ANGLERS ARTISTRY is now booking the 2010 One on One Workshops!

[Rick Krane]

2010 Workshops

Anglers Artistry is now booking the 2010 One on One workshop! Join the talented family of Anglers Artistry Taxidermists who share in the same enthusiasm and passion for Fish Taxidermy as you for successfully creating custom fish work!

The Custom One on One workshop is what I provide and have for the past 2 decades. Learning in this environment of Custom One on One gives you and I the opportunity to truly focus and concentrate on your personal and professional goals in a completely custom environment with no distractions.

Described as invaluable, intense, fun, and personally rewarding this knowledge based hands on workshop is geared for the motivated individuals both beginner and national competitor alike, who have the desire to learn how to achieve fish art at a higher level of quality.

From the Traditional skin mounts fish, to custom molding and reproductions fish work, you will have the comfort and time to learn the most advanced fish techniques in the industry today based on your goals.

As a leader in the professional taxidermy community and the owner of the premier fish training studio, it is and has been my commitment to push the envelope by creating and innovating new and more efficient methods of learning for better understanding that translates in to your personal satisfaction and success. As An award winning Taxidermist and academically and professionally educated in fisheries biology, my goal as n educator is to provide you the best environment to learn in so that you will leave Anglers Artistry with a eye opening understanding not only the art of fish taxidermy as it pertains to skills and techniques but as it relates to live fish, so that you will take your work to the highest level you can!

Along with my wife Kathie who has a masters degree in education we are both working hard every day to provided you the opportunity to experience cutting edge innovation and teaching practice that has helped produce State, National and World championships for some past Anglers Artistry family members along with having a great enjoyment and satisfaction for your own work!

From the complete beginner to the most advanced competitive taxidermist Anglers Artistry will make a custom workshop to meet your needs and help you achieve your goals!

Every workshop is designed to provide you a stress free, fun atmosphere while learning how to achieve the highest quality fish techniques. Each and every member of the Anglers Artistry family is just that a part of a big family! Many past members have taken full opportunity of making friends across the country with other Anglers members. I mention this, as this over the years has become a true part of the post workshop experience. Sharing information, fish and friendship along with networking for great outdoor adventures make this aspect of Anglers Artistry notable!

Here are some of the custom one on one options for the 2010 workshop services:
•   Weekend up to a 30 day workshop custom classes offered
•   Skin mounts real and custom molded parts open gills workshops
•   Reproduction workshops; molding/ casting and painting
•   Painting workshops; paint reproductions with great success
•   Anatomy and custom carving pedestal mount workshops
•   Casting and mold making workshops
•   Comistion and Design workshop competition habitat workshops
•   Special wood carvers workshops; Anatomy and paintwork
Each and every workshops is totally custom to you and only your needs!

Room and board is available at the farm nestled in the mountains of beautiful New England. Generous meals and lots of fun go hand and hand with your workshops.
We never watch a clock or charge by the hour. You time is your time we will work until the day is done! In a 10-day workshop most students can fish up to 4 fish. We offer combination workshop with reproductions and skin mounts. Your workshop is recorded in digital photos for you along with great value of additional take home material as part of your workshop.

I’m Rick Krane and I take my reputation as one of the premier leaders in fish instruction seriously. I have dedicated myself over the past 2 decades to becoming the best teacher I can be. A full time studio and full time teacher in fish taxidermy, I will take your goals and reputation as seriously as my very own! There are many choices today and some wonderful teachers for some to look over and to spend their time and money with to learn taxidermy. We are not all born with equal talent, so choose a great teacher who can teach all levels of talent and ability to reach the most you have in you!

Thanks you for taking your time to read this information and considering Anglers Artistry as your choice to learn fish taxidermy!

My very best to you!

Rick Krane
Anglers Artistry

Here are several pictures of this past years workshop participants and a few return guest from 2009 and the beautiful work they completed over the past 12 months. Please take the time and enjoy the work of folks just like you who took the first step!

The Anglers Artistry 2009 Student workshops participants!

Mr. Shawn Cantwell
Cummington, Massachusetts



Mr. Ray Bryant
Monroe, Maine


Mr. Jonathan Hopfgarten
Kingston MA


Mr. Kevin Raymond
Stevensville, Pa



Mr. James Dalueg
Woodstock, Ontario
CANADA





Mr. Ted Coneset
Dafter, Michigan










Roland Curit
Freeport, ME





Mr. Dave Baxter
Seattle, WA








Mr. Kevin Champagne
Tomball, Texas






Mr. Clint Kimbell
Uxbridge, ON,
CANADA




Mr. Joey Arender
Murfreesboro,TN






Melvin Kincheloe
Valley Center, KS





Mr. Kenny Shepherd
Bartlett, TN




Shane Osborn
Cedar City, UT





Matt Kapraun
Harvard, IL









Lake Country Replicas
Hawick, MN

Randy Bloom
John Osberg
Mike Brown
Aaron Michels
Nathan Metz
Phil Sommers
Brad Lorz
Gene Carlson
John Metz




During the year folks who have taken workshops come back to New Hampshire to spend time and visit and some come to even get married! That’s a first for me!
Mr. Corey Logo and his Bride Carrie came to NH to get hitched!





