SENIORS CARVE SOAPSTONE BEARS

Wednesday Feb 16th, Bonnie and I spent the afternoon with a number of the seniors at the Good Samaritan Residence in Spruce Grove. This was our second time carving with them so it was a lot of fun and gave them something different to participate in. They treated us to supper at the end of the day with everyone talking about whose bear was the best! A fun afternoon.

CARVING FESTIVAL AT DBG - JULY 1,2 & 3 2011

You asked for it and now we have it! A three day carving festival at the Devonian Botanic Gardens. Starting on Canada Day July 1st and continuing on Saturday and Sunday, this will be a great chance to meet with other carvers and finish up some of those left over projects or start some new ones. I plan to have hundreds of pounds of stone on hand to choose from - soapstone, serpentine, alabaster, chlorite and whatever else is available. SPACE IS LIMITED - if you are interested I would suggest that you register early to ensure a spot. This will be the LAST course that I will be holding in the Edmonton area, time to start putting some of the tools away and just maybe work more on being retired. We plan to sell our place here and move to the Okanagan. I will also have some equipment/files/tools for sale. To register or more details contact Emma at the DBG 780-987-3054 ext 2226. Some of the details are yet to be worked out but this will be an outdoor event and held rain or shine. Let's make this a success and an annual event!

NO MORE SOAPSTONE CLASSES AFTER JUNE

The news is out, we plan on moving to the Okanagan later this year and have a lot of work to make that change happen. As a result, the classes scheduled at the Devonian Botanic Gardens this spring/summer will be the only classes and the last classes that I will be instructing. I have made committments up to the end of June and will NOT be doing classes after that time so if you want to take a class I suggest the you go to the DBG website for information, dates and registration. This will end my teaching of soapstone carving in the area, it has been a great experience. Over the years I have had the great pleasure of sharing soapstone carving with close to two thousand particpants and now it is time to move on to other things. Thanks to everyone for your kindness and friendship!