Workshop charges are $10 per person, per day plus the cost of project roughouts and the individual can choose whatever project they desire to carve. Most of his basswood roughouts are $15. Recommended class size is 12-15 individuals. For more information send inquires to oldon@earthlink.net . Don has been carving since he was a Boy Scout and as a young man was awarded numerous scholastic awards and a scholarship to study art at the University of Rochester, NY. Although he withdrew to the industrial world, he continued to spend time at both his painting easel and carving bench. Don moved to Tennessee in 1971 and kept his artist talents in the forefront by active membership in many art organizations and festivals. Don's paintings and carvings can be found in collections across North America. He retired in 1999 and now devotes all of his time to his art interests - painting, drawing, carving and most recently, traveling and teaching at wood carving events. Don is a regular columnist for The Carving Magazine, Chip Chats, and the WOM (Woodcarvers On-line Magazine). Ol' Don is pretty handy with a guitar too and enjoys relaxing with his Mullens pedal steel guitar or doing a little pickin' on his Martin flat top.

Floyd has won numerous awards including the CCA Special Award in Dayton Ohio and recently a first place ribbon at the 2004 National CCA Competition. He teaches woodcarving classes all around the country including Michigan Woodcarving Seminars, Oscoda; Creative Woodcarving Seminar, Cadillac, MI in June each year; Woodcarvers Roundup, Evart, MI June each year; and NorthEast Woodcarvers Roundup, Honesdale, PA July each year. Floyd is looking forward to carving with new and old friends at the first Florida Roundup. Floyd will be teaching every day of the roundup.

Cost is $20 FOR A FULL DAY + BLANK COST. He has many blanks available which range in price from $8 TO $20. Generally 1 or 2 projects can be completed in a day. Floyd uses knives and palm gouges. Floyd will discuss his painting techniques and if there is time will do a painting demo one day. He uses watred down acrylic paints. Floyd is a 2007 inductee to the CARICATURE CARVERS OF AMERICA, Floyd was featured on the covers of all three major woodcarving magazines and took Best of Show, First and Second at the 2006 Caricature Carvers of America Show held at Dollywood, Pigeon Forge, TN. See several of his other carvings at his website

His background is in Architecture, art and stone and his unique style of fantasy architecture is reflected in his bark carvings. The workshop always promise's to be interesting. A description and pictures of the Whimsical House class project can be seen by clicking on the Whimsical House to read all about it. Workshop cost is $25 and includes a blank of your choice. This year Tony will also be offering Basswood Houses and a Bobble Head Santa project in a basswood blank in a semi flat plane style using a knife. Cost is $25 which includes your choice of any project for the one day class. Check the schedule to see which days these classes will be offered. Tony spends the winters in Florida and is available for seminars in your local area, contact Tony at ajeca@aol.com See several of his other carvings at his website

Jim winters in Florida and is available for seminars in your local area. Contact Jim at jeodea@aol.com with questions.

All levels of carvers are welcome, intermediate and above may enjoy it more. Power tools and hand tools both can be used and a set of micro chisels will be helpful. Workshop charges are $5 per person, per 1/2 day plus the cost of Basswood rough outs, pictures and an out line will be available at a cost of $25-$50. Rough outs include but not limited to a girl, mountain man and several Native Americans. Chris will be giving half day classes every morning and afternoon, some carvers may want to take two 1/2 day classes and are more than welcome to do so.

Chris has taken many ribbons in competition including:
2005 International Carving Congress -Best of Class in Realistic Bust, Best Of Group 2nd Place in Realistic Bust (Combining 2 or more subjects)
2006 International Carving Congress -est of Class Combining 2 or more subjects, Best of Group in Realistic Bust (Combining 2 or more subjects)
2006 Artistry in Wood Dayton,Ohio 1stRealistic Bust Painted Class, 2nd Realistic Bust Painted Class, 1st Combining 2 or more subjects
Chris's website

He will cover safety and use of the machines he sells as well as the general care and use of all machines. Contact Pat at PODEA2220@aol.com to discuss the class and your interest in power carving. Pat lives in Florida and is available for classes in your local area. Workshop charges are $10 per person, per day plus the cost of the the blank which range from $5 uo.

The cypress knees lend themselves to such figures as wood spirits, Old World Santas, traditional Santas, wizards, elves, sorceresses, green men, animals, etc., and are limited only by your imagination. You can choose a cypress knee for a particular figure you want to do, or choose a knee you like and let the shape of the knee suggest the figure. Barbara will help you find the figure in the knee if you wish. Some woodcarving experience is helpful, but imagination and enthusiasm for the project will go a long way. We use knives, gouges and V-tools, and all tools need to be sharp as the cypress knee is fairly soft. Hair, beards, and mustaches can be carved with a small gouge or V-tool, or woodburned for a different look. The instructor will have a woodburner available. A small cypress knee can be carved in a day, while the larger knees may take an additional full day to complete. Completed knees look best when sanded with the 220 gold, cloth-backed sandpaper and then finished. They can be painted with acrylics or oils, or lacquered, or finished with tung oil only. The instructor will have examples of different figures and styles and finishes.

Barbara will also have ready-to-carve golf balls in several colors available for $3 each. All the hard work of cutting and removing half the cover is done. Two methods of displaying the finished golf balls will be available. Golf balls can be carved with a knife, but a small gouge and V-tool are very helpful. These faces are creative and fun, and can be done in about an hour by a very experienced carver. They will take about 3 hours for new carvers. This will be a good half-day or fill-in project during the week.

