Have You Considered Becoming a Woodcarver? If you’ve ever fantasized about getting into woodworking but haven’t quite known where to begin, you might want to consider starting out by becoming a woodcarver. Your out-of-pocket cost can be minimal as you experience both the pleasure and satisfaction of creating something useful, perhaps even beautiful, simply by using your own hands to guide a knife or chisel through an ordinary piece of wood.

In this issue of Wood News, we are sharing some stories about others who took the plunge and started climbing the learning curve to becoming woodcarving experts.

Can’t/Don’t Never Have No Talent for Wood Carving

Steve Johnson, AKA the Down to Earth Woodworker, had never carved and claimed to have no talent or experience. However, using carving tools and a few suggestions from Highland Woodworking, he plunged in and started carving a project as a way to please his wife. According to Steve, “If you have never tried carving, do it. It is a blast!

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How I Got Started in Woodcarving 66 Years Ago

78-year-old Craig Dudley sent us an email recently that led him to write an article for us about how he got started with his woodcarving. He also shares some clues about how he developed his woodcarving into a side hustle.

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Woodcarver Dilo Marcio Fernandino

Dilo takes on the challenge of building and carving an elaborate architectural woodworking project.

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Meet Master Woodcarver Sabiha Mujtaba

Sabiha is a woodcarver, sculptor, woodworker and also a longtime woodworking instructor at Highland Woodworking.

Read Our Interview with Sabiha

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Upcoming Woodworking Classes at Highland

September 12 Handcut Dovetails with Randy Archer

September 13 Turn a Mallet with Randy Archer

September 19-21 Build a Dutch Tool Chest with Randy Archer

September 26 or 27 Basic Bowl Turning with Phil Colson

October 2-4 Build a Bookcase with Brian DeJong

October 11 Woodworking Basics - Build a Tool Storage Box with Jim Dillon

October 17 or 18 Basic Bowl Turning with Phil Colson

October 21 Hand Plane Basics with Jim Dillon

October 24-25 Fundamentals of Woodworking with Sabiha Mujtaba

October 31-November 1 Woodworking Basics with Char Miller-King

November 14 or 15 Intro to Hand Tools Demo with Youtuber James Wright

November 18 Sharpening Hand Tools with Jim Dillon

November 21 or 22 Basic Bowl Turning with Phil Colson

December 2 Hand Plane Basics with Jim Dillon

December 5 Turn a Christmas Ornament with Char Miller-King

December 12 or 13 Basic Bowl Turning with Phil Colson

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Designing and Building My Last Shop

Michael Smith of Mountain Park, GA had a long career as a high school shop teacher. He knows a thing or two about woodworking shops. Here is the 9th of a 10-part series he wrote for Wood News on designing and building what he calls "My Last Shop".

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Listen to Splinters - Gary Rogowski's Podcast

Listen to Gary's latest chat from our education partner, the Northwest Woodworking Studio.

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A Short History of America's Great Forests

This beloved video features a hauntingly beautiful soundtrack. It covers America's mighty forests from Colonial discovery through the 20th century, courtesy of Lee Tigner, a woodworker from Dawsonville, GA.

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