Jan Schoonover

[ClayB]

I talked to Jan Schoonover on the phone today and got quite a bit of good news. First, he has recovered from all the health problems he was having last time I talked to him back in May. He said he was feeling great and his vision is back to normal.

He also told me that the class he is teaching at the end of the month in Billings (a bobcat) will be taped and that hopefully he will have videos available from it. I asked if he was still considering writting a book with instructions for his extreme embossing techniques and he said the first chapter has been written and he sold out of it. The first chapter is a complete lesson on carving an Arabian horse with step by step instructions and color photos. Jan said he hoped to have more copies of the lesson printed by the time of the next class which is at the end of this month. He said if I showed up at the class, I could check it out. I wasn't planning on going, but he also said if I went, I might be able to be in the video. Maybe I will go if gas isn't $4 a gallon by then. I'll keep you posted on his instructional materials as I find out more. Check out the calendar here on Leatherworker.net for more details on Jan's latest class or http://www.sculpturedleather.com for a look at what Jan does.