I wont be taking on an apprentice for a while, but when i do it will have a $500,000 price tag. There are under 100 Master Artisan Wood Carvers in the world and it requires 20 years to become a Master Artisan as well as doing your journeyman study as an apprentice of a Master Artisan. The price may sound steep but a Master Artisan makes 20 times that a year. There are a lot of great wood carvers in the world, but a single piece from a Master Artisian fetches 5-10 times that of a hobbyist, and after completing a journeyman study a Junior Artisan can make that money back within a year just having studied under one of the masters.