Cup carving with Carol Russell

It’s enormously rewarding to sit and drink a cup of tea or coffee from a vessel you’ve carved yourself. In this 2-day class you’ll design and carve a small handled cup from white beech using hand tools only.

Carving small objects is a very meditate process, the slower process of using hand tools allows you the time to really understand the relationship between the timber, the tools and the form.

You will cover:

• Design and function
• Choosing the right timber and cutting blanks
• Tool choice, sharpening and maintenance
• Carving techniques
• Texturing and detailing
• Food safe finishing, including painted surfaces using milk paint, chalk paint and natural pigments, shellac and waxes and Shou sugi ban (charring and brushing the surface)

Everyone is welcome to join this class, no experience is necessary.

Please wear covered shoes and bring a notepad and pencil.

For more information, you can call Carol on 0403887715.

“Carol is one of Australia’s top teachers in the fine ancient craft of wood carving” – Richard Cole

Carol RUSSELL

Carol Russell is a woodcarver and teacher who has been teaching and exhibiting widely throughout Australia for many years. She believes in using simple tools and building skill through practise and experimentation with timber and form. Carol has taught several classes at the Melbourne School of Fine Woodworking.

“Each timber species has a nature of its own. It’s a living breathing material and that keeps things interesting as you are concentrating all the time on grain direction and tool sharpness to get the best out of it. The wood dictates the outcome to a certain extent. Every piece is different and working with timber is like opening a present, you never know what’s inside. I love sharing this experience with others and seeing their excitement as things take shape.”