Mask carving has been a hobby of mine for many years. It is my belief that we individually possess many talents and capabilities which could easily and redily be explored and developed if desired.
I began teaching wood carving for beginners to Continuing education students in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia in 1983 and continued for many years.
This proposed course would specifically be an introduction to woodcarving, designed to give the beginner valid knowledge of the art and its applications, allowing the beginner freedom to explore his/ her own creative ideas with regards to mask carving; it's meant to be fun while developing a sense of patience and confidence, integral to eventually mastering the craft; so called ‘mistakes’ are turned into creative ideas by looking at these as part of the creative subconscious.
This proposed course would specifically be an introduction to woodcarving, designed to give the beginner valid knowledge of the art and its applications, allowing the beginner freedom to explore his/ her own creative ideas with regards to mask carving; it's meant to be fun while developing a sense of patience and confidence, integral to eventually mastering the craft; so called ‘mistakes’ are turned into creative ideas by looking at these as part of the creative subconscious.
The structure of the course will be done in a format to allow beginners to apply techniques learned to create similar masks on his / her own…with the potential of developing a valuable and rewarding hobby.
Carlyle Matthew
maskerpieces.com
Excerpt from Sweet dreamers (c) December 2010 Carlyle N. Matthew: "We sweet dreamers...faces framed by the palms of hands, and gaze hypnotic like figureheads...minds fixed like the cutting edge of keel, we lay in consummate pose of meditative wishful-ness, racing towards imagined horizon on this ship of dreams...with irreverent ease and little concern for boundaries...unconcerned by the acrobatic feats of courage sometimes required to turn lofty goals into full realities. We travel merrily over waters and lands dreaming and sowing seminal seeds of our most passionate desires...at a time on that fine line between ying and yang, where then meets now and sweet fruits hang enticingly for the taking."
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