Make Your Own Boomerang

Instructor: Robert Owens

Day & Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. & 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Tuition: Sliding Scale Choose What Rate Fits for You: Sponsorship $300, Standard $200, or Scholarship $100

Ages: 18 and Up

All levels are welcome. No experience required.

Location: This workshop takes place on the John C. Campbell Folk School Campus in the Woodworking Studio. It is number 19 on the  Campus Map

Students Please Bring:

• Dust mask
• Eye protection and ear protection
• Long pants and closed-toed shoes to be worn in the shop.
• Note taking materials.
• (Optional) A snack and/or water bottle.

Learn the art and science of boomerang making! Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced woodworker, you’ll learn to blend creativity and technical skills to create a functional and beautiful boomerang. When you boomerang is finished, practice throwing and catching it with instructions from an expert! All levels welcome. 

An additional fee for materials provided by your instructor or studio for this workshop is estimated at $15.00 THIS FEE IS PAYABLE AT THE REGISTRATION TENT on the day of the workshop. *All payment types will be accepted.* 

* Workshops are subject to low enrollment cancellation if the minimum number of 4 students is not reached. If you have any questions, you’re welcome to call Olive’s Porch for up-to-date enrollment information.

About Instructor: Robert Owens established Owens & Sons Boomerangs as a hobby project in 2011, working with his father and one of his sons to craft and sell handmade boomerangs. Robert became fascinated with boomerangs as a child, while on a family vacation, and later in life he discovered in his woodworking shop that boomerangs are a fun thing to make & decorate, as well as to play with. Robert is a retired Presbyterian minister, having spent most of his career working with a nonprofit organization in Louisville, Kentucky that brings together religious congregations across lines of race, faith tradition, etc. to solve community problems at the systemic level. In his retirement, besides making boomerangs in his shop, his new woodworking hobby is building, restoring, and repairing acoustic guitars and other instruments.