[Woodcarver] Children's carving class

[Thomsons44 at aol.com]

heh there Karen---good on you !!!---I would like to address your mandate as  
will a lot of other carvers----- (1)we have been teaching the basics of  
relief carving to 20-30 grade 8 students---ages 12-13 for each of the last  5 yrs 
as part of their actual school day(2 1/2hrs) once a wk for 3 mths---(2) I  was 
fortunate enough to have a private donor provide funds to buy 24 sets of  
flexcut(F 310--set of 5)--- (3)informed consents regarding the program and the  
carving teachers was sent to each parent for return with 100% compliance---(4)a  
surcharge of $ 20 per parent was received to cover basswood blanks --gloves 
and  antislip mats--- (5) from a collection of 30 different pictures(mine) each 
 student chose their own project to relief carve which they traced onto the 
blank  eg. Danby's goalie--Drurer's praying hands--a ballerina etc (6) the  
student's regular teacher was in attendance thruout to provide discipline  
continuum---- (7)-- 5 other carvers from the Ontario Woodcarvers Association  were 
present to provide instruction /supervision (8)-- at the end of each  program 5 
carvings were chosen by the students(anonymous) and by the teachers to  enter 
our annual carving competition and then displayed in the school as winners  
(9) after each years session  a simple quality control ? aire was given to  
each student to answer anonymously and the very positive response was such  that 
it encouraged us to continue this type of outreach----I hope these little  
comments are helpful and dont hesitate to "E" me if you have any   ?'s---warm 
regards and good luck with your effort---Hugh Thomson(aka  skincarp)



   
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