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Carving & Woodworking Classes at The Vesterheim 2018

Vester­heim Nor­we­gian-Amer­i­can Muse­um,  Dec­o­rah, IA

  • Feb. 22–24 — Scan­di­na­vian Style Flat-Plane Fig­ure Carv­ing — Harley Ref­sal
  • April 4–6 — Scan­di­na­vian Style Flat-Plane Fig­ure Carv­ing — Harley Ref­sal (Sioux Falls, South Dako­ta)
  • April 9–11 — Kuk­sa Carving—Traditional Scan­di­na­vian Drink­ing Cup — Alexan­der Yerks
  • April 12–14 — Scan­di­na­vian Fig­ure Carv­ing — Bill Jaeger
  • April 12–14 — Hooked on Spoons—Carving in the Scan­di­na­vian Tra­di­tion — Fred Livesay
  • April 26–28 — Dec­o­rat­ing on Wood — Dar­lene Fos­sum-Mar­tin & Rebec­ca Han­na
  • May 2–5 — Dec­o­ra­tive Carv­ing on Posts and Beams — Jock Hol­men
  • June 3–7 — Acan­thus Woodcarving—Beginning and Inter­me­di­ate — Steve Speltz
  • June 10–14 — Acan­thus Woodcarving—Intermediate and Advanced — Steve Speltz
  • July 20–24 — Carv­ing in the Drag­on Style — Anneli Enge­land
  • July 28-Aug. 1 — Acan­thus Style Wood­carv­ing — Anneli Enge­land
  • Aug. 15–16 — Kolrosing—Incising on Wood — Dar­lene Fos­sum-Mar­tin (Minot, North Dako­ta)
  • Sept. 12–15 — Traveler’s Trunk — Rob­by Ped­er­sen
  • Sept. 14–15 — Dec­o­rat­ing on Wood — Dar­lene Fos­sum-Mar­tin (Proc­tor, Min­neso­ta)
  • Oct. 10–13 — Large-Scale Drag­on Carv­ing — Jock Hol­men
  • Nov. 2–3 — Carv­ing ‘round the Cal­en­dar — Harley Ref­sal
  • Nov. 7–10 — Carved Ale Hen — Becky Lusk
  • Nov. 9–10 — Inter­me­di­ate-Advanced Chip Carv­ing — Wayne Bar­ton
  • Nov. 15–17 — Let­ter Incis­ing in Wood — Jock Hol­men

All class­es in Deb­o­rah, IA unless oth­er­wise not­ed.  On-line reg­is­tra­tion now avail­able.  For more infor­ma­tion, call the Vester­heim at 563–382-9681 or click HERE

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The Wood­Craft Shop Class­es

Bet­ten­dorf, IA

  • Josh Guge — Paint­ing The­o­ry Class — Feb­ru­ary 22–24, 2019

More infor­ma­tion HERE

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Conewa­go Carvers   2019 Sem­i­nars 

East Berlin Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­ter, 405 North Ave. East Berlin, PA  (Unless oth­er­wise not­ed)

50% Deposit required at signup; remain­ing 50% due 60 days pri­or to the class.  

Prices list­ed are Mem­ber/Non-mem­ber     

  • March 23 — Draw­ing for Wood Carvers — Diane Cromer $45 / $55 Plus Mate­r­i­al
  • April 6 & 7 — Car­i­ca­ture — Jim Feather$90 / $100 Plus Mate­r­i­al
  • May 4 & 5 — Car­i­ca­tures  - im His­er * $90 / $ 125 Plus Rough Out
  • May 18, 19, 20 — Real­is­tic Bust — Vic Hood (Mal­let & Gouge) $200 / $225 Plus wood
  • June 8 & 9 — Car­i­ca­ture Ani­mals — With Bob Her­shey * $90/ $125  Plus Mate­r­i­al
  • June 15 - Begin­ning Chip Carv­ing -Don Kar­nas $45 / $55 Plus Mate­r­i­al
  • June 22 & 23 — Clay Sculp­ture w/ Sculpy — Rich Wether­bee * $165 / $190 Plus Mate­r­i­al
  • July 20 — Intermed./Adv. Chip Carv­ing — Don Kar­nas $45 / $55 Plus Mate­r­i­al
  • August 3 & 4 — Car­i­ca­ture Face or Egg Head — Bruce Stake $90 / $100  Plus Mate­r­i­al
  • August 12 – 16- Car­i­ca­ture Design and Carve — Chris Ham­mack *
  •                                            HELD IN CARLISLE PA  $490 / $515 Includes Mate­r­i­al
  • August 17 & 18 — Car­i­ca­tures — Chris Ham­mack * $185 / $210 Plus Mate­r­i­al
  • Sep­tem­ber 6, 7, 8 — Car­i­ca­tures — Gary Falin $175 / $200 Plus Mate­r­i­al
  • Sep­tem­ber 13, 14, 15 — 3 D Relief Carv­ing — Jim Fos­ter $150 / $175 Plus Mate­r­i­al
  • Octo­ber 5 & 6 — Habi­tat – – Tree Bark & Branch — Butch Clark (Pow­er Carv­ing) 
  •                                                                                                 $125 / $150 Includes Mate­r­i­al
  • Novem­ber 9 & 10 — Wood Burn­ing — Lin­da Mur­phy $90 / $100 Plus Mate­r­i­al
  • Decem­ber 7 & 8 — Wood Burn­ing — Ang­ie Freeman$90 / $100Plus Mate­r­i­al

** Mem­ber of the Car­i­ca­ture Carvers of Amer­i­ca  http://www.cca-carvers.org/index.html   

For sem­i­nar sta­tus or more infor­ma­tion vis­it the club web site HERE, or con­tact Mike Nowakows­ki 717–761-7121 or conewagoseminars@gmail.com

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Fred Zavadil 2019 Wood Carv­ing Work­shops

Sem­i­nar are con­duct­ed in Fred’s stu­dio in Wind­sor, ON; four full days, 4–5 stu­dents in each sem­i­nar

The cost is  $320 + $40, $60 or $80 (pre­pared wood depend­ing on projects). If you would like to stay longer, the cost is $80 /day

Choose from one of Fred’s new projects or bring your own.

