{"id":66474,"date":"2021-10-29T02:29:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T06:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=66474"},"modified":"2021-10-29T02:30:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T06:30:52","slug":"master-woodcarver-teaches-art-to-next-generations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/master-woodcarver-teaches-art-to-next-generations\/","title":{"rendered":"Master woodcarver teaches art to next generations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six lucky participants got to learn the basics from master woodcarver Volker Steigemann<\/a> this month.<\/span><\/p>\n

Four children and two adults gathered to woodcarve for two hours each time over a series of three Saturday mornings. They <\/span>began by learning how to carve a face into a block of wood, as well as safe knife techniques. <\/span><\/p>\n

By the end of the workshop, a few were beginning to sculpt creatures of their choice. One participant said the process was very meditative, and all clearly enjoyed the instructor\u2019s stories and wealth of knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Students learned enough to carve at home in between classes and after the workshop finished. Photo by Anastasia Avvakumova.<\/p><\/div>\n

Steigemann began his sculpting career in his native country of Germany as a teenager, first learning from family members and then going on to formal education. He\u2019s been a resident of Cortes Island since 1980, and is renowned for his skills and creations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This particular workshop was funded by several local organizations through the MicroGrants for Neighbours program, and the only fee to each participant was $20 for a whittling knife.<\/span><\/p>\n

Listen to the CKTZ News story below:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Six lucky participants got to learn the basics from master woodcarver Volker Steigemann this month. Four children and two adults gathered to woodcarve for two hours each time over a series of three Saturday mornings. They began by learning how to carve a face into a block of wood, as well as safe knife techniques.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":66480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[219],"tags":[4796,10290,10291,10289,10288],"radio":[252],"origine":[280,266,231],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66474"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66474"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=66474"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=66474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}