Creative Woodworks & crafts 1999-11, страница 39

Cynthia Griffenkranz, a five-year veteran of the school, has been working on her Matador for 18 months. She will begin her first commissioned project, a butterfly, shortly.

Francis Celentano has been studying at The American Woodcarving School for the past eight years. Pictured here is the anchor plaque she completed.

Arthur Rosen sculpted in bronze for many years before beginning classes at the school two years ago. This mask took him three months to complete.

Anthony Campamile with his Civil War Soldier. Anthony has been a student at The American Woodcarving School for six years.

War Soldier" to "Carving Storybook Animals."

"I've studied with many different professional carvers; these classes and workshops are definitely worth it," noted Ron Singerman, a professional carver from Vermont, about the trip down for John Burke's seminar.

With swelling class numbers and a 12 to 1 student/teacher ratio, The American Woodcarving School is setting its sights on expansion. Plans for an additional studio are under way to house classes in sculpture and life drawing.

For more information on The American Woodcarving School or for a schedule of upcoming classes and seminars, please contact Eric Bunn or Mike Hoist at 21 Pomp ton Plains Crossroad, Wayne, NJ 07470; (973) 835-8510. ft

School, was a student himself for nine years before taking over the school in 1990.