Woodcarving

Our Woodcarving School offers just the right choice if you…

  • are a novice or advanced carver who would like to learn more.
  • try new things and techniques or deepen your existing knowledge.
  • value personal guidance in small course groups, which meets your current skill level.
  • place value on choosing from 700 models to carve from.
  • want to be instructed step by step by accomplished course instructors.
  • like to let yourself be inspired by like-minded students.
  • are between 6 and 99 years old (100+ upon request ☺).

Our wood-carving course offerings entail the following 4 versions, which we consciously choose to mix with the course formation and groups:

Course Offers

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Taster/basic carving course

In this beginner's course, you will immerse yourself in the fascinating world of wood carving. You will learn the most important basics and how to use carving tools safely - without any previous knowledge. Step by step, we will show you the right approach so that you can create your own first workpiece with pleasure and success.</p
SB
Continuation Course Woodcarving
Intermediate

In this course, you will build on your previous carving skills and deepen your craftsmanship. The instructor will guide you individually and focus on your personal learning goals and wishes.
SC
Advanced Course Woodcarving
Advanced and professional

The focus is on individual support based on your knowledge and skills. You choose your project together with the course instructor, who supports you every step of the way.

Special Courses: Carving

SV
Devil and Krampus Mask Carving

The "Krampus mask carving" course teaches beginners and advanced Krampus mask carvers the skills they need to carve a Krampus mask.

SW
Traditional and Mardi Gras Masks
Beginner and Advanced

Our course for beginners and advanced learners, members of traditional groups and carnival enthusiasts
SF5
Special Carving Course- local wild animals with live observation

They are an integral part of the pool of motifs for carving: deer, roe deer, chamois and ibex are not only traditional animals, but also among the most popular among carvers.

SF6
Special Course Crib Figures

The motif, size and style of the figures can be chosen freely. Of course, templates, pictures or existing figures that you bring with you and want to expand make our work easier.

SX
Crash course Krampus mask

In this intensive 2½-day course, you will make your own Krampus mask using a pre-milled wooden blank. You then work on this according to your personal ideas. The details of the mask are carefully carved out, then painted and completed with horns and eyes.

SF3
Relief carving

Representing three-dimensional motifs on the surface: This is the challenge of the relief, where you have to take the rules of perspective into account.</p
SF1
Chip carving, ornament carving, and letter carving
for beginners and advanced

There are many ways to embellish decorative and everyday objects with a carving iron. You will learn how to turn caskets, tins, door signs, salad servers and much more into unique eye-catchers at home without taking up too much space!

SF2
Carving the human head and faces
for slightly advanced and advanced carvers

Heads and faces are a challenge for many people when carving. Using our "step-by-step template models" and with the support of the course instructor, you will learn and practise carving heads and faces.

SG
Free forming of wood
for beginners and advanced

As a beginner, you will benefit from the fact that this course is not about perfect carving technique, but that you will be able to think your way into the material wood, see the grain, notice sapwood and knots and incorporate these into the workpiece.

SF4
Professional cutting

Learn and practise fast, rational working and more confidence when cutting a workpiece from a block.

SO
Portrait – Relief

Representing three-dimensional motifs on the surface: This is the challenge of the relief, where you have to take the rules of perspective into account.

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Woodcut - Printmaking

The woodcut is not only one of the oldest relief printing techniques, but also one of the most diverse. Our experienced guest lecturer Doris Neidl will teach you the graphic possibilities and techniques of woodblock printing.

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Carving or Sculpting?

In our woodcarving classes we provide the sound skills of wood handicraft in order to be able to reproduce given references and models utilizing the carving chisels. The main focus of our woodsculpting courses is on the development and formulating ones own ideas and drafts, which will then be made into real wooden objects.

Course Offers

Taster/basic carving course Continuation Course Woodcarving Advanced Course Woodcarving

Special Courses

Devil and Krampus Mask Carving Traditional and Mardi Gras Masks Special Carving Course- local wild animals with live observation Special Course Crib Figures Crash course Krampus mask Relief carving Chip carving, ornament carving, and letter carving Carving the human head and faces Free forming of wood Professional cutting Portrait – Relief Woodcut - Printmaking

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