2008 CLASSES AVAILABLE TO EARLY BIRD CARVERS:
General Information -   Week 2 Carving Classes  Registration Form

Early Bird Classes the week of April 7-11, 2008

"Ol' Don" Burgdorf - Choose the project of your choice from Ol' Don's roughouts. Most roughouts are $15.00; none more that $25.00. Many of the roughouts can be seen on his website: www.artofdon.com. He will work through the project from start to finish.

#100 - Wed-Fri Class. Fee is $15.00 per day plus blank.

Gerard Brossoit – You will have your choice of several low, middle, and deep relief projects. He also has several cutouts to choose from for day projects.

#101 - Mon-Wed $45.00 plus blank ($12.00 - $15.00)
#102 - Thur-Fri $30.00 plus blank ($12.00 - $15.00)
#103 - Day classes - Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

Toby & Elaine Craft – Will be teaching your choice of a Baltimore Oriole, Cardinal, or Eastern Bluebird. You will need a knife, palm tools, woodburner with skew tip, and a Dremel or Foredom type machine. You will carve, paint, and mount the bird in this class.

#104 - Mon-Wed - Baltimore Oriole - $95.00 (price includes blank)
#105 - Mon-Wed - Cardinal - $85.00 (price includes blank)
#106 - Mon-Wed - Eastern Bluebird - $85.00 (price includes blank)
 

Dee Gipson – Your choice of several wildlife projects and painting class. You will need hand tools, burner, paint brushes.

#107 Mon-Wed - Running Rabbit $75.00 (price includes blank)
#108 Mon-Wed - Fawn $75.00 (price includes blank)
#109 Tue-Thu - Deer Bust $75.00 (price includes blank)
#110 Tue-Thu - Raccoon $85.00 (price includes blank)
#111 Friday - Wildlife painting $15.00

Don Hartt – Don will offer again his Fancy Walking Cane Class. These canes make great gifts for your friends and relatives. He will have several patterns to choose from. Don's web site is donhartt.googlepages.com (don't put a www in front of the address.) Here you can see patterns and finished canes.

#112 Mon $25.00 per day plus blank. (Blanks are $35.00 - $85.00)
#113 Tue $25.00 per day plus blank. (Blanks are $35.00 - $85.00)
#114 Wed $25.00 per day plus blank. (Blanks are $35.00 - $85.00)
#115 Thur $25.00 per day plus blank. (Blanks are $35.00 - $85.00)
#116 Fri $25.00 per day plus blank. (Blanks are $35.00 - $85.00)

Charley Phillips – Charley will have several flower projects to choose from. They range from day projects to week-long projects. She has some new projects for this year.

#117 Wed - $30 per day (blanks for pins are included). Larger projects are available; blanks starts at $25
#118 Thur - $30 per day (blanks for pins are included). Larger projects are available; blanks starts at $25
#119 Fri - $30 per day (blanks for pins are included). Larger projects are available; blanks starts at $25

Wanda Reichert – You will carve a Black Crappie or Largemaouth Bass with power. The scales will be woodburned and the fish will be painted with acrylics. The fish can be mounted, so bring a base, or Wanda will have some for sale.
Dust Collector is a Must.

#120 - Wed-Fri - Crappie or Bass $85.00, includes blank

Patty Rucker – Patty once again brings her varied teaching skills to teach Scrimshaw, Woodburning, and Sculpting. Her woodburning features a soft shading technique. Patty will have extra clay or wood for purchase.

#121 Mon - Sculpting a figure for woodcarving $30.00
#122 Tue - Sculpting facial expressions $30.00
#123 Wed - Woodburning $30.00
#124 Thur - Woodburning $30.00
#125 Fri - Woodburning $30.00

George Vaughn – George will teach a 15" Carousel Horse this year from a roughout. This will be a good project for those of you who did not want to tackle the large horse last year. You will need normal palm tools, knife, and power tools.
#126 Mon-Thur - Carousel Horse $100.00, Blank included

Sam Wilson – Sam will teach your choice of caricatures this year. You will need a knife, gouges, and glove for his class.

#127 Mon - Caricatures $20.00 per day (Blank included)
#128 Tue - Caricatures $20.00 per day (Blank included)
#129 Wed - Caricatures $20.00 per day (Blank included)
#130 Thur - Caricatures $20.00 per day (Blank included)
#131 Fri - Caricatures $20.00 per day (Blank included)