Blackhawk Carving Club Events

Meeting Schedule

Carving sessions every Wednesday 8:30-11:00 am (Visitors always welcome).  Monthly business meeting - third Wednesday of the month, at 9:00 AM.  Ken-Rock Community Center/Sacred Heart Academy (large dining/meeting room)  3218 Eleventh Street, Rockford, Illinois 61109     map and directions

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.

Club Activity Schedule

July 4  open carving
July 11 open carving
July 18 meeting and meeting
July 25 open carving

August 1 open carving
August 8 open carving
August 15 open carving and meeting
August 22 open carving
August 29 open carving

September 5  open carving
September 12 open carving
September 19 meeting and open carving
September 26 open carving

October 3 open carving
October 10 open carving
October 17 open carving and meeting
October 24 open carving
October 31 open carving

November 7  open carving
November 14 open carving
November 21  meeting and open carving
November 28 open carving

Carving Books With Carving Blanks Kits

Don Stansfield will have the book First Projects for Woodcarvers by Larry Green and Mike Altman with woodcarving blanks for the book's projects available as a kit for $30.00.  The projects are carving a boot, dog, and nativity.  Prices for individual items are: Book $12.00; Boot $2.25; Dog $3.00; Nativity $20.00.  This is a good beginner's book with good information on wood, tools, sharpening and good projects. 

He will have a similar kit available in the near future with the book Carving Small Characters by Jack Price.  This book has projects that are good learning experiences and a lot of fun.

Classes at the Woodcraft Shop

Realistic Bird Carving and Painting with Josh Guge, Vermilion Flycatcher
Friday to Monday: September 14, 15, 16 and, 2018 - $270.00 + a $20.00 Material fee

The Woodcraft Shop, 2724 State Street, Bettendorf, IA 52722
www.thewoodcraftshop.com

Musky Area Wood Carvers Workshop - August 14 - 17, 2018

Dan Haack will teach carving caricatures and wood spirits.
Bob Harris will be painting and carving a Baltimore Oriole.
Larry Stenzel will be teaching Wood Burning Basics.
Dave Kublank  will teach a class in spoon carving.
Gordy Moscinski will teach a beginning carving class.
Denny Neubauer will be making a knife, a tin can forge and carving little people.
Elaine & Fred Stenman will be back to lead a class in low relief woodcarving.
Greg Wirtz will teach relief carving and will have multiple patterns to choose from.
James Thalacker will teach how to carve and burn a rainbow trout in basswood.
Lee Belanger will teach a class on carving a basswood "Whimsical Gnome Home".
Dorothy Huse and Sylvia Kendzior will be teaching a variety of gourd art.

For more information go to muskyareawoodcarvers.com