Coastal Bend Carving School

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Our Coastal Bend Carving School started today with 21 instructors. I'll post some photos of the courses and people.

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1. Jeannie Carey power carving a fish with Wanda Reichert
2. Bennie Brown teaching bark carving
3. Adair Rucker and carving from a roughout
4. Gen Kreyling teaching chip carving
5. Elaine Stenman teaching woodburning and shallow relief

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1. Carolyn Halbrook with beginning chip carvers
2. Glenda Tabor in woodburning and shallow relief
3. Josh Guge showing the finer techniques of fish carving
4. Bob Guge showing the process of carving a winning bird
5. Dick Grover shows good progress on his human bust

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1. Lunch was an excellent deli buffet: salad, soup, deli sandwich, chips, dessert, drink and all the fixings.
2. Dale Facile works on his flat plane man
3. Stu Martin helps a student with a realistic human figure
4. Dallas Geege helps with a full caricature cowboy figure
5. Don Hartt helps a student with his famous cane design

We are having fun!

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[carvingbarn]

Looks Like great fun. Wish we had some of those around Mobile.

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Some class photos.

1. Student with her first woodburnings!
2. Gen Kreyling working with a student.
3. Patty Rucker working with her students.
4. Larry Stanfield's class with their Love Spoons.
5. Jeannie Carey with her Angel Fish carved with Wanda Reichert.

[Paul_Guraedy]

About 5 years ago or so, I was camping with a Good Sams group and, as always, was working on a carving. I was approached by a lady who said she would like to have me teach her to carve. I explained some about beginning carving and thought, "That's the end of that." She didn't and called me a few weeks later asking about lessons. This time I thought, "Oh well, it will be fun to carve with someone for the few lessons she attends."

Jeannie Carey had the interest, the drive, the talent...................and lady look at what you have done now! I am proud to have gotten you started in woodcarving Jeannie. Please bring the fish by and allow me to see it in person when you return home.

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Paul,

You'll be inpressed with her Angel Fish! It is very nice, and she finished a day early.

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[kimschance]

Wow ... That looks like a lot of fun. I think you should take that class / show on the road and bend it up the NE coast! To have an entire group of carvers from all aspects to learn from in person would be very exciting and a dream come true! (personally I would settle for just one.)
Keep the photo's coming!
Chance

[Donsexton]

That looks like a fun gang I would love to take some classes with Yall

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More class photos showing the results of the 3- and 4-day classes.

1. Bark Carving of Indian Mesa Dwellings with Bennie Brown. L to R: David Borg, Garland, TX; Larry Dale, Udall, KS; Chuck Bornhauser, Van Buren, MO; Red Irwin, Amarillo, TX; and Bennie Brown, Aransas Pass, TX - Instructor
2. Celtic Knots with Donna Menke. L to R: Donna Menke, Instructor; Robert Holland, Buda, TX; and Jeannie Carey, Omaha, AR
3. Fancy Canes with Don Hartt. L to R: Don Hartt, Instructor; John Fink, Hondo, TX; Jaleen Vance, Cedar Park, TX; Barb Wert, Port Aransas, TX; and Jack McLean, Corpus Christi, TX
4. Painting Techniques for Carvings with Patty Rucker. Seated center is Patty Rucker, Instructor. Surrounding her are her students.
5. Scandanavian Characters with Danny Reb. Seated are Jim Bartley, Aransas Pass, TX and Jim Jochims, Friendship, WI. Standing are Dale Facile, Jasper, MN; Danny Reb, Instructor; and Jim Novatney, Fremont, NE