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 […]
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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 […]
Carving the Convex Newport Shell
NOTE: Click on photos to get better detail This weekend I will be teaching in Greenville, SC for the Greenville Woodworkers Guild. This is an amazing group of people. I think there are between 600 and 700 members and they have just recently acquired a 20,000+ sq. ft. building for their shop/auditorium/classroom or whatever their […]