About 15 years ago, I
started attending the
Woodcarving Rendezvous
in Branson, MO.
Attending these, I had the opportunity to benefit from the instruction
of John Engler, Jeff Phares, Ed Zinger, Randy Landon, Gerald Copeland, Gerald Sears and
others. Over the years I also have had the good fortune to attend
the
Rendezvous
in Creede, CO, learning from Dave Stetson. Also,
fortunately our carving club in Elkhart, KS was able to have Stu Martin
present a seminar. Bill Butterfield is another carver that has, as
recently as a year ago, offered valuable insights into carving.
All of these carvers have had a hand in forming my style and I am much
indebted to each of them.
Recently I was asked to
have special woodcarving classes at
Flint Hills Technical College for
nine weeks
in Emporia, KS and I am open to
teaching classes for area woodcarving
clubs. I also have added a
Santa Face Tutorial
on my Web Site.This is an opportunity for me to revisit my earlier years in
teaching. I received a degree in Education from Fort Hays State
(Fort Hays State University) some years ago and I am looking forward to
teaching again in my retirement years.
Since I retired in 2002
I have carved much more and my small carving business is known as
Foundwood Carvings, since I have basically developed my carving skills
with "found wood", cottonwood bark in particular.
For a short time we had
a shop in
Cottonwood Falls,
