Creative Antler Carving
SAMPLE
Course Description
During this workshop participants will learn how to carve moose antler as an artistic medium, using power tools. Our subject will be an exotic, imaginary tropical fish. Why? Using an imaginary tropical fish as a subject we will be free to experiment, helping us develop our individual and unique styles, while also focusing on how to carve recognizable features usable on other realistic carvings: eyes, mouths, and textures like hair, feathers, and scales.
Course Outline
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SAMPLE
Course Description
During this workshop participants will learn how to carve moose antler as an artistic medium, using power tools. Our subject will be an exotic, imaginary tropical fish. Why? Using an imaginary tropical fish as a subject we will be free to experiment, helping us develop our individual and unique styles, while also focusing on how to carve recognizable features usable on other realistic carvings: eyes, mouths, and textures like hair, feathers, and scales.
Course Outline
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PREP
One to two months prior to course, the instructor will contact each student to establish expectations, as well as equipment, design and material requirements.
DAY 1
Morning:
Orientation: Red Deer forms, etc. Antler Carving basics - lecture format using Power Point. Principles of Creative Design - class review. Choose fish as basis for carving design.
Afternoon:
Create paper template, choose antler, transfer design. Cut rough outline, refine outline. Draw in basic contours, eye, mouth, gill and fin placement. Begin to give thought to individual design elements (overnight).
Evening:
5:30-6:30PM - Welcome Supper, location TBA
7:00PM-8:45PM - Instructors' Talk and Slide Show (Lecture Hall)
Orientation: Red Deer forms, etc. Antler Carving basics - lecture format using Power Point. Principles of Creative Design - class review. Choose fish as basis for carving design.
Afternoon:
Create paper template, choose antler, transfer design. Cut rough outline, refine outline. Draw in basic contours, eye, mouth, gill and fin placement. Begin to give thought to individual design elements (overnight).
Evening:
5:30-6:30PM - Welcome Supper, location TBA
7:00PM-8:45PM - Instructors' Talk and Slide Show (Lecture Hall)
DAY 2
Morning:
Field trip to House of Tools, Acklands. Begin roughing out basic contours. Complete individual designs on paper and transfer to antler.
Afternoon:
Rough out designs using larger grinders and burrs (Foredom S Series, burrs - various).
Field trip to House of Tools, Acklands. Begin roughing out basic contours. Complete individual designs on paper and transfer to antler.
Afternoon:
Rough out designs using larger grinders and burrs (Foredom S Series, burrs - various).
DAY 3
Morning and Afternoon:
Refine designs using smaller, more precise grinders and burrs. Shape body edges and fins. Tools: (RAM Micromotor Tool or Proxon or Dremel, 1/8", 3/32" burrs: Dremel 9901, 9905, 107, 110, 117, engraving burrs with round and square tips).
Refine designs using smaller, more precise grinders and burrs. Shape body edges and fins. Tools: (RAM Micromotor Tool or Proxon or Dremel, 1/8", 3/32" burrs: Dremel 9901, 9905, 107, 110, 117, engraving burrs with round and square tips).
DAY 4
Morning:
Discussion of burrs, concave, convex and straight cuts. Eyes and mouth detail. Carve eyes and mouth. Final carving touches. Finishing techniques: sanding, polishing and buffing.
(Dremel Flexible Shaft with 1/8" abrasive cone, sanding drums (flap and regular), polishing wheel with White Tripoli compound, buffing wheel)
Afternoon: Continue work on carvings until 5PM, deliver to show area. Discuss mounting and presentation techniques (fixed mount, wall mount, floating mount).
Evening (6:30-8:00PM): Student Show
Afternoon: Continue work on carvings until 5PM, deliver to show area. Discuss mounting and presentation techniques (fixed mount, wall mount, floating mount).
Evening (6:30-8:00PM): Student Show
DAY 5
Morning and Afternoon:
Discuss implications for carving a full antler. Other considerations. Tour of other art classes - creative ideas.
Group Lunch
3:00PM - Complete program evaluations and service reviews
4:00PM - Clean-up
Discuss implications for carving a full antler. Other considerations. Tour of other art classes - creative ideas.
Group Lunch
3:00PM - Complete program evaluations and service reviews
4:00PM - Clean-up
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