Making Whole

Making Whole is an addiction recovery program designed within the framework of a traditional woodworking apprenticeship.

Our program is built on a simple premise: the mentor–student relationship can break through the ego barriers of addiction. Once trust is established, apprentices begin building studio-quality objects while rebuilding themselves. The work becomes training for sustainable sobriety and for a life strong enough to hold its own weight.

In our shop, beautiful and enduring things are made. Furniture and objects are crafted from wood, metal, concrete, leather—whatever the work demands.

But the products are not the point. They are the artifacts—the proof—of a deeply transformative process.