Spoon Carving Class

Sunday, May 19th from 1:00am - 5:00pm
Instructor: Sam Tallman

Using a few simple hand tools, the students will learn how to make a fully functional and finished cooking spoon. The class is targeted to beginner to intermediate carving students with little or no carving experience, and can be taught to students as young as 12 yrs old. Students will be taught tool care and safety. All tools and materials will be provided for each student with the opportunity to purchase unfinished spoons for students that would like to continue spoon carving on their own.

For more information call (828) 326-9663
$50 for class.
Class Size:12, Minimum Age 12
Experience Level: Beginner/Intermediate

Spoon Carving Class

Sunday, June 9th from 1:00am - 5:00pm
Instructor: Sam Tallman

Using a few simple hand tools, the students will learn how to make a fully functional and finished cooking spoon. The class is targeted to beginner to intermediate carving students with little or no carving experience, and can be taught to students as young as 12 yrs old. Students will be taught tool care and safety. All tools and materials will be provided for each student with the opportunity to purchase unfinished spoons for students that would like to continue spoon carving on their own.

For more information call (828) 326-9663
$50 for class.
Class Size:12, Minimum Age 12
Experience Level: Beginner/Intermediate

Learn To Burn - Portraits

Saturday, 9:30am – 4:30pm and Sunday, 1:00 – 4:30pm
Instructor: Michele Parsons

This class is designed for students with some basic experience with woodburning that want to learn to burn portraits. Do not worry if you are not an artist, Michele will teach you how to transfer a pattern to burn a portrait. We will review which tools to use, common measurements, modifications to capture the subject’s likeness, and portrait shading.

Equipment: Wire-Tip Woodburner and Tips* (see below); Can reserve loaner equipment (no charge)
Prerequisites: Some basic woodburning experience

To register for class call Klingspor’s Woodworking Shop (828) 326-9663

For questions about the class contact Michele at: ParsonsWoodArtistry@gmail.com
Class Cost: $190 paid to Klingspor’s Woodworking Shop (includes materials, handouts, and pattern)
10% Discount to Southeastern Pyrography Assoc (SEPA) members (current or enrolled by class)
Class Size:12

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Learn To Burn - Learn the basics of woodburning

Saturday, August 17th from 9:30am - 4:30pm
Instructor: Michele Parsons

This class is designed for students who have never touched a woodburner, as well as students that have experience and wish to improve their skills.

Do not worry if you are not an artist! Michele will teach you how to transfer a pattern and burn it. Basic information about woodburning is covered, including: safety, wood selection and preparation, equipment selection and care, burning techniques with different types of pens, transferring patterns, correcting mistakes, adding color and finishes, and you’ll use the basic pens to practice woodburning techniques. Then you will burn your first pyrography project.

Note to interested woodcarvers/woodworkers: This class will teach you woodburning skills that are best to master on a flat surface before you start woodburning round/carved pieces.

To register for class call Klingspor’s Woodworking Shop (828) 326-9663
For questions about the class contact Michele at: ParsonsWoodArtistry@gmail.com
Class Cost: $130 paid to Klingspor’s Woodworking Shop
(includes materials, handouts, and pattern) 10% Discount to Southeastern Pyrography Assoc (SEPA) members (current or enrolled by class)
Class Size:12
Equipment: Wire-Tip Woodburner and Tips* (Download); Can reserve loaner equipment (no charge)

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Intro to Marquetry

Saturday, July 20th from 9:00am - 4:00pm
Instructor: Charlie Brown

Students will receive instruction and all materials, necessary to complete one 5"x 7" mounted marquetry picture to take home. Hand-operated fret saws will also be furnished for use during the class and will be available for purchase at the end of the class. Saws are sold by the instructor and cash or check is accepted. Students are requested to pack a lunch if desired since only a short lunch break is planned due to the time necessary to complete the picture.

INSTRUCTOR BIO: Charlie Brown relocated to Hickory, NC in 2009 after retiring as a civil engineer. He soon became involved with woodworking clubs he discovered while attending the Klingspor Woodworking Shop Extravaganza in Hickory. A lifelong woodworker, local clubs became a way to meet other woodworkers and learn new skills and techniques. He makes furniture and incorporates inlays, marquetry pictures and geometric shapes when possible. As the current President of the Western Piedmont Woodcrafters Club and immediate past President of Marquetarians of the Carolinas, he often demonstrates his skills at the Klingspor Extravaganza Marquetry booth and is a co-instructor for a yearly marquetry class at John Campbell Folk School. A frequent customer at Klingspor Woodworking Shops, Charlie occasionally teaches an Introduction to Marquetry Class at the Hickory store.

For more information call (828) 326-9663
$125 for class
Class Size:6