Le sculpté EN • Pattern carving initiation
Pattern wood carving
This class introduces you to traditional pattern wood carving. You will learn which wood species are best as well as the tools and safe work techniques to making low relief sculpted patterns (sculptures with an overall shallow depth). You will also learn how to sharpen the various sculpting gouges and tools. To put these notions to use, each participant will create their own composition and sculpt it in pieces of basswood.
Practical course
- Presentations and demonstrations by the teacher
- Technical exercises and making of an object/piece of furniture by the participants
Schedule
Prerequisites for the course
Level 1 course – No prerequisites
Number of sessions
3 sessions
Training duration
12 hours
Cost
300 $ + txs
Group 1
Sunday February 2nd, 9th and 16th 2025, 8 AM to 12 PM
Course plan
- Set of sculpting gouges, parting and detail carving tools
- Mallet
- Sharpening machines
- Appropriate and safe techniques for working with sculpting gouges, parting tools and detail carving tools
- Sculpting low relief patterns
- Sharpening gouges, parting and detail carving tools
- Materials and tools needed to carry out exercises and/or projects
- Course notebook
- If necessary, loan of hearing protectors and safety glasses
If you have one, you can bring:
- a dust mask
- hearing protectors
- safety glasses
- safety shoes
Schedule for the pattern carving initiation course
- Presentations, course objectives and project
- Presentation on wood carving (wood species, tools, drawing and modeling)
- Appropriate and safe techniques for using the tools and equipment
- First carving exercise on a piece of basswood
- Gouge sharpening demonstration
- Low relief composition exercise (sketch)
- Low relief carving on basswood of each participants own composition
- Low relief carving on basswood of each participants own composition
Woodworking training programs
This course is part of a program bringing together a series of courses that allow progressive and in-depth learning of cabinetmaking techniques.
Participants
Unless otherwise specified, ÉÉAM general public courses are only open to people 18 years of age and older.
As openness and inclusion are essential values for the ÉÉAM, the school strives to accommodate everyone who is interested in cabinetmaking. If you live with a functional limitation and have questions regarding your ability to attend training, please contact us to discuss.
