Instructors and Classes

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; and has been on the Board of Directors for the Creede Woodcarving Rendezvous. 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

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

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 has been a stone carver for thirty five years and is confident that if you love carving wood you will love stone 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:

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 (Tabletop)

In-the-Round Treehouse

Adair Rucker

Adair will teach a simple way to carve a face for his Santa 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 Santa

Patty Rucker

Take a look at Patty's different classes: a soft shading technique that makes woodburning look like a photo, 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

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

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:

Woodburning

Topaz with Pizzazz Bracelet or Red Crystal Bracelet

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:

Watercolor

Colored Pencil

Drawing

Metal Etched Jewelry

Tim Ter Meer

Tim is new this year and is bringing a new projects 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:

Rising Trout w/Habitat

Elk or Mountain Lion w/ Habitat

Polly White

Polly will guide you in developing the details in 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

Wood Spirit 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: