Blackhawk Carving Club Events
Meeting Schedule
We meet every Wednesday at 9:00 am until 12:00 noon at Ken Rock’s facility at 625 Adams Street, Rockford, IL. The location is next to and East of Heritage Park on Rural Street.
At our meetings, carvers often bring in work they have finished. We all get to see and appreciate their results. Friends and spouses of carvers are especially welcome to visit and meet carvers.
Blackhawk Woodcarvers Picnic
Our club’s annual picnic has been
set to be held on Wednesday, 19 June 2024, in Sinnissippi Park. We plan to
have it similar to the one we held there during the COVID pandemic. It will
be a Bring Your Own picnic lunch and drink and be preceded by a Show & Tell
featuring our carvings. The following are the pertinent details as of this
time:
We will gather in the vicinity of
Shelters 1 & 2 of the Park. We will not reserve a Shelter; but will grab one
if either shelter is not being used or reserved.
We will each bring our own picnic
lunch and drink and any additional food, drink, or equipment we desire.
Consider bringing along an additional food item to share. Table clothes are
beneficial as might be lawn chairs.
We will plan to start our picnic
meal about 11:00 am; but plan to also display our carvings and have a Show &
Tell about 10:30 am. Early birds can arrive earlier 9:30 or so for carving.
We will not have a June business
meeting. Announcements will be welcomed. We will resume our normal monthly
business meeting on 17 July 2024.
Relief
Carving Class
Several carvers have approached me
for a relief carving class. Thus, in June a class will
begin at Ken Rock on Wednesday’s mornings at 9:15 to 11:00am.
Sign-up sheets will be available in April. The
class will be five sessions minimum.
The project will be a 5 by 8-inch
basswood plaque 1 inch thick. Fees are $15 to cover wood,
pattern, and handouts. I suggest palm or hand tools---V
tool, #3 gouge, #7 or #9 gouge, and a skew. Misc. small
type tools (ala Denny) would be helpful to clean up the carving.
The class is open to any level of
carving experience and has primary expectations to teach those procedures of
a relief carving regarding compressing an image as similar with minted
coins. Wood finishing technique is left to the carver;
however, a natural “wood state” is recommended.
Initial wood removal can be
laborious, but the outcome is extremely rewarding.
Good luck with your endeavor. Roger
Benedict
Some of the Relief Carving John
Skaggs has done over the years in classes lead by Roger Benedict. Sign up
now for Roger’s next class starting next month!
Greetings carvers, reminder to sign
up for this class beginning First Wednesday in June.
Eight carvers have signed up and there is room for two more.
I am looking forward to your participation in making a relief carving
of a barn within a meadow setting.
Roger Benedict
Upcoming
Shows in
Oshkosh - Sunday, May 5, 2024
Mid-Wisconsin Chippers Artistry in
Wood Show
Paul Walters, 920-727-2139,
www.midwisconsinchippers.weebly.com
Maquoketa, Iowa —
June 10 thru June 15, 2024
International Woodcarvers Congress,
Diane Coley 630-335-4852 dragonness77@comcast.net
Deforrest – Sunday
October 27, 2024
Capitol Area Carvers of Wisconsin &
Badger Woodturners – 33rd Annual Show and Sale
Cindy Potthast, 608-712-2989,
cynthia.potthast@gmail.com
Waupaca – Sunday
November 3, 2024
Waupaca Area Woodcarvers
Harold Mohr 715-281-4923 or Kathy
Brehm 920-740-1986
Denmark, WI Saturday
and Sundy November 9 &10, 2024
Northeast Wisconsin Woodworker’s
Guild 41st Annual Artistry in Wood” Show
Randy Hendricks 920-676-6466 or
show@newwg.org
Oshkosh - Saturday, May 5,
2024
Mid-Wisconsin Chippers Artistry in
Wood Show, Paul Walters,
920-727-2139,
www.midwisconsinchippers.weebly.com
Maquoketa, Iowa — Second
Week of June, 2024
International Woodcarvers Congress,
Marie McDonough, 563-543-4276, www.woodcarverscongress.orq
Janesville — Saturday,
September 14, 2024
Rock River Valley Carvers of Wis 18th
Annual Show & Sale
Brad Crandall, 608-931-0188, bwkicrandall@qmail.com
