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.
