Instructors and Classes

Janet Bolyard

Janet is a new instructor to Creede this year teaching Caricature carving. Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for the class. Any remainder will be paid at class time to the instructor.

Classes:

Caricature Golfer

Caricature Fisherman

Caricature Sleepy Santa

Finishing

Armature

Alan Clark

Alan is a newcomer to the Creede Woodcarvers Instructors Cadre and comes to the Creede venue with fifteen years of carving history. He has taught for twelve years at the annual Woodcarvers On Wheels event in Congress, Arizona; several years at the California Carvers Guild event in Oakhurst, California; was on staff five years at the Arrowhead Carving program in Cascade, Idaho. He has taught a variety of subjects including Cypress Knees, Cowboy Caricatures, Indian Flutes, Santa Clauses and his passion, replicas of Hopi Indian Kachina Dolls. Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for the class. Any remainder will be paid at class time to the instructor.

Classes:

An Adventure in Kachinas

Tom Donze

Tom is a fast rising relief carving instructor. Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for the class. Any remainder will be paid at class time to the instructor.

Classes:

Relief Carving

John Engler

John is a professional artist specializing in woodcarving and watercolor paints. His class is a lesson in Medium and Deep Relief Carving. Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for each class. Any remainder will be paid at class time to the instructor.

Classes:

Relief Carving

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Painting with Watercolor

Michalyn Erickson

Would you like to learn to add a decorative edge to your Swedish Weaving project? Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for each class. Any remainder will be paid at class time to the instructor.

Classes:

Swedish Weaving Italian Hemstitch

Swedish Weaving Trouble Shooting

Mark Gargac

Mark is a nationally known wood carver and instructor from Broomfield, Colorado. Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for each class. Any remainder will be paid at class time to the instructor.

Classes:

Mountain Man Face

Frontiersman Face

Bill Johnson

Bill Johnson from North Carolina is bringing chip carving back to Creede. He has been in Woodcarving Illustrated several times and has won several Best In Show ribbons with his chip carving. Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for each class. Any remainder will be paid at class time to the instructor.

Classes:

Chip Carved 8" Plate

Chip Carved Tall Desk Clock

Finishing Techniques

Skylar Johnson

Skylar has written several how-to woodcarving books as well as a book on sharpening tools. You will learn simple carving techniques in his class. Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for the class. Any remainder will be paid at class time to the instructor.

Classes:

Carve a Caricature Groovy Bus

Woodspirit in Cottonwood Bark

Sharpening Class for Carving Tools

Maddy Kloeber

We would like to introduce Maddy Kloeber to Creede Woodcarvers Rendezvous. Maddy is a world class woodcarver and artist.She has been on the cover of Chip Chat three times and selected as Artist of the year in Arizona three times. Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for the class. Any remainder will be paid at class time to the instructor.

Classes:

Carving a Realistic Cat or Fawn

Finish Carving a Realistic Cat or Fawn

Ken Leggitt

Ken has spent his whole life studying Miners Cabins in the mountains around Creede. Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for the class. Any remainder will be paid at class time to the instructor.

Classes:

Miner Shack in Cottonwood Bark

Loren Lichti

Loren will be teaching the art of Stone Carving using only hand tools. Alabaster, Marble and Soapstone are available. Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for the class. Any remainder will be paid at class time to the instructor.

Classes:

Stone Carving

Andy & Aaron Mayer

Using basic tools you will learn new and different techniques for achieving details from Andy and Aaron. Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for the class. Any remainder will be paid at class time o the instructor.

Classes:

Small Bark Church

In-the-Round Treehouse

Joe Perkins

Joe likes carving items that have a Christmas theme. Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for the class. Any remainder will be paid at class time to the instructor.

Classes:

Christmas Candle Tree Ornament

Adair Rucker

Adair will teach a simple way to carve a face for his Santa's that makes painting eyes easy. Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for the class. Any remainder will be paid at class time to the instructor.

Classes:

Carving A Santa

Patty Rucker

Take a look at Patty's different classes: a soft shading technique that makes woodburning look like a photo, or design your carvings in clay first or try scrimshaw on a practice plexiglas panel or paint your Santa that you carved with Adair. Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for the class. Any remainder will be paid at class time to the instructor.

Classes:

Woodburning

Sculpting

Scrimshaw

Painting a Santa

Tom Sarff

Tom's classes are designed for those who have little or no carving experience. You will learn basic knife cuts and how to read wood grain. Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for the class. Any remainder will be paid at class time to the instructor.

Classes:

Beginning Carving Class

Diana Smith

Diana teaches both carving and non-carving classes--woodburning on wood, leather, cork or small gourds, beaded jewelry, and quilling done with 1/8" pre-cut paper strips. Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for the class. Any remainder will be paid at class time to the instructor.

Classes:

Topaz with Pizzazz

Woodburning

Locket and Earrings with Quilled Flowers

Rhonda Smith

Rhonda teaches basic techniques to help you master watercolor, basic design principals with colored pencil, basic drawing techniques that help with carving. Or she will assist you in designing your own image to transfer onto metal. Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for the class. Any remainder will be paid at class time to the instructor.

Classes:

Colored Pencil

Watercolor

Drawing for Woodcarvers

Metal Etched Jewelry

Tim Ter Meer

Tim is new this year and is bringing a new project for you to enjoy. Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for the class. Any remainder will be paid at class time to the instructor.

Classes:

Bluebill Duck Head

Mallard Duck Head

Pintail Duck Head

Ruddy Duck Head

Canvasback Duck Head

Carver's Choice

Doris Trinko

Doris will be burning on Wood, Paper, Cloth, and Leather. Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for the class. Any remainder will be paid at class time to the instructor.

Classes:

Woodburning

George Vaughn

George will be offering a power carving class. He offers his students the choice of a fish or other animal (Elk or Mountain Lion with habitat). Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for the class. Any remainder will be paid at class time to the instructor.

Classes:

Rainbow or Cutthroat Trout

Elk or Mountain Lion with Habitat

Polly White

Polly will guide you in developing the details in the cottonwood bark. Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for the class. Any remainder will be paid at class time to the instructor.

Classes:

Pueblo in Bark

Face in Bark

Larry Wolterstorff

Larry will work with you to carve a stick into a cane you will prize for years. Select the class below. You are paying a $25 deposit for the class. Any remainder will be paid at class time to the instructor.

Classes: