The instructors and classes for 11th annual Northwest Carving Academy, July 8-12, 2019.
Wayne Barton Sculpted and Pierced Plate Intermediate- Advanced
Penny Burns Nantucket Basket Weaving
Gil Drake Spoons 1,2,3,4, or 5 day class
Tom Duke Native American Flute
Debbe Edwards Amimal To Be Determined
Chris Hammack Caricature Carving - Carvers Choice
Jeff Harness War Eagle carved from Butternut
Pat Moore Carver Choice from Moore Roughouts -- Carving only
Charlie Phillips Indian Baskets and Woodburning
Mike Reifel Marionette
Jerry Simchuk Western Bluebird
Bob Travis Caricature Carving from Generic Roughout
Dick Wilk NW Style Carving Thunderbird
Just for fun
Quilters and crafter group
The class project is a sculpted and pierced plate. Wayne will cover advanced concepts of design, carving and finishing.
A great class for learning chip carving or advancing your current skills.
The Nantucket 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 them for the last 12 years and teaching the art the last 9 years. She will offer a choice from over 20 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.
Cost of material varies on which basket you make.
Gil Drake will be teaching spoon carving.
Class can be taken for 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 days.
Tom will be teaching the art of making Native American Flutes
You will start by building a Urban White Pine Flute (PVC) in a key of A as it provides all of the basic build requirements, provide you with a flute to learn to play as you are building your wood flute and is , for the most part, undestructible.
In the next phase of the class you will be provided two pieces of wood from which you will design, build and shape you Native American Style Flute in the key of G. You will create a flute block or tetish to channel your breath through the chambers. Should you have time and inclination you may even chose to embellish your flute with your designs expressing who you are.
Recommended tools are a #9 gouge, a 1/4" chisel, files and sanding blocks. For those that do not have tools, I will have several to chose from. Items that will be available are sanding sticks, 80 and 120 grit, #9 gouges, 1/4" chisel, step drills, sanding blocks, flute blocks, flute blands, leather ties and urban white pine blanks. I will provide shapers, files, wood burning tools and other items to assist you in your builds.
Cost: to be determined.
The class project animal is a to be determined. 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.
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, War Eagle, Native American - Great Plains Tribe, Realistic Head Bust in Cottonwood Bark or Butternut (instructors choice based upon availability of materials). Bring sharp palm tools, note taking materials. Jeff will teach you the planes of the face, relative proportions and facial anatomy. Jeff has studied under Marv Kaizersatt, Jeff Phares, Phillip Faraut and Terry Kramer, among others, and has been studying, carving and sculpting faces for 20 years. After taking this class, you will never look at faces the same way. 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.
Learn Pat's technique for carving, carver will have their choice from the Moore Roughouts.
Tools: Safety glove, your favorite knives, palm tools including various veiners, gouges & v-tools (No Power), light if desired.
Cost of Class Materials: TBD