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Wanted - Apprenticeship Or Classes For Tooling/carving In Southern Illinois

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Looking for an experienced person with tooling/carving experience to teach me the basics in the southern illinois area. Any help, offers or leads would be greatly appreciated.

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Looking for an experienced person with tooling/carving experience to teach me the basics in the southern illinois area. Any help, offers or leads would be greatly appreciated.

holy schnikes!!! i just looked at your braiding stuff... very cool!:notworthy: i wish i could help you out with your other project... the only suggestion i can make is to find and print out a lot of 'line-art' photos on the net, and transfer them to the leather for practice work, you also might want to check out your local tandy (if there is one), they usually have 'free' classes (free class, you pay for/bring your supplies) to teach tooling basics... anyway... until you can find someone local to hook-up with, you might just want to continue looking in the how-to section here on this board... good luck... later...

eric

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There's two Tandy stores in IL. One in Elgin, the other in Peoria. Either should have a basic carving class to get you started.

http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/default.asp?sectionpath=1%2F226&processor=asp&asp_processor=directory&action=searchall&p_countryid=USA&p_stateid=IL&p_city=

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There are active leather guilds in Indiana & Illinois. You can learn quite a bit here, too, just post pics and ask questions.

Johanna

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I'm down by St. Louis, about 60 miles south of Springfield. There's a tandy store in the area, or you can contact me. Not sure how much help I'll be, but I know the basics and can send a few pictures to see if you're interested.

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