Friday 23 to Sunday 25 July, 9.30am-4.30pm
Carve small wooden animal forms using hand tools while learning finishing techniques that enhance the characteristics of your subject in this engaging 3-day workshop.
Working with beautiful Australian timber, learn to select suitable timber for whittling your small sculptures, playing with shapes and grain without being bound by functionality.
Focus on aspects that make your animal so endearing; the tilt of the head, the position of the ears, its beauty and vulnerability, encouraging your story telling to evoke strong emotion.
Level: All | Cost: $495 (all materials included)
Carol Russell has worked with wood all her adult life. She began as a furniture maker, but these days it’s the small hand-held, whittled and carved pieces that are of most interest. She spends most of her time teaching people the meditative art of creating small, sculpted forms using only a few tools.
‘I love the silence of using hand tools and the conversation between your hands, the tools and the material. A lot can be said in a simple form. There are so many ways to interpret what we see and I love observing what each student will draw out of their work.’
