9998. Chip Carving for All with Guest Artist Bill Johnson

9998. Chip Carving for All with Guest Artist Bill Johnson

Visiting Artist - Wood | This class is completed

251 N Spruce St. Winston-Salem, NC 27101 United States

Wood Studio 210-A

All Skill Levels

3/11/2023-3/12/2023

9:30 AM-5:30 PM EDT on Sun Sat

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$320.00

$288.00

Sawtooth is excited to welcome Chip Carving Artist Bill Johnson of Carolina Mountain Reefs to our studio to teach a two-day Chip Carving workshop for all skill levels! Come learn the basics and beyond, from holding your knife to "reading the grain," and planning out clean, complex cuts. Explore symmetry, balance, contrast, and the effects of light and shadow through chip carving beautiful patterns. Different projects and patterns will be available for different levels of experience—from those just beginning to those who are looking for a challenge. Information on material fees can be found on the registration page.

Additional Information:
  • The cost of required tools and materials for this class will vary from $70 - $90. This fee will be based on the projects/items you add to your order and will be due at checkout.
  • Registration will close two weeks prior to the start of class.
  • Enrollment is open to students ages 18 and up.

  • A “Cutting Knife” for Chip Carving will be required of all students. 
    Your instructor uses, and recommends exclusively, Wayne Barton Chip Carving Knives. If you do not already have a knife of your own, you may add Bill's recommended knife to your registration for your own convenience at checkout.
    Wayne Barton Premier Cutting Knife - $47.50


    Students will carve blanks printed with Bill's Ready-to-Carve designs. Please add which ever project is relevant to your experience level to your registration at checkout. You may purchase as many designs as you like, and are not required to purchase them all. Bill will also have more blanks and designs available for purchase if students want extra in class.

    Beginner
    Ready-to-Carve Study Board - $19.50
    Learn and Improve by routinely studying the most popular design patterns, and carving them on the Study Board until satisfied with the results.



    Intermediate
    Ready-to-Carve 8" Plate - $36
    Center Rosette surrounded by Leaf Border on Beaded Edge Flat Plate


    Advanced
    Ready-to-Carve Seahorse Plaque with lace border - $34.50
    6.75' x 12"


Johnson, Bill

Bill Johnson received all of his formal training in chip carving from Wayne Barton. Soon after, he found a niche in sculpting sea turtles and other marine fish and animals, then embellishing them with unique chip carved patterns. One of his first competitive entries named “Turtle Island”, was awarded Best-in-Show in three consecutive Southeastern United States Woodcarving Shows. A few years later, his realistically sculpted and intricately chip carved ¼ life-size Bald Eagle also received three Best-in-Show awards. More traditionally designed chip carvings have factored into the dozen or more Best-in-Show awards Bill has received for his work over the years. Bill teaches chip carving at John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC two or three times a year and at woodcarving clubs across the southeast. Bill loves to teach chip carving at all skill levels, using his unique Ready-to-Carve(TM) product line of original designs, professionally printed on Basswood plates and Boards. He can be reached through his website (CarolinaMountainReefs.com), or by email at bjohnsoncarves@gmail.com.