{"id":26602,"date":"2026-09-03T12:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jewishartistcenter.org\/en\/?p=26602"},"modified":"2026-11-04T08:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T08:01:10","slug":"introduction-to-wood-carving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jewishartistcenter.org\/en\/introduction-to-wood-carving\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Wood Carving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wood carving is a meditative skill that can teach us much about life. Learn how to work with chisels, hand knives, and power tools to create just about anything you can think of. Some incredible projects have come out of this class.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-26602 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium_large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/jewishartistcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LIC-Progress-Aron-Kodesh-1.jpg'><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishartistcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LIC-Progress-Aron-Kodesh-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Long Island city carving crown\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/jewishartistcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4392.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishartistcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4392.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/jewishartistcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/aryeh-carving-learning-Israel-art-center-scaled.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1165\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishartistcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/aryeh-carving-learning-Israel-art-center-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/jewishartistcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/carving-curved-doors.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishartistcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/carving-curved-doors.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/jewishartistcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/carving-17-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishartistcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/carving-17-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experience woodcarving from a true master. Gabriel Bass originally learned carving over twenty five years ago from the Native American First Nations, while living on the Musqueam Reservation in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has spent thousands of hours carving professionally, employing carving techniques learned the world over. His vast tool collection rivals museums.<\/p>\n<p><b>8.10.23 \u20138.12.23<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>In Katzrin<\/b><\/p>\n<p>4 Meetings, lasting one and a half hour, once a week (TBA &#8211; best time according to registered participants schedules)<\/p>\n<p>750 NIS Including tools and enough materials to get you started<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":12545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[101,102,32,100],"class_list":["post-26602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-workshops","tag-carving","tag-classes","tag-wood","tag-woodworking"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Introduction to Wood Carving - Jewish Artist Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishartistcenter.org\/en\/introduction-to-wood-carving\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Introduction to Wood Carving - Jewish Artist Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Experience woodcarving from a true master. 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