Please review all details below before committing to a workshop. Most important, please note the cancellation policy as well as the attendance policy for the series workshops. 

Note our new address as of October 2012 -- 1740 W. Webster Avenue Chicago, IL 60614

PARKING: Free parking is available in our parking lot in designated RX parking spots between 9am-6pm on weekdays. On evenings after 6pm and on weekends, you are welcome to park anywhere in our lot.

PUBLIC TRANSIT: Rebuilding Exchange is accessible by CTA bus and train, as well as the Metra.  For more information or to plan your trip, visit http://www.transitchicago.com/

WHAT TO WEAR: Wear clothes that you don't mind getting dirty. Closed toe shoes are required.  Long hair must be tied back and no dangling jewelry or accesories should be worn. Facial hair should be trimmed and groomed. These rules are for your safety and must be followed.

LATE ARRIVAL POLICY: Please arrive on time for your workshop. If you arrive more than 30 minutes late, you will only be allowed to observe the remainder of the workshop. If you arrive over an hour late, the instructor can chose if they want you to observe the workshop. This is to ensure your own safety and the safety of others. 

COUPLES OPTION WORKSHOPS: Please note that this format allows for 2 people to make 1 item together. 

WORKSHOP SERIES REGISTRATION: Please be sure that you can attend all the dates in your workshop series before registering as there will not be credit given if you sign up and do not attend a date (with the exception of documented medical reasons with a physicians note).

WORKSHOP CANCELLATIONS: Class or workshop fees are refundable for all classes or workshops if a student emails workshops@rebuildingexchange.org 12 hours before the start of the class or workshop. If a student must drop a class or workshop after the deadline, no credit will be given, except for documented medical reasons with physicians note. If for any reason Rebuilding Exchange needs to cancel a class or workshop, you will be notified and refunded.

For more information, email workshops@rebuildingexchange.org or call the warehouse at (773) 252-2234. 

PLEASE NOTE: Final product may vary from image. 

Woodworking Instructors

CASEY BURKITT

Casey is a product designer and builder. He began honing his skills as a small boy assisting his father in the shop. Since then he’s worked as home remodelor constructing and deconstructing houses, as book binder, and a product designer. He enjoys breathing new life into old, forgotten treasures from a simple coat of paint to turning old growth lumber into furniture full of history and character.

ALEX ENARSON

Alex Enarson is a Chicago-based furniture builder, Rebuilding Exchange employee, and owner of the company GRAVE TO CRADLE. Working from his home studio, he uses reclaimed, salvaged, and scavenged materials to build unique and functional pieces from his own designs. An amateur forester, Alex loves building with lumber made from urban wood. You can reach him Friday–Sunday at the Rebuilding Exchange, or atalex.enarson@rebuildingexchange.org.

BLAKE SLOANE

Blake is a carpenter, designer, and teacher. He’s an avid scavenger of alleyways, thrift stores, and even his grandma’s attic for salvaged materials to incorporate into his work and classes. As workshop director at the Rebuilding Exchange, Blake leads the “rustic workshop” series and teaches wood shop in the job training program. He works to promote sustainability by re-purposing well-constructed artifacts from past generations. The result? Contemporary, design-savvy objects with a classic, rugged aesthetic that marries the past with the present. For example, a desk constructed from old doors cleverly includes a slit for hiding computer wires. More examples of his work can be found at blakesloane.com.

PAWEL SMAL

Pawel Smal is an artisan, furniture maker, designer, and entrepreneur. After graduating from Bauhaus Apprenticeship Institute in 2004, Pawel launched his own studio to create objects and designs with a focus on reclaimed materials. Pawel is passionate about all aspects of sailing, from constructing sailboats to occasionally sinking them. As if he didn’t have enough hobbies, he’s also an accomplished Polish translator and interpreter.