She will be teaching five one-day classes on a flower of your choice. These are hand-carved pins Your choices will be from a daisy, sunflower, pansy, and/or wild rose pin. Or, if you choose a longer project (clock or jar-lid) you have the option to sign up for more than one day of Charley�s classes (not necessarily on consecutive days). Cost per day is $30.00 This includes one pin blank of your choice. The clock blank start at $15.00 and the jar lids start at $10.00, depending on the project. The more difficult projects may take more than one day to complete. See more of her work here

Claus, from Leesburg, FL, has been carving for 16 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 4 years ago and finds it very relaxing along with the 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. 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.

The knees lend themselves to such figures as wood spirits, Old World Santa�s, traditional Santa�s, wizards, elves, sorceresses, green men, animals, etc., and are limited only by your imagination. You can choose a 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 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 has been carving for 37 years and been teaching carving for 32 years. She is a returning instructor for the Florida Roundup, the Michigan Roundup in Evart, and the Northeast Woodcarving Roundup in Pennsylvania. She has also taught at the Southeastern Woodcarving School, John C. Campbell Folk School, and will be returning to teach for a second year 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, for the Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science, and for Light N Up Art Co-Op and Studios. 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 atcarvermann@yahoo.com. To visit her website at click here.

"Carving an Eagle in the Maritime Style" - this is a 26 inch wide eagle done in Butternut from a Rough Out, carved in a Maritime/folk art style made famous by John Bellamy of Kittery Maine in the 1860's. The Bellamy style eagles are made to hang flat against the wall. His carvings are actively collected and sell for thousands of dollars. His most famous work is the Lancaster Eagle ship's figurehead, on permanent display at the Mariner's Museum, Newport News, Virginia. We will cave this with large long handled tools of which Jim will have plenty of sharp loaners. Bring a clamp and or a piece of rug to carve on, and a sharp v-tool, but if not Jim will have some loaners also. This Eagle can be substantially carved in one day, but you are welcome to come back as many days as is necessary. Instructional Fee is $20 plus about $5 in material costs. Jim will have an oil finish and acrylics available to paint with although you would have to spend at least 2 days to include painting. The intention is for the bird to be oiled and if a flag is included on the piece it would be painted. This class will be offered on Thursday and Sunday only

"Carving your own Human Face Study Stick" is an introduction to face carving for the beginning woodcarver with little or no experience doing human faces. Students will have the opportunity to follow a methodology in developing a human face using just a knife. The emphasis of the class will be on the �process�, not the artistic nature of the carving. Students will go home with own Human face study sticks. Instructional Fees are $19 per person plus about $1 in material costs. This is a one day class and as it is step-by-step teaching technique, you will complete it in one day. This class will be offerred on Wednesday and Saturday only. < A detailed description of the class can be seen by clicking on the Human Face Study Stick class to read all about it. >

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

Check the schedule to see which days these classes will be offered, click HERE

Tony hails from Seneca, SC. He attended The Boston School of Architecture and later, Foundation College for Graphic Arts in San Diego, CA. Tony carves commissioned pieces and instructs at various carving roundups and carving clubs throughout the USA. Tony does not use patterns or pictures, but instead encourages his students to use their imagination to create new and original pieces. His workshops always promise to be interesting and fun and students will walk away with carvings that are sure to please. Tony, along with his wife Lucille and Jim Odea, host the Florida Woodcarvers Roundup in central Florida.

Many of the projects he offers as a one day class could take more than the allotted time to complete but, in that time period, you can learn the techniques needed to finish the project at your own pace. He is also available at the event at all times for any help you may need.

Bark in the Round Class is Wednesday and Thursday, $30/day. The project will be a whimsical house carved in the round using two closely matched pieces of Montana Cottonwood bark. Three examples can be seen at www.woodakoodashooda.com and Carving Magazine Issue #24. Tools needed will be Loctite professional super glue, Deft or Krylon semi gloss sealer, Titebond II wood glue for those who wish to assemble the final product in class without lights, a quality 2�� blade knife, a thin approx 1� blade knife, a �� to 1� #3 sweep and assorted gouges for cleaning out the back.

