The Flickertail Woodcarving Club is excited to announce the scheduling of several woodcarving classes for 2010. All of the classes are partially financed with grants from the Dakota West Arts Council and North Dakota Council on Art. Contact Frank Koch at fkoch@bis.midco.net or 701-426-9922.

On April 23-25, 2010, (class starts Friday evening) Dick Skauge, Lake Park, MN, will instruct the carving of a sitting Canada Goose. The goose is about three-fourths size so it will need to be secured to the table and larger gouges will be required. If you do not have carving tools of this size, the Flickertail Club has tool sets that you can use throughout the class. The goose will consist of butternut wood with only the black areas stained and some wood burning on the head and tail (optional). The goose has a minimum amount of feathering and texturing. This would be an excellent class for people with little or no experience with large tools or the carving of a goose. Cost for the class is $50 (blank included).

On June 18-20, 2010, Don Balfour, Harwood, ND, will instruct a class on air brushing birds, fish, and animals. Don has used an air brush on his woodcarvings for many years. You can see some of his work by checking his website: oneofakindcarvings.com. You will need your own air brush and compressor for this class. The main project will be the air brushing of a life size wood duck. The warm piece will be the air brushing of a walleye. Those of you that still have some unpainted walleyes laying around, this would be the time to remove them from the mothballs. You can air brush your carved Wood duck if it is the same as the ceramic wood duck. Don prefers that everyone in the class paints similar objects. Class size is limited to eight and the cost will be about $60.

On October 4-6, 2010, Harley Refsal, Decorah, Iowa, will teach a class on flat plane woodcarving. Harley will do a second class on Oct. 7 -10, 2010. The classes on Oct. 7 & 8 will be all day while the classes on Oct. 9 & 10 (annual show dates) will meet in the morning only. Harley normally as a variety of blanks available so everyone can select the subject of their choice. Harley is recognized internationally as one of the best flat plane woodcarvers. He has done consignment woodcarvings for the president of the US and the king of Norway. You can sign up for this class after July 1, 2010.

The theme for the 40th Annual Flickertail Woodcarving Show, 2009, was North Dakota Songbirds. The table below represents the songbirds that will be on display at the Bismarck Public Library during the months of February thru April, 2010.

Ron Holtz Red Wing Blackbird	Ed Boger Yellow headed Blackbird	Chris Hansen Ruby Throated Hummingbird
Ron Torgeson White Crown Sparrow White Throated Sparrow	Bob Pedigo Red Crossbill Loggerhead Shrike Western Bluebird	Doug Emerson Northern Cardinal Belted Kingfisher(life size)
Larry Brewster Rose Breasted Grosbeak Belted Kingfisher  (1/2 size)	Bob Matzke Dark Eyed Junco Downy Woodpecker	Vince Bitz Red Headed Woodpecker Western Meadowlark
Herb Thurn Blue Jay	Wayne Hankel Common Redpoll	Jim Lindseth Black Cap Chickadee
Warren Schlecht Cedar Waxwing	Alvin Braunagel Pair of Purple Martins	Perry Cook Robin
	Frank Koch Chipping Sparrow Yellow Rumped Warbler Common Yellow Throat Chestnut Collared Longspur Eastern Bluebird Gray Catbird Dickcissel Ruby Kinglet Golden Crowned Kinglet Barn Swallow House Wren Northern Cardinal	Frank Koch Yellow Headed Blackbird Lazuli Bunting American Goldfinch Robin Black Cap Chickadee 2  Birdhouses Several Bird nests

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