Mel Johnson
Mel is the current president of the Woodbee Carvers Club in Iron Mountain, MI, and teaches classes on animals, wood spirits, love spoons, 4-part roses, many kinds of ornaments, whistles, toys, knives, and pins.

In addition to the aforementioned items, he has carved Indians, children, cowboys, animals (birds, bears, cougars, wolves, deer, horses, boars, etc.), caricatures, walking sticks, bottle stoppers, candle sticks, and a variety of cottonwood bark and driftwood items.

Traveling by motorhome, Mel has attended seminars and shows in Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas, Ohio, and North Carolina, and has taught at many of them.
See last years site
Class 1
Misc. projects to chose from...he will also be teaching tools
all day or ½ day Your choice

Level: beginning and intermediate carvers

Tools needed: Knife and gouges (basic hand tools)

Material fee: $2.00 to $10.00

Maximum: 10

Web site: none


Class 2
stone carving ... all day

Level: beginning and intermediate carvers

Tools needed:  rasps, files, and sandpaper.  Mel has some tools on hand that the students can use. Students should bring these tools if they have them.

Material fee: $2.00 to $10.00

Maximum: 10