEES

SCHOLARSHIPS

Cost Breakdown

Registration Fee

$50.00

One Week Workshop Tuition

$852.00

Estimated Cost*
*Fees exclude housing and meal plans

$902.00

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Artist Bio

Keunho Peter Park

Keunho Peter Park is a multi-cultural artist, woodworker, furniture designer/maker, and instrument maker who teaches woodworking in Philadelphia. He holds a BFA in painting from South Korea’s Kookmin University and earned his MFA in Woodworking and Furniture Design from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2013. Among his honors, Peter won the prestigious Wharton Esherick Award at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show in 2015 and received a First-Time in Show Award at the Smithsonian Craft Show in 2022.

Artist Website

Explore the Wood Studio

With a dedicated building to all things wood, the John Jordan Wood Building, it should come as no surprise that our wood workshops have developed a bit of a reputation for being the best of the best. A dedicated woodturning studio, machine room, and woodworking studio offer a wide range of equipment and options for students and instructors alike. From woodturning to furniture making, greenwood appliques to carving, the sky is the limit for what our wood workshops can do.

Explore the Wood Studio