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Master the Art of Rockwork and Fabrication, from Planning to Sculpting, Painting, and Beyond! 
Choose from my Videos-On-Demand, DVDs, pre-fab simulated bracket fungi & broken branches, and my custom pre-mix cement blend: Carve-Right™

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Video-On-Demand Library

VODs (Videos-On-Demand) allow you to choose your lesson and immediately download it to your computer for viewing.

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All four DVD sets from Richard L. Winget's Rockscape 101 instructional series displayed together: Series 1 (2-disc), Series 2 Laguna Tide Pool and Spa Project (3-disc), Series 3 U.S. Navy Corpsmen Memorial Project (2-disc), and Series 4 Idyllwild Granite Boulders Pool & Spa Project (3-disc)

DVD Series

I've produced 4 different DVD sets, documenting and sharing my process through 4 real-world projects.

(I'm now able to offer these DVD series here as digital downloads. If you're still interested in buying the physical DVD discs, please email me here for details Thank you.)

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Two golden-yellow bracket fungi with concentric ridges mounted on a dark, deeply textured tree trunk, photographed indoors in a workshop setting

Branch-Ends & Fungus Cast Pieces

Hand-made realistic cast pieces, for bringing even more life to your naturalistic creations and projects.

Browse pre-fab catalog here
clode-up of rebar bender made by Richard l. Winget

Rebar Benders

Rebar Benders are the first tools that are used on a rockwork project for shaping the rebar and getting the geometry correct. I've used many different types and found flaw with lots of them which aided me in designing my own that I now offer to you.

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Carve-Right Material

Custom blended pre-mix cement I developed for sculpting the most creative projects in the world.
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Consulting

If you have a project that might need some special assessment, or some unique problem solving, I'm available worldwide for virtual and in-person consulting. Please reach out anytime so we can discus your project's needs.
Richard L. Winget
rlw@carve-right.com
+1 (714) 318-3994

Richard L. Winget crouching in tall dry grass outdoors, looking through a large telephoto camera lens, with rocky outcroppings and shrubs visible in the background

Meet Your Instructor

Richard L. Winget

Richard L. Winget is a passionate and accomplished rockwork artisan who has been sculpting various materials for over three decades. He has traveled the world as a freelance artist and continues to do so, working on projects ranging from millions to billions of dollars, including world-class commercial resorts, theme parks, hotels, zoos, aquariums, and some of the most spectacular private custom residential works ever imagined. He is also the founder of Authentic Environments and the visionary behind Carve-Right™, an innovative, precisely engineered product that simplifies the design mix aspect of sculptural concrete, making it easier for artists and contractors to create artistic projects worldwide.

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Testimonials

Here are some of the nice things people have said about my videos and products.

"If you want to make rapid progress in the craft... alternatively you could stumble about using trial and error for the next 5 years."

Peter Taw (Taw Construction, Kaiapoi, New Zealand)

"It has removed much of the learning curve and has allowed us as beginner artisans to avoid many of the beginner mistakes."

Christian Maucieri (Concrete Evolution Inc., Calgary, AB)

"It has shortened the learning curve by 10-15 years."

John Soychak (Thunder Bay, Ontario)