From August 12-14, the Birds of Vermont Museum is hosting the Green Mountain Woodcarvers’ annual three-day seminar. This class kicks off the 4-day Festival of Woodcarving, which culminates with an Outdoor Woodcarving Exhibit on Saturday August 15th (also at the Museum).
Bob Lindemann will be teaching this year’s GMWC/BoVM 3-day Carving seminar, an 80%-scale Belted Kingfisher. The class will include roughing out the head and body, adding the details, and will include setting feet and mounting on a base or branch.
Due to the bird’s reduced size, the class is suitable for both novice and more experienced carvers, as the carving can be don as either a more basic “smoothie” or a with more detail–the carver’s choice. This project is not recommended for “first-time” carvers.
As it is still a fairly large piece, carvers should have a good size carving knife in a addition to a variety of smaller palm tools.
During the class, participants will be able to finish carving, setting the eyes and legs, and beginning to paint. We will finish painting at the GMWC Annual Meeting and Carve-In, held here at the Museum in October.
Cost: $150 plus a materials fee ($130 plus materials for members of GMWC and/or Birds of Vermont Museum). The materials fee will be collected at the beginning of the class. The registration fee will be collected when you sign up.
Max: 10 participants FULL
To become a member of the Green Mountain Wood Carvers, visit http://greenmountainwoodcarvers.org/membershippage.html
To become a member of the Birds of Vermont Museum, visit https://birdsofvermont.org/membership
More about Belted Kingfishers: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Belted_kingfisher
This event is part of the Festival of Woodcarving.