Barbara has been carving for 36 years and been teaching carving for 31 years. She is a returning instructor for the Suwanee River Woodcarvers Roundup, the Michigan Roundup in Evart, and the Northeast Woodcarving Roundup in Pennsylvania. She has also taught at the Southeastern Woodcarving School and John C. Campbell Folk School, and will be teaching at the Jacksonville Center for the Arts in Floyd, VA in July. She is a co-founder of the Tallahassee woodcarving club, Capital City Carvers, and regularly teaches workshops for the club and for the Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science. She is frequently called upon for woodcarving demonstrations. Her carvings have been shown in galleries in Tallahassee, Havana, and Quincy, Florida, and have won several ribbons at woodcarving shows. She can be contacted at carvermann@yahoo.com.

Claus, from Leesburg, FL, has been carving for 14 years. He started carving songbirds which is still his first love, but he does carve animals, fish, human bust and fish. He also took up wood burning art 2 years ago and finds it very relaxing along with carving. Claus teaches bird carving in his studio mostly for people in the Lakewood carving club of Leesburg, FL. He was president of the club for 5 years and now with his wife tend the library. Claus has won numerous ribbons and prizes in 2005. He entered 8 pieces in the Lake County Fair and won 8 blue ribbons and Best of Show for his wolf and third in class for his great horned owl. Claus enjoys doing pioneer style shows and demonstrates carving and talking to people about carving.

He has won numerous ribbons at various Carving Shows and Art Shows and has served as a judge at the Florida State Fair. Cecil owns Sunshine Woodcarving Supply selling carving tools and supplies. You can check out his products at his web site here

Cecil will be having two classes ( two days each) -one will be a realistic black bear bust( size about 3 1/2" x 5"). The second will be a wolf bust (3 1/2" x 5"). Each class costs $50 which includes the blank. These will be done from a cutout of basswood or tupelo. Power tools are used but the carving can be done with hand tools. Also v- gouges and a wood burner will be needed. These can be purchased at the round up from the instructor if the student does not have them. Class size: 10 Students maximum. All painting supplies must be supplied by the student so bring appropriate colors and brushes.

Class fee is $35.00--All tools and materials included and yours to keep. Class fee for students who wish to bring their own 1/4 inch, #9 sweep wood gouge is $18.00. No prior carving or gourd crafting experience necessary. Class size is limited to 12 students. Susan has been carving gourds for six years and has taught numerous gourdcrafting classes at her home in Chiefland, FL.

Pete, a resident of Gardner, Massachusetts, has been carving since 1973 and began showing his work in 1990. In 1994 Pete won Best of Show at the Susquehanna Decoy and Woodcarving Show in Pennsylvania, and is a two time Texas Whittling Champion in the open competition!

Pete is a member of the prestigious Caricature Carvers of America. He was inducted into CCA in September 1994. He now teaches seminars throughout the country and recently taught and lectured in the UK and Australia. He is the author of three books – “Carving Caricature Heads & Faces”, “Carving Caricature Figures from Scratch” and "Carving A Caricature Bust". Pete also contributed to the book “Carving the Full Moon Saloon” and “Carving the Circus”.

Pete teaches in a very structured manner, step by step. Thus to get the full benefit of the class students must be there at the start and stay thru the end of the class.

Pete recommends (but not required) : #9 sweep -5mm (Swiss gouge); #11-3mm (Swiss gouge); #9-3/8" (Harmen or Ramulson gouge); #7-1/2" (Harmen or Ramulson gouge).Pete will have several extras of these recommended gouges with him for the students to use during the class

All carving will be taught using a bench knife and hand tools but power tools are also welcome. Various wood burning techniques will also be taught and wood burners will be provided to the students on a first come basis. Painting will be taught on April 1st in two half day sessions. Students may bring in any pieces they wish to paint. All paint and brushes will be provided the cost is $8.00 per session.

Leah Lives in Sarasota Florida and is a professional artist, author, and teacher. She has won numerous awards including Best of show in Artistry in wood in Dayton Ohio and Best in Masters in Ft. Myers . Leah has worked with a variety of media throughout her career, and discovered the art of woodcarving in 1991. She published her first book a few years ago, and has contributed to both Wood Carving Illustrated and Chip Chats magazine. click here to see Leah's web site

Ross is the author of several woodcarving books including Christmas Heirloom Patterns for Woodcarving, Folk & Figure Wood Carving, and Creative Wood Carving & Sketching. He teaches woodcarving classes on the East Coast and has designed a line of custom woodcarving pocket knives and other carving aids.

Ross and his wife Barb operate West Falls Woodcarving, which carry a line of Flex Cut Tools and Ramelson Tools along with other supplies. They reside in West Falls, NY and Zephyrhills, FL. click here to see his web site

Lowell will be returning for the third year to the Suwannee River Carving Roundup. He will have 30 different patterns of finished spoons and cutouts with prefinished bowls. Lowell attends 12 carving shows during the winter season, selling cutouts and encouraging people to carve.

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For a schedule showing who is teaching what & when click HERE

To Print off a Pre-registion Form for the Roundup click here. (this requires Microsoft Word to open- then it is best to do a "save as" to your hard drive, reopen in Word and print from there.)