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Learn the art of hand carving wood.

Event Start Date: Monday, Apr 13, 2020 | 9:00 am

Overview

Learn to love wood carving! Our instructors, Mike and Mark, are passionate about the craft of hand carving and the beautiful, functional pieces that you can create with the right techniques. Ten high school students will spend three days at Vector Space learning the art of hand carving wooden utensils, using carving knives and axes.

Students will work with two instructors to learn the fundamentals of carving: safety, tools, knife and axe skills, chopping block design and use, green wood, hand sawing, and more.

At the end of the camp, each student will take home a variety of wooden utensils that they’ve made.

Schedule

The camp will take place during the first 3 days of Spring Break (Apr 13, 14, and 15) from 9am to 2pm each day. This is a total of 15 hours.

Lunch break will be from 12 to 12:30pm each day. Students are expected to bring lunch Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday, we will setup grills to cook out so that students can use the utensils they’ve made to eat together on their last day of camp.

Day 1: Welcome to VS, introductions, overview of carving, overview of camp, safety, tooling, each student makes a chopping block

Day 2: A focus on knife and axe skills, workholding, and making the first spoon

Day 3: Advanced skills, hollowing, making smaller, more detailed pieces, and finishes

Eligibility

Participants must be currently enrolled in grades 9-12 (homeschool included) to participate.

Scholarships are available for those seeking financial assistance. Application is made through the Scholarship tab.

Attendance is important, and we ask that all participants be able to attend 100% of class time, with the exception of unforseen illness.

Instructors

Mark Angelini

Mark Angelini has been immersed in spoon carving, hand tools and green woodworking for almost a decade. He is part farmer, consultant and educator with his wife at Mountain Run Permaculture where he also operates Sedalia Sloyd, making and selling wooden spoons, bowls, plates and more. He loves spreading the joy and empowerment that comes from making things with one’s hands.

Michael Hanna

Michael’s interests lie in both greenwood carving and blacksmithing. He was introduced to greenwood carving after watching a demonstration in 2016. He soon became thoroughly obsessed with all things hand carved and hand turned. Mike’s passion for blacksmithing grew out of necessity for making tools for his pole lathe. Soon after, he discovered that wood and metal complement each other in many ways and his love for working with metal grew by the day. He currently enjoys hand forging items for around the home such as wall hooks, coat racks, shelf brackets, bottle openers, and all the necessary tooling that goes along with it. He has been blacksmithing since 2017 and has invested a lot of time and money in learning the craft on his own. Mike enjoys teaching others both in blacksmithing and woodworking and loves passing on the knowledge of traditional crafts using hand tools and tried and true methods.

Application

Applications for this project are open through April 11, 2020.

We are happy to offer needs-based scholarships for families that cannot afford the camp registration fee. This scholarship is not merit-based, but reserved only for those in need of financial assistance. Scholarships will cover the entire registration cost of the program, and are made possible by the generosity of Vector Space supporters. The number of available scholarships is limited. Applications close 3/15/2020 and awards are made 4/1/2020.

Applicant

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