Class One: Beginning chip carving
2 separate ˝ day classes:
Wednesday 9/19/07 AM, Friday 9/21/07 AM
Level: Beginners and above
Tools needed: Mechanical pencil, ruler with mm’s (Bonnie prefers a flexible clear one), compass, paper, graphite paper, pink eraser, Wayne Barton style chip carving knife or Flex cut and a carving glove if you wish.
Material fee: less than $7.00
Minimum/Maximum students:1 Min - 8 Max
Class Two: Beginning relief carving class (animal or a flower; still yet to be determined). Teaching a completed relief in a half-day will be tough so expect to complete the project on your own if time runs out during the GOW
2 separate ˝ day classes:
Wednesday 9/19/07 AM/PM, Friday 9/21/07 AM/PM
Level: Beginners and above
Tools needed: palm tools...gouges and an almost flat straight edge and a skew gouge. Bring a pencil, graphite paper, and carving glove if you prefer.
Material fee: approx. $8.00
Minimum/Maximum students:1 Min - 8 Max
Web site: http: //www.pere.org/bgraser
My love of wood led me to work with Rick Reeves who is pretty well known for his spinning wheels, tho I did mostly bowl turning for him. I painted pictures and did many other crafts for years and then started carving in 89 when my Dad wanted company to take a carving class. I got thoroughly hooked! I have had 4 or 5 of my carvings pictured in Chip Chats National Carving Magazine and have even done a few commissions. My first love was and probably still is relief but a close second is chip carving which I took up a few years down the road. I’ve taught classes for my NE Iowa Carving club, for Woodcraft Shop store in Tucson (near where we winter) and at the GOW. I have done several “commissions” now and do a lot of ornament and jewelry as well as boxes and desk name signs that I sell.
Web site: http://pere.org/bgraser/