The instructors and classes for 12th annual Northwest Carving Academy, July 12-16, 2021 is being updated. The information below is from 2020, we are working with the instructors to reschedule them to come in 2021. The 2020 NWCA is cancelled due Covid-19
Wayne Barton A Lamp Intermediate- Advanced
Penny Burns Nantucket Basket Weaving
Debbe Edwards Animal to be determined
Chris Hammack Caricature Carving - Carvers Choice
Rich Wetherbee Mountain Man bust to be designed
Pat Moore Carve and Paint Santa with toys
Charlie Phillips Baskets of Illusions
Mike Reifel Marionette
Josh Guge. Cedar Waxwing either open or closed wings
Bob Travis Caricature Carving from Generic Roughout
Dick Wilk NW Style Carving Small Totem
Jeff Phares Faces in Cottonwood Bark
Just for fun
Quilters and crafter group
The class project is a chip carved lamp. This is a great carving to do, you will love it.
Wayne will cover advanced concepts of design, carving and finishing.
Class is for intermediate/advanced carvers. A great class for learning chip carving or advancing your current skills.
An American Folk Art and Craft the Nantucket Lightship Basket class is unique for the Academy as it can be taken as a single day class or up to five days.
Penny has a real passion for Nantucket Lightship Baskets. She has been weaving Nantucket baskets for 18 years and teaching for 12 years. She will offer a choice from over 25 different baskets of various sizes and shapes. It will be a very casual class allowing students to come when they can. All the baskets are easy to make, some taking more time than others.
Penny's classes are fun and the finished product will bring every weaver a feeling of pride.
Cost of material varies on which basket you make.
The class project will be an animal yet to be determined. The image shown is not the class project, it is an example of Debbe's work. The 2020 class project will be shown as soon as it is available. The class will cover carving, texturing, woodburning and painting.
You will need carving tools, woodburner, paints and brushes.
The tools used by the instructor are a knife, #3 gouge, 1/2' U-gouge, 1/4" U gouge, 3/16" veiner, 1/8" veiner. The instructor will have some tools available for sale.
Cost of roughout to be determined.
The class project is a Cedar Waxwing, with wing closed or open. This is a power carving class.
Wood cut-out, pattern and references will be provided.
Recommended tools and supplies:
Micromotor or other power carver, extension cord with multiple outlet box, table lamp, grinding and texturing bits, wood burner and dust collector.
..epoxy putty (Quikwood) or blue/yellow ribbon epoxy, or Apoxie Sculpt, super glues,
..paint brushes with a good point and filberts (rounded end brushes), palette and palette knife for color mixing, water container, spray bottle, paper towels, Gesso & stiff brush for application, hair dryer, acrylic paints, painters tape for masking off areas, paint stick and base to hold carving while painting.
..airbrush, hose, and compressor (Josh will have one compressor for use to help paint or bring your own if you want)
Josh will be mixing colors for the carvings he teaches in the class.
Cost roughout and supplies to be determined.
Class: 12-15 students.
Carvers will have a choice of carving any caricature from Cris' collection, visit his website to select. Chris Hammack is a gifted caricature carver. In his class even the most experienced carver will learn a few new tricks. Shown is an example of the 2016 class projects.
Chris carves with about three tools. A knife, an 1/8" V gouge, and a #9 11mm-13mm gouge. 90% of each carving is carved with a knife.
Cost of roughout to be determined.
This years project is a Mountain Man Bust, yet to be designed, Realistic Head Bust. The mountain man shown is not the class project, it is an example of Rich's work. The class project will be shown as soon as it is designed and available. Bring sharp palm tools, note taking materials. Sharp tools, note taking materials, and imagination required.
Tools needed:
Kevlar safety glove
A sharp rough out and detail knives
Palm gouges that range in sizes from small (2mm - 5mm), medium (8mm to 12mm), and large (16mm to 25mm), in sweeps of 3 (shallow), 5, 7, 9, and 11 (No mallet tools!)
Flexcut soft V, pair of dividers, note taking materials
Instructor will supply hand-out training aids, angle guides, carving boards and stropping station, as well as sealer, varnish and antiquing supplies and brushes.
Cost of Wood to be determined.
Pat Moore will teach carving and painting A Santa with toys
This class is designed with each student's individual needs in mind! Work on what you would like help on, such as laying out faces, fur and hair texture or just completing one of her projects!
Bring your favorite hand tools (No Power). Pat prefers different sizes of gouges, v-tools and bench knives. Also a light if you so desire.
If you have any questions you can contact her at (800-825-2657) or email her info@roughouts.com
Baskets of illusion. The basket is a specially turned bowl, no carving will be done on it, woodburning and and paint will bring it to life.
Bring your pencil, carving glove, palm tools: #3- 1/8", 1/4", 1/2" & 1"; #5 – ¼", #11 – 2, 3, 5, 7 & 10mm; a spoon gouge #9/10mm to hollow out the leaf. Set of files & sandpaper of various grits.
Maximum number of 12 students.
The cost of the blank for this project is to be determined.