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| Dave Tuttle was our instructor for our 2009 Carving Class. In the
past, we have used the basement of the American Legion Hall, but this year,
Wood arranged for us to use the Morrisville Senior Center, a much larger
space, with air conditioning and large stain glass windows for light. Our
subject for this year was a character carving of a cowboy gun fighter. 9
members attended the three day class. The award for the person traveling
the greatest distance goes to Graeme Rhind who traveled half way around
the world from Australia just to attend our August Class and Show. After handing out the cutouts, we quickly got to work removing excess material and blocking in the basic features. By the end of the first day we had made enough progress that Dave handed out practice blocks so we could learn to work on the procedure for carving faces. By day two, we had made so much progress we set aside the cowboy and carved a Christmas Gnome, practicing carving faces again. After lunch we went back to carve the cowboy face and hat, and adding more details to the figure. By the third day out came the paints. Dave demonstrated his painting technique on the gnome first and then as we finished the cowboy, we started painting the cowboy. By the end of class most had finished both carvings. The Senior Center provided an excellent location for the class. As we were sharing the space, other activities were also going on at the Center. One day there were local musicians, and another a dance class, which Ingrid quickly joined in to learn a few more steps. Once again we had a great August, thanks to Dave offering to share his experience with the Club. Next year? If you have ideas give Wood a call. |