Comfort Bird Carving with Jonathan Leach 1pm - 5pm

Learn to Carve!  This four-hour workshop, led by Augusta carver Jonathan Leach, will teach you the skills to create a "comfort bird", a soothing hand-held figure that acts like a worry stone (and also is a cute decorative feature that enhances any mantel or shelf.) 

Participants will learn basic carving skills, how to use knives and gouges to shape wood, how to work with wood grain, and how to sand and finish your carving.

Participants must be at least 12 years old and must have parent/guardian sign a release form before using sharp tools. Participants under 14 must also be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

All materials, carving knife and glove are included for you to take home. Other tools will be available; however, they are the property of the instructor and are for class use only.

Carving is a relaxing and rewarding hobby, and we hope that this workshop is a first step in mastering a lifelong traditional craft. Rough cutouts of spoons and other utensils will be available for sale as well.