UPCOMING:
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INTRODUCTION TO WOODCARVING WORKSHOP
Tuesdays, March 16, 23, 30 & April 6, 2010 -- 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Member Price: $240 Nonmember Price: $340 Materials Fee: $35
3rd WARD, Brooklyn NY
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TRADITIONAL WOODCARVING WORKSHOP
July 30 - August 3, 2010 (5 days) Fee: $480.00 tuition, $85.00 materials & studio fee.
Layton, NJ
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DEDICATION OF ST. PEREGRINE'S SHRINE -- DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
The St. Peregrine shrine I designed and carved for St. Roch's Church in Staten Island will be dedicated by the Archbishop.
RECENT:
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BOOK COVER & ILLUSTRATIONS
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EARLY AMERICAN TRADITIONAL WOODCARVING WORKSHOP Limit: 6 Students
August 17-19, 2009 (3 days) Fee: $425.00
Nassau, NY
Designed for novice-to-intermediate students, this workshop emphasizes the tools & techniques for relief woodcarving used in the creation of Early American carvings. It gives beginning students a good foundation in traditional woodcarving & intermediate students the opportunity to build on their skills. Through demonstrations, exercises & individual hands-on instruction students learn to adapt & transfer a historical design; the various uses of woodcarving tools & how to get & keep them sharp; the proper use & control of tools for incising, setting in, grounding & surface modeling, plus wood types & finishing options.
Wood, basic tools & prepared designs are provided. Intermediate students are invited to bring their own tools & to speak with Deborah in advance if they would like to work on their own designs. Because class size is limited & our setting informal, Deborah can respond to each student's goals & instruct them one-on-one. We have ample inspiration surrounded by Early American buildings and furnishings!
More information at http://www.greatamericancraftsmen.org/workshops/classes.htm
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March 13 & 14, 2009
Demonstrated traditional architectural woodcarving
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Exhibited my work at the Greater Philadelphia Historic Home Show
January 16, 17 & 18, 2009
Valley Forge Convention Center, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
Ran concurrently with the Designer Craftsmen Show of Philadelphia
Booth # 68
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Two of my original designs were featured in the December 2008 issue of
Traditional Building Magazine's December 2008 Religious Buildings Issue
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The International School at Dundee, Greenwich, CT
Carving Workshops for Kids
Saturday, October 25, 2008
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12th Annual Craft as Art Festival, Nassau County Museum of Art
Saturday, October 11, 2008
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Guest lectured at Dennis Fitzgerald's Woodworking class during their woodcarving module.
September 18, 2008
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I taught a 3 day woodcarving workshop at historic Eastfield Village:
August 18 - 20, 2008
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Traditional Woodcarving Demonstration
12th Annual International Preservation Trades Workshop
IPTW 2008 - "A Place for the Trades" - Barre, VT
July 18 - 20, 2008
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Furniture08: State of the Craft exhibit
Some of my original art is included in the Member's Gallery exhibit at the
Furniture Society Conference in Purchase, NY
June 18 - 21, 2008
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This video of my traditional woodcarving demonstration at the Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference, Boston on March 13th was recorded by John Leeke of Historic Homeworks and is one of his "Reports from the Field" series.
In the video, I'm working on a griffin and urn motif that I designed - this is the top of
what will become a mantelpiece made of wormy chestnut. The wood was reclaimed during restoration of an upstate New York farmhouse.
More of John Leeke's video reports on historic preservation topics are on his website:
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Appeared among the New England Historic Home Show master craft demonstrators in Sturbridge, MA.
April 18 - 20, 2008
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Mercy College Manhattan Campus Library's Fifth Annual Art Exhibit
Mercy College Manhattan Campus
November 8 - December 14, 2007
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I taught a Masterclass Workshop
on Woodcarving and Contemporary Ornament at
September 26, October 3 and October 10, 2007
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Woodcarving Demonstration and Exhibit
September 30, 2007, 11AM to 6PM
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Trend Central cites my work at the 2007 ICFF show in NYC
as an example of the strong trend back to ornament in contemporary design:
(article now under Archives, May 24, 2007)
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Woodcarving Demonstration
June 2 and 3, 2007
at the Preservation Trades Workshop
at Casey Farm
Saunderstown, Rhode Island
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May 19 to May 22, 2007
at the
Booth 2538
Jacob Javits Center
New York, NY
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See my interview as a featured artist by one of New York City's
leading cultural bloggers, Lisa di Liberto (May 5, 2007 entry):
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Thank you to Kate Ottavino and the delightful students of the Preservation Arts Program at the Brooklyn High School for the Arts for inviting me to demonstrate traditional woodcarving on April 17, 2007.
PREVIOUS EXHIBITS & SHOWS:
I have exhibited my work at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, New York, NY; the Architectural Digest Home Design Show, New York, NY; the American Crafts Council Show, Baltimore, MD; Mercy College's annual "About New York" exhibit, New York, NY; the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum's Nordic Fest, Decorah, IA; and at galleries including Walker-Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ; Banaker Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Greene and Greene Gallery, New Hope, PA; Studio Design, Inc., Washington DC; Studiolo, Iowa City, IA; Massoni-Sommer Gallery, Chestertown, MD; Cudahy's Gallery, Richmond, VA; and the Concord Art Association, Concord, MA.
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DEBORAH MILLS WOODCARVING
CUSTOM DESIGN: CARVED BY HAND WITH CHISELS, MALLET & PASSION
One-of-a-Kind Limited Edition Original Design Reproduction
"Whale (Here There Be Series)" was used in the cover design of my husband Daniel A. Rabuzzi's first novel, The Choir Boats, published Sept. 2009 by Chizine Publications. The novel is getting excellent reviews!
I also created pen & ink wash illustrations for each chapter head.
Let me know if you have an illustration project you'd like to discuss.
