Wood carving in Ca

[shadowran]

Does anyone know of any wood carving classes in Ca? I took one years ago at our local college but they no longer offer it, I would like to get involed again I am going to try working on my artwork more this winter, thanks guys and I am glad I found this site.

jim

[Claude]

Welcome to the forum!
Is that "Ca"lifornia, or "Ca"nada?

One place to look is over on the left side of the screen under WCI Community. Click on the link to Calendar of Events. When you finish looking there, Click on the link to Carving Resources. When finished with that one, try the Carving Contests (many contests also offer carving classes). Then, finally, try the link to Carving Clubs. Enter your state or province in the pulldown menu and click the box for Wood Carving. If there is a club within driving distance, go visit on a club meeting night. Usually a great place to learn about the different tools and often be able to try them out. Also a good place to learn how to sharpen a tool and keep it sharp enough to carve wood. If all these fail, check your local Senior Center - they often have classes.

Claude

[sashadoc]

Another way is to "Google" "wood carving classes+california". There are quite a few listed.

Tim

[jmischel]

The nice thing about wood carving is that you can learn pretty effectively without any formal instruction. This is especially true with the incredible number of tutorials available online, particularly on YouTube.

Gene Messer and Arleen are two carvers who have created a huge number of carving videos, many of which are very appropriate for beginners. I maintain indexes of their videos. Check out these two pages:

Gene Messer’s Carving Videos
Arleen (Carverswoodshop) Carving

Also, don't miss my own picture tutorial: Carving the Whittle Pup

[torpidhummer]

Welcome to the greatest carving forum in the world.,this is a very informal forum where most of us are on the first name basis,although not required ,but since you sound like you are really interested in carving,I like to know who I am addressing.Depending on where you live in California,you will find there are many carving clubs in California.Everybody on this forum are always happy to help you out in your new venture.
Oscar

[carverswoodshop]

thank you jim for your effort of making the videos list , i even found myself using it often, thanks again , arleen

[Gulf Coast Handyman]

Also if you have a Woodworking Plans & Tools | Fine Woodworking Project & Supplies at Woodcraft store near you, they may offer a class.

Dave