About Samantha:
I recently graduated from a 12 month woodworking course. I have an art background, my formal training is in Illustration. In the past I worked as a dog walker, glassblower, graphic designer and as a freelance artist painting pet portraits.
About Warped Boards:
Warped Boards is a behind the scenes tour of the early years in a woodworker’s career. The focus being primarily on how to start a woodworking career, and the business side of things. A veritable cheat sheet for anyone who has yet to start theirs.
Warped Boards 
Hello Samantha
Thank you for your positive comments about my bandsaw coiling film.
Good luck with your blog.
Best regards
Jamie Ward
Curriculum Leader Furniture Crafts
Warwickshire College
England
It’s well deserved praise! Wish I could have attended your school!
Nice Blog! Can you mention where you went to woodworking school? I may want to go someday myself and don’t know anything about them except for a weekend class I took once at a WoodCraft store. Thanks – Jim
I recommend that you do a google search for woodworking trade schools in your area- some other key words that would help are vocational training, technical training, and career school. Then you’ll get some options for a more formal A-Z training.
Woodworking can be an economically difficult business. A blog that shares your business experiences early in your career should be very helpful. Thanks.
Which School did you go to? 12 month course so a Comm College or…. maybe NorthWest WW with Gary Rogowski?(which is a great school) Me, I’m a North Bennet Street applicant as of now. I dig your blog though. Nice to see a younger girl into WW, Im 24 so not a lot of people my age get the hand tool thing… anyway. Cool to see. later.
Your blog just showed up in the “You may like” section, and I defintely like your blog! 🙂 I am currently trying to start a woodshop over the summer with the aim of restoring and making anything from a desk to wind chimes 😛 Lookin’ forward to reading your posts! 😀
God bless!
-pax