Mr. Travis Jones of Seaboard, North Carolina and his wonderful family came to share in a week of summer and fun in good Old NH.









Mr. Eddie Casas of Manvel, TX and his beautiful family took 2 trips to the great north country this year to spend some time with my family!








Mr. Brad Jones of Cicero Indiana and his family also stopped by for a day!






Thank you for taking the time to stop by and see the wonderful work of the hard working fishheads who made it through Fishboot Camp!

My Best!
Rick Krane
Anglers Artistry
312 Chesterfield Road
Hinsdale New Hampshire 03451
603-336-7296
rmkinc1@msn.com
www.anglersartistry.com

[Kevin Halle]

Awesome Rick! Hopefully someday the wife and me will get back to New England and New Hampshire and spend some time..

[Travis Jones]

Man thats a great bunch of students and some mighty fishy looking fish to add too.

If anyone is considering a fish workshop I'll be the first to recommend Rick's classes. This man knows his fish inside and out and can break them don't species by species to make you better understand how to mount them or paint them. His students work speaks volumes for what he can teach. If anyone here is in question of these workshops please feel free to contact me for a referral.

The vacation trip was even more fun that the coarse!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Critter Skinner]

If you are looking to take your fish work to a new level or just beginning you can not go wrong with Rick. He has been a big influence on my work and has also become a very good freind. Like Travis has already said feel free to contact me if you would like a referral.

Brad Jones

[Billw]

   Ditto what Travis said, Rick is a great teacher and friend Anglers Artistry is a Great family to belong to.

   God Bless
   BillW

[Mountain Ed]

What Travis, Brad and Bill said!Need I say more?? If you wish , you can contact me for a reference as well. You will never look @ a fish the same way again.

[Travis]

I agree with everything said above. You can not go wrong, by taking a one on one class with Rick!

[duxdog]

Someday Rick, some day.

[Jimmy Lawrence]

Im not sure what I can add to the post already that hasnt been put on here but here goes.

I went up to Rick's 2x.  A 5day, and then a 10day.  In the 5day workshop, we covered so much stuff that it was hard to absorb it all.  It was amazing and impressive, and actually almost funny to me when I look back at my pictures!!

I remember clearly the first time Rick starts to scribble all over MY BRAND NEW EXPENSIVE DAVE CAMPBELL REPRODUCTION!!!! I about lost my mind.  This man is scribbling with a colored pencil all over my crap!!!! 

He teaches you various techniques that even a seasoned veteran will appreciate, and advance your work that much farther.  He will make you think "outside the box"

F     L      O    W.   You will hear this untill your ears bleed!!

Rick is a great teacher in the fact that he has the knowledge, and he is good at adapting to each person's learning style. 

I know I appreciate everything the man has ever done, and continues to do for me.

You cant go wrong.
Jimmy Lawrence

[Chuck Holyk]

I look forward to seeing you in April 

[wdartistry]

Rick and Kathy are some of the greatest people you will ever have the opportunity to meet!!  Rick is truly an Einstein when it comes to fish. Highly, highly recommended.

[Joey Arender]

Just do it if your thinking about it you will thank yourself. I put it off for about 4 years and I wish I would have just did it back then.   I will x 100 what everyone else said and add by saying Rick will give you confidence to do, instead of fear of messing up. You will find yourself trying new stuff all the time and probably realize you cant really mess up, but if you do its very easy to fix.. I sure am trying to fit a skin mount and parts casting in to my 2010 schedule.

[James Dalueg]

How can you not love a place that has  'Live Free or Die' on the licence plate! Then to learn and absorb FISH, FISH and hey, if your lucky and pay attention FISH. Once you figure out what a FISH is and perhaps more importantly, what a FISH isn't you get to play with colours.............when Rick first started laying on the different processes my first reaction was WTF did I just get myself into.

So, I just shut up, applied the 2 Ears-One Mouth Principal and with both feet did we go. One of the best learning experiences of my adult life, largely because of Rick's knowledge and ability to communicate that knowledge to a confirmed knuckle-dragger like myself. On a personal note for all out of Country folks or out of state for that matter, if you don't take up the Room and Board option your a fool, I seriously cannot decide what I enjoyed more, Rick's instruction and the Fish building or Kathie's cooking.

You work hard so ensure you get the most value for your dollar. Do your homework then check Rick out.  I was impressed enough the first time to book the month of May this year. (Better start on a diet)

Good luck to you and yours.

Jim

[Rick Krane]

Matt Sweet display!!!! I'm so glad you did very well at the show! I know with follow up to our conversation you will for sure get some new and worth well clients! Great work and again great effort!

Rick

[wetnwild]

Regardless of any scuttlebut about coments allegedly made about Rick Kranes school, they were absurd at best. Ricks school is one of the best in the country, and your talent levels will soar with what rick will teach you. When the opportunity arrises to get training from one of the best, it would be your great misfortune to not grasp the opportunity and run with it!!