Hummingbird feeder Class is Friday and Saturday, $30/day. The project will be a whimsical feeder carved from a hand shaped basswood blank. The feeder tube and tip will be provided along with the secret Hummingbird nectar recipe. The feeder can be seen at his web site and Carving Magazine Issue #21. Tools needed are your favorite carving knives and a 70 degree Miki parting tool. Flexcut has a good alternate.

Check the schedule to see which days these classes will be offered. Tony visits Florida often in the winter and is available for seminars in your local area, contact Tony at anton@woodakoodashooda.com See several of his other carvings at his website

We will bring blanks for the jobs that should take only one day. They will range from $20.00 to $30.00 per blank. The size ranges from 6� x 10� up to 12� x 18� in different shapes. The price will include a computer generated lettering pattern. Each carver must have their own tools. We suggest a �� or 3/8� and other size vee and round gouge, sharp knives, leather strop, sand paper and other finishing necessities. Remember if your doing large letters you may want larger tools, and smaller sign letters smaller tools. (Kind of common sense.) We bring the Water Base Acrylics and brushes for you, but if you have a special brush or brushes of your own bring those too. I know I like my own brushes for my work. We have power sanders for finishing and saws if a shape change is desirable. Remember, the idea is to keep it simple, have fun, and have the sign carved in one day.

Bill and Isa Hastings(Bill�s Wife} have been doing signs for nearly 30 years. We had a large Screen Printing factory and has now been reduced to just the two of us doing Specialty sign, as well as countless vinyl cut and back lighted signs. Sometime ago we have moved into the hand carved signs because of public demand. Few people knew that they could obtain excellent quality and have it last a long time. We got involved in hand carved signs more by accident than on purpose, but it has been going very well and the demand for our carved signs is growing. If you want to keep customers happy you have to keep ahead of the market demand.

Bill spent many years overseas in the Oil and Gas Pipeline construction and coating business. Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East. The trick in preserving rust & corrosion on underground or offshore pipelines as well as signs is the coatings. After many years of pipe coating/painting, we know how to preserve steel pipelines and carved wooden signs too. And that�s the trick! ! We will help each student learn these tricks. (We supply the paint and the TRICKS.)

We are both very involved in the Sunrise Wood Carvers in Oscoda Michigan, and do several shows around Michigan. Bill will be attending the round up near Tampa, Florida March of 2008, and a learning seminar for the Capital City Carvers in Tallahassee, in early April.

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.

Instructional Fee 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

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 $25 per person, per day plus the cost of Basswood Catalpa and Butternut 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 day classes, carvers may want to spend 2 days.

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 -Best 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
2007 International Carving Congress-2nd Realistic Painted Bust
2007 Artistry in Wood Dayton,Ohio -Special Award, 1st and 2nd, Deacon Don and Shirley Deitz Religious Award, 1st Realistic Bust
2008 International Carving Congress-3rd Realistic Painted Bust, 1st in Class and 2nd best of Group in 2 or more subects, 1st in Class and Best of Group in found wood
Artistry in Wood Dayton,Ohio IST in Class 2nd Best of Group in 2 or more subjects

View more of Chris's carvings at his website

March 25,26,27,28 - Realistic Animal/Bookworm Carve and texture a realistic fox,squirrel,rabbit,mouse or whimsical bookworm using hand tools and a woodburner. Starting from a basswood rough-out, learn the techniques used to create all realistic mammals. Close attention will be paid to the anatomy, detail, and texturing of fur used to bring the carving to life. This is 1 day class (although you may want to return multiple days if you need to complete it) offered on Wedneasday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Cost $25 per day plus cost of the rough-out.

March 29th - Painting Learn the various techniques used to bring your carving to life using acrylic paint and a brush. Students are encouraged to bring their own carvings to paint. this is a 1 day class on Sunday -Cost $25

Leah Goddard (Wachter) lives in Sarasota Florida and is a professional artist, author and teacher. She is a contributor to both Wood Carving Illustrated and Chip Chats, been filmed for the DIY Network series "Woodsculptors" as well as written her own book "Carving Natures Rascals: Carving an Armadillo,Skunk,Mouse and Raccoon"