Sloyd Carving

1865 Big Hill Road,Berea KY 40403

03 December, 2022

Description

Date: December 3, 2022. 9am - 5pm Instructor: Joshua Wetherington Class Description: Learn the basics of hand carving while creating your own little bird friend. This class will provide a beginners guide to 3-dimensional wood carving using a small set of hand tools, including a sloyd knife, gouge and v-gouge. I will also be demonstrating how to “rough-out” your carving on the bandsaw. We will safely work with this core set of hand tools, learns basic grips and techniques for efficiently using the carving tools and understands how these tools interact with your materials. Wood and paints provided during class. Everyone carves at a different paces I’ll have the paints and finishing supplies for the last of the afternoon. It’s my intention that we all go home with a fully carved and painted bird. Lunch Provided. Required Tools: Sloyd Knife V-Tool Gouge -please contact Andy Glenn ([email protected]) with any questions about this class