Violin Making
Students learn violin making through wood selection, shaping, sanding and carving. Making the front and back plates requires precision, patience and collaboration.
Learning violin-making
Wood selection. Templates. Shaping. Sanding. Carving.
Students have completed the plates, while the instruments remain in progress. Each stage requires patience and attention to detail.
Working with wood
Students studied wood selection and templates before sanding and carving the front and back plates. Working by hand required close attention to shape and thickness.
From plates to an instrument
The front and back plates were completed, while work on the instruments continued. Each adjustment required students to check the materials and structure carefully as they worked toward assembly.
Learning from one another
In their reflections, students wrote about concentration, asking questions and helping one another. Their accounts described the patience and collaboration that careful handwork requires.
Project guidance
Students learn violin making with industry expert Xue Peng, practicing material selection, sanding and carving as they shape the instrument’s front and back plates.
Meet the practice team