Charles and Doris Leverett hosted for a second time a three day Whittle-Carving class in their Northeast Alabama carving studio on July 16,17 and 18, 2010.  Eight students in the photograph are left to right, Hugh O’Neal, Terry Vance, Bob Zenoble, David Wilson and back row left to right: Murrel McCurley, Harry Rutland, Don Mertz, Charlie Leverett and Greg Douglas.

The three day class emphasised learning to “think inside the block” by learning to see a carving project within a block of basswood.  Several exercises were introduced to begin the process of  “seeing inside the block,” and opening the block to expose the carving subject. Read the rest of this entry »