Mary May – WoodcarverWood Carving Education
Back from Berea, KY
What an absolutely beautiful area of the country! Berea is about 30 miles south of Lexingon – real horse country. And not just country hobby horse farms – these are multi-million dollar horse racing farms. Berea itself is a lovely little artist community. There is an artisan center just off the interstate that sells high-end [...]
Teaching in Berea, KY
I’m off to teach a beginning class at Kelly Mehler’s School of Woodworking in Berea, KY. It’s my first time teaching at this school, and I have heard great things about it. I have driven through Berea, and it is a wonderful little artist community just south of Lexington, KY. I have been working on [...]
Boston and Saratoga Springs teaching
What a whirlwind of a week! I’m finally able to sit at a Starbucks in beautiful Saratoga Springs, NY and update my blog. I flew into Boston last Tuesday, and was whisked away quickly to the Peabody Essex Museum to view some original Samuel McIntire pieces of furniture. I have not had much opportunity to [...]
Beginning Class in Greenville, SC
Another great class in Greenville. It’s funny that I can’t seem to find many students here in Charleston, but the ones interested in learning carving in the Greenville area seems unlimited. Ahh – an artist is never recognized in her own town??? I really love to teach beginning classes – to see the change from [...]
Intermediate Carving class in Greenville, SC
We had a great class in Greenville, SC. The projects were difficult, but everyone did very well and learned a lot about that mysterious classical leaf – the acanthus. Once you study this wonderful ornament, you begin to see it everywhere – on picture frames, architectural features, wallpaper, etc. As you can see from the [...]
Beginning class
Had a great weekend teaching at The Woodwright’s School (Roy Underhill’s school) in Pittsboro, NC. We carved a donut (to learn about the grain), a camelia, and then got about half-way through the scallop shell. Everybody did really well, and most had never carved before. One of the students was so inspired and touched by [...]
Off to teach at the Woodwright’s School
I’m off to teach a 2 day beginning carving class at Roy Underhill’s The Woodwright’s School in Pittsboro, NC. It’s a beautiful little town, and his school is on the historic main street right next to a traditional malt shop. It’s always a lot of fun teaching there. Roy has a way about him that [...]
Greenville “Intro to Woodcarving” class
I was driving to Greenville,SC Friday morning to teach a beginning class at the Woodcraft store there, when I had an “aha” inspiration. As I was leaving my house, my sweet husband, Stephen, handed me a Camelia off our tree that is in our yard. This Camelia was sitting on the dashboard of the car, [...]
Ball and Claw Carving Class
I had a great weekend teaching how to carve the Ball and Claw foot at Woodcraft Supply in Greenville, SC. Two of the students had not carved before, and as you can see from the photograph, everyone did a great job. It was nice that it was a small class and that I had a [...]
Greenville, SC Shell Carving Class
Hello everyone! I had a great weekend in Greenville, SC teaching woodcarving to 15 students. It was a great group of people, and everyone did really well - it was NOT an easy weekend. I think everyone was pretty worn out by Sunday afternoon. Saturday we went over carving a shell on the knee of a cabriole leg [...]
