Woodcarving Course
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Woodcarving Course

Cerdeira

In the Woodcarving Course, with Kerstin Thomas and Renato Costa e Silva, you can learn to handle hand tools like bundles and chisels to make your sculpture. We also introduce you to the work with chainsaws and power tools, and we propose a diversity of carving techniques to give form to your final work.

Program

  • Origin and characteristics of our raw material;
  • Development, planning, and realization of your ideas;
  • Selecting and preparing the right wood for your project;
  • Reflection on aesthetic options; Composition
  • Various techniques of sculpture, hand tools, chisel and mall, power tools, and construction;
  • Reflection on surfaces, textures, and trims.
  • To look, feel, and be inspired by wood.

Schedule

  • 10 am to 1 pm
  • 3 pm to 6 pm

Conditions

  • Enrollments up to 1 month before the course start date.

The course fee includes:

  • Integration in a small workgroup (from 4 to 6 participants)
  • Training 6 hours a day, spoken in Portuguese and English;
  • Studio open 12 hours a day;
  • All the materials needed for the course;
  • Welcome dinner (first day);
  • Lunch on course days;
  • Free accommodation in our hostel during the course (upon availability). The residences are equipped with a dormitory, kitchen, shared bathrooms, washing machine, towels, bed linen, and wi-fi;
  • 10% discount on the base rate when booking an individual house (minimum of 2 nights). The base rate refers to a stay of 2 people and includes breakfast, equipped kitchen, towels, bed linen, and wi-fi.

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