Carmen will be traveling in August to South Africa to teach woodturning and empower artisans with skills to generate personal income.  More to come as details develop.

Carmen will be demonstrating at the Utah Woodturners Symposium:  4 rounds of demonstrations sharing her decorative finishes and texture techniques for woodturning  - from color, wax and metallic techniques. 

Woodturning: Make a Wood Bowl 

The woodturning course will cover tool control and proper cuts to create a small bowl out of freshly cut “wet” wood.

Work side-by side with Carmen De La Paz to learn basic and intermediate skills for Woodturning – starting with safety, progressing to how a wood lathe works, to actually creating a utilitarian or decorative bowl. 

For more information visit the classes section of the site. 

Register early space is limited.

Introduction to Woodturning: Spindle Work

This course will focus heavily on the introduction to the most commonly used woodturning chisels.  Special attention will be given to developing tool control and learning how to make proper cuts with a roughing gouge, spindle gouge, parting tool and a skew chisel.

Students will work side-by side with Carmen De La Paz teaching basic and intermediate skills and techniques for Woodturning – starting with safety, progressing from how a wood lathe works to actually creating utilitarian and decorative woodturned pieces from beginning to end. 

For more information please visit the Classes section of the site.  

Register early space is limited. 

Metal Paint, Patinas & Gilding: Decorative Finishes for Woodturning - Part II

Explore the world of Decorative finishes and learn the step-by-step process to applying a variety of decorative finishes and textures to your Woodturning work.

Finishes and Textures covered in this demo include: Metal Paints & Patinas – from Wrought Iron paint to Copper Verde-Gris, Silver & Gold Leaf Gilding, Rub-on metallic powder and waxes.

For more information on this course, please visit the Class section of the site.  

Register early space is limited.

Color, Crackle & Wax: Decorative Finishes for Woodturning - Part I

Explore the world of Decorative finishes and learn the step-by-step process to applying a variety of decorative finishes and textures to your Woodturning work.  This course will also be offered for DIY projects and furniture in the near future. 

For more information visit the classes section of the site. 

Register early space is limited.

Woodturning: Make a Wood Bowl

The woodturning course will cover tool control and proper cuts to create a small bowl out of freshly cut “wet” wood.

Work side-by side with Carmen De La Paz to learn basic and intermediate skills for Woodturning – starting with safety, progressing to how a wood lathe works, to actually creating a utilitarian or decorative bowl. 

For more information visit the classes section of the site. 

Register early space is limited.

Introduction to Woodturning: Spindle Work

This course will focus heavily on the introduction to the most commonly used woodturning chisels.  Special attention will be given to developing tool control and learning how to make proper cuts with a roughing gouge, spindle gouge, parting tool and a skew chisel.

Students will work side-by side with Carmen De La Paz teaching basic and intermediate skills and techniques for Woodturning – starting with safety, progressing from how a wood lathe works to actually creating utilitarian and decorative woodturned pieces from beginning to end. 

For more information please visit the Classes section of the site.  

Register early space is limited.