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Instructor Tom Baldwin
# of Days 1 Days
Start Date May 14, 2022
End Date May 14, 2022
Location The Cuyahoga Valley Art Center

Overview

Bird Feet Workshop *SOLD OUT

For INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED

with Tom Baldwin

May 14, 2022                   9:30 – 4:30 PM

Member: $75                Non-Member: $95

INTERMEDIATE – ADVANCED: This workshop is intended as an extension for those who have taken a bird carving course with Tom Baldwin at the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center. Within this workshop, students will learn to manipulate metal to create bird feet for their carvings. Students will bring a completed bird carving to this workshop, and Tom Baldwin will work one-on-one with each student to teach them how to make feet for their bird carvings.

All materials are included in the price of the workshop. Class size is limited.


Instructor: Tom Baldwin

Tom Baldwin is an internationally award-winning wildfowl carving artist.  He recently won 2nd Best in the World at the 2017 Ward World Wildfowl Carving Championship in Interpretive Division,  M & T Printing purchase award at the Canadian National Wildfowl Carving Championship, and has won back-to-back Best in Shows at the  Wings and Water Festival,  Award of excellence at the 2014 Kaleidoscope Holiday show, 1st place at the 2015 Kaleidoscope Holiday show, top 5 runners up for the Akron High Arts Festival 5 years in a row and Best of Show at the 29th Annual Regional Juried Art Show at the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center.  Tom also received the best sculpture award at the 70th Annual Ohio Exhibition at the Zanesville Museum of Art. Tom’s new book “Three Carving Projects for the Beginner” was released in 2018.

Tom was also accepted into the prestigious 2019 “Birds in Art” Exhibition at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin.  He also judges for the Ward World Wildfowl Championship, The Canadian National Wildfowl Carving Championship, Ohio Decoy Carvers and Collectors Show, and the New Brunswick Woodcarving Show.

Tom lives in Akron, Ohio with his wife, Barbara, and their two dogs.

You can see his work at www.songsofwood.com

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  • Students will be responsible for supplying their own lunch and refreshments.
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