Bird Carving

Suitable for ages 16+

Join local maker and teacher Georgina Donovan for a bird carving workshop at Lyttleton Store. Slow down and connect with your creative self as you carve your own beautiful wooden bird under the guidance of a skilled and encouraging teacher in a calm, supportive environment.

Tap into your own creativity as you discover the mindful and satisfying practice of woodcarving, and a newfound appreciation of natural materials.

In this 7 hour workshop you will learn safe techniques to carve different types of wood from a rough cut blank, as you engage in a practice that has been around for thousands of years.

Absolutely no experience required- just a can-do attitude!

All tools and materials provided, as well as tea and coffee. Bring your own lunch, or purchase on the day.

Closed shoes are required.

About the tutor

Georgina Donovan:

My interest with making things started whilst studying Industrial Design at the University of Canberra. From there I enrolled and studied fine furniture making under the late George
Ingham at the Canberra School of Art. Over the past 20 years I have worked independantly as a designer and maker of wooden objects in Canberra, Melbourne and the Blue Mountains.
Alongside this I have been teaching woodwork classes privately, in schools and at Univeristy level. Wood Carving is a recent passion for me that combines all these skills to make a beautiful object whilst providing a place to practice mindfulness.

As I blink my eyes… impressions, ideas and images are left for me to use. This and the relationship to the medium provide for me the starting point. Design is an amalgamation…