Wood carving education and classes

Wood Carving Education

Marc Adams Class – Classic European Carving

March 18, 2013 MaryMay Woodcarving classes

I am teaching a class at Marc Adams School of Woodworking in Indianapolis, Indiana September 16 – 20 on “Classic European Carving”. There are still a few spaces available, and even if you have never picked up a carving gouge, you can take this class. Here is the class description: “This class will cover the [...]

Popular Woodworking Course Goes “Live”

March 10, 2013 MaryMay Wood Carving Tips

The class on carving this classical design is online now through Popular Woodworking: http://www.shopwoodworking.com/classical-carving-with-mary-may The cost is $75, and it is about 2-1/2 hours of video with an introduction video which includes the tool sharpening process, a video on carving the acanthus leaf and also one on carving the shell. You can watch it as [...]

East Coast Teaching Tour

March 6, 2013 MaryMay Wood Carving Tips

I am currently on my “east coast” teaching tour. I flew into Boston last week and taught 4 people how to carve a Newport flame finial and also an acanthus leaf on a turned post. I call them the “Boston Gang” – a great group of guys. I got to stay in a beautiful older [...]

New Letter Carving Video – “R” and “S”

March 1, 2013 MaryMay letter carving

There have been quite a few requests for a video on letter carving to be included in my online woodcarving school. I am happy to announce that I finally have this completed and it is up on the site. I also have a fancy new camera so I can film from 2 camera angles so [...]

Roy Underhill Weekend

February 17, 2013 MaryMay TV Shows

I spent the Thursday and Friday having a great time rehearsing and filming a third show with Roy Underhill for his PBS TV show, The Woodwright’s Shop. He gave me a challenge of carving details on several furniture legs that he had acquired that really needed some help. They were awkwardly shaped, and some quite [...]

Class with Charles Neil and Gang

February 11, 2013 MaryMay Woodcarving classes

Do you know what I love about my job? I love the variety – the variety of projects I get to work on, the variety of places I get to go, and above all, the variety of amazing people I get to meet. This past week was no exception. Charles Neil and a gang of 6 [...]

Carving a Ball and Claw for a Tea Table

September 8, 2012 MaryMay Ball and claw foot

Yesterday, John Weigel, of Greensboro, NC came to spend the day with me to learn how to carve a ball and claw for his 3-legged tea table. John spent time at MESDA (Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts) in Winston-Salem, NC to study a stunning period piece that he wanted to reproduce. They have a fabulous [...]

Wood Turning

September 6, 2012 MaryMay Woodcarving classes

I am going to teach a class at Marc Adams School of Woodworking in 2 weeks on carving details on a turned post. So… I just turned a 3″ piece of mahogany with a variety of shapes where we will carve 2 different styles of acanthus leaves, egg and dart molding, bead molding, rope molding, and [...]

Ball and Claw Video

August 29, 2012 MaryMay Ball and claw foot

Whew! Got another video edited and up on the woodcarving school site – the fabulous and oh-so-popular ball and claw foot. This has been broken down into 5 different chapters and it goes for over 1-1/2 hours. It is almost in real time, so some of it can seem a little repetitive. The DVD is the same [...]

McIntire Fruit Basket Carving

August 24, 2012 MaryMay Wood Carving Tips

Stan Beckworth came in from Texas for the past 3 days to learn more about the specific techniques of carving. He has quite a lot of experience with carving, but wants to be able to teach carving at the school where he teaches in Waco, TX – the Heritage School of Woodworking (www.homesteadheritage-woodworking.com/). They specialize [...]

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