For details vis­it Fred’s web page HERE

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Lan­cast­er Coun­ty Wood­Carvers’ 46th Annu­al Wood­carv­ing & Wildlife Art Fes­ti­val

March 16 & 17, 2019 — Sat­ur­day, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.& Sun­day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Stu­dent Memo­r­i­al Cen­ter, Millersville Uni­ver­si­ty, oppo­site side of street from 101 Shenks Ln, Millersville, PA 17551

Free Park­ing, Fes­ti­val Admis­sion: $5.00

Free Admis­sion for those with Mil­i­tary ID!, Free Admis­sion for Stu­dents with High School or College/Higher Ed ID!

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Mid-Wis. Chip­pers 45th Annu­al “Artistry in Wood” Wood­carv­ing Show, Com­pe­ti­tion & Sale

Sun­day May 5, 2019. 9:00 am — 4:00 pm

Best West­ern Pre­mier Water­front Hotel & Con­ven­tion Cen­ter (Oshkosh Con­ven­tion Cen­ter), 2 N. Main Street, Oshkosh, WI

Admis­sion: $3 adm.; Under 12 free

For more infor­ma­tion con­tact Paul Wolters, 920–727-2139, or www.midwisconsinchippers.weebly.com

There will be a Live Birds of Prey Pre­sen­ta­tion by Nat­u­ral­ist Rebekah Weiss of Aves Wildlife Alliance.

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Michi­gan Wood Carvers Asso­ci­a­tion — 24th Annu­al Learn­ing Sem­i­nar

May 13th through 17th, 2019

Coun­ty Fair­grounds in Mid­land, MI

For more infor­ma­tion call Gary Mulick (616–340-6114 or 616–902-3888) or Email: mulickg@gmail.com

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Evart Roundup

June 5–8, 2019 — Wednes­day-Fri­day 8:00 am — 4:00 pm, Sat­ur­day ’till noon

Osce­o­la Coun­ty Fair­grounds, Evart, MI

A host of nation­al and region­al instruc­tors, class­es are free on a first-come, first-served basis.  Mate­r­i­al fees may apply.

A vari­ety of ven­dors for tool sharp­en­ing, rough outs, equip­ment and sup­plies

Under 18 years of age must be accom­pa­nied by par­ent or guardian

Camp­ing avail­able at fair­ground; $20 w/ elec­tri­cal, $17 with­out, pets per­mit­ted but must be con­fined to camp­site at all times, no drugs or alco­hol per­mit­ted.  For more camp­ing infor­ma­tion click HERE.   For area accom­mo­da­tions or Roundup infor­ma­tion click HERE

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Floyd Fest Carv­ing Sem­i­nars for the Novice and Advanced Carv­er

June 10–14, 2019

Osce­o­la Coun­ty Fair­grounds, Evart, MI

Week-long carv­ing class­es with nation­al and region­al instruc­tors; Class fee $180 with$75 non-refund­able min­i­mum deposit

Tools, sup­plies and sharp­en­ing will be avail­able; camp­ing avail­able at Fair­grounds

For more infor­ma­tion click HERE; call Floyd at 734–649-3259, or email to rhads134@comcast.net

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North­west Carv­ing Acad­e­my

July 8–12, 2019

Ellens­burg, WA, Kit­ti­tas Coun­ty Fair­grounds Event Cen­ter

Instruc­tors will be teach­ing week long sem­i­nars. Class size is lim­it­ed.

For more infor­ma­tion click HERE

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Buck­eye Wood­carvers Roundup

July 24–27, 2019. 9:00 am — 5:00 pm Wednes­day-Sat­ur­day

Poor Farm­ers Camp­ground, 7211 Lost­creek-Shel­by Rd

Fletch­er, OH. 45326

$15 Advance Reg­is­tra­tion fee until June 30, 2019.  $20 at the door

A host of region­al and nation­al carvers, two equip­ment and sup­ply ven­dors.  Camp­ing avail­able at $28 per night

For more infor­ma­tion con­tact Barb Fos­ter jim.barbfoster@att.net or mail to 211 E. Astro­turf­ing St, Piqua, OH. 45356

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Indi­ana Wood­carvers Sum­mer Camp 2019

August 1–3, 2019, 9:00 am — 5:00 pm

Pla-Mor Camp­ground, 2162 High­way 6 East, Bre­man, IN. 46506

For more infor­ma­tion on instruc­tors, fees, click HERE.   For camp­site reser­va­tions phone 574–546-3665

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Spit & Whit­tle Week­end — infor­mal carv­ing get togeth­er 

Sep­tem­ber 12–14, 2019

Osce­o­la Coun­ty Fair­grounds, Evart, MI

For more infor­ma­tion phone 616–260-8931 or 231–250-3855

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