Scrimshaw Workshop with Kathy England   September 20-22, 2024. 3 day workshop - beginners welcome! Class fee $300, plus a $35 fee that will cover materials and a set of tools to take home.  Students should bring a powder horn to work on - discuss with instructor.   

Are you are a beginner looking to learn how to do decorative scrimshaw work to personalize your own pieces in a traditional manner? Or perhaps you have already tried your hand at scrimshaw, and you'd like to learn some new techniques from a well known professional artist. Coming this spring, both beginners and those with some experience can join scrimshaw artist Kathy England to learn her methods of scrimshaw work - everything from design to execution. 

After working on drawing and making patterns, students in Kathy's class will begin working on flat practice medium then move to scrimshawing a finished horn. ​​The class will be held at the Log Cabin Shop in Lodi, Ohio.  To contact us with questions about  Kathy England's Scrimshaw Workshop or for registration information , click  "request info"​


​About the instructor -  Kathy England has been involved in the longrifle culture and producing scrimshaw since the early 1980s. She is best known for her highly detailed work on powder horns, particularly flat Scottish Highland horns and designs incorporating allegorical and Baroque elements influenced by continental European horns. 
 
Kathy’s work has appeared in American Traditions (the Journal of the Contemporary Longrifle Association), The Horn Book (a publication of the Honourable Company of Horners), MuzzleBlasts and Muzzleloader magazines and, together with her husband Stash David, is featured in a volume of the CLA Artists Series.