Set of four, three-hour wood-carving classes, w/ master woodcarver in Fairfax, CA


Item Number: 113

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $400

Online Close: Feb 15, 2014 4:00 PM EST

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Description

Learn from a master wood-carver with almost 30 years of carving and over 10 years teaching experience. Acquire basic wood-carving techniques with and carve yourself a mask, beautiful kitchen utensils or creative sculpture, or anything else that inspires you! The possibilities are infinite for this amazing and ancient medium. Great classes for kids of all ages, even as young as seven years old. Can also go to your house to teach if you live locally. 

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Torres Chaviano was born in Havana, Cubain 1970. He began woodcarving at the age of 12 when he studied with a private teacher, and has since continued his practice as a self-taught artist. His works include masks, human and fantastical figures, furniture, and life-size animal busts. He currently teaches adult and youth woodcarving classes at The Crucible art school in Oakland, California. In Havana, Felix worked with theater collective, Giganteria Ambulante, as well as Brigada Verde, and published his poetry in the magazine Mantis y La Isla Infinita. Felix’s art is inspired by Afro-Cuban religion and various autonomous aboriginal cultures. Much of the wood used in his sculptures is exotic, found from fallen trees in the Sierra Maestra region of Cuba. He has exhibited his work inNew York,Oakland, and Havana,Cuba. 


See more of his work here


http://felixtorreschaveano.blogspot.com/

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Felix Torres Chaviano