Carved and Painted Sailor Boy Whirligig - Nantucket Historical Association

Carved and Painted Sailor Boy Whirligig with Ed Brackett

August 22 August 23 August 24 August 25 9:00 AM–1:00 PM

Member Fee $325 Nonmember Fee $375 Materials Fee $50 Register

The NHA reserves the right to cancel any class due to low enrollment or instructor emergency and will automatically provide refunds for these. Otherwise, payments for class registrations are non-refundable. Travel and accommodation expenses are the sole responsibility of the enrollee.

This project is an interpretation of the Happy Jack whirligig
created by Charles F. Ray (b. 1826) which is in the collection of the
Nantucket Historical Society. It has a carved body, legs and arms with a
flat face with painted features. The majority of the paint on the original
whirligig has been worn away, but this version will look like the day it
was created.

Maximum class size: 8

Ed Brackett has been carving steadily since 2010 and is a member of the New England Woodcarvers. He makes a variety of things, but his real passion is American Folk Art, especially wildfowl decoys. He likes being a part of the woodcarving community and is always willing to share his knowledge with hopes that people will gain his enthusiasm for folk art related woodcarving.