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Advanced Carving for Furniture
with Mary May

November Dec. 17 & 18, 9:00 - 5:00
$200
- Must have some carving experience - 

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About the teacher
Mary May is a professional woodcarver and is owner of Cornerstone Creations, LLC. She has studied woodcarving at a variety of places around the world - England, Malaysia & Greece, and has had many opportunities to study the traditional techniques of the European masters carvers. She specializes in making carvings for reproduction period furniture and teaches these techniques at several locations throughout the US, as well as in her home town of Charleston, SC. Mary has produced instructional DVDs which include carving the ball and claw foot, the acanthus leaf, and both the concave and convex Newport shells. She has recently appeared as a guest on The Woodwright's Shop with Roy Underhill. Mary is a member of the Society of American Period Furniture Makers.

About the class
This class is open to experienced carvers wishing to work 
on projects of their choice. Some possible carvings are:

- ball and claw feet
- acanthus leaf
- Newport shells
- fan carving
- shell carving

Needed you will need to bring:
- your choice of wood - prepared and cut for project of choice
- set of gouges
- mallet (optional) 
- sharpening equipment

NOTE: contact me at marymaycarving@yahoo.com for any questions
as to possible designs, templates I may have, gouges needed, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Last modified: October 03, 2011