Blackhawk Carving ClubThe Blackhawk Woodcarver
Dear Friends,
The 2016 Blackhawk Carving Club Annual Show is going to have a new twist. A
central part of the Show will be educational opportunities for the public.
There will be soap carving for children, beginners woodcarving, woodburning,
fishing lure making and chainsaw demonstrations.
As always, there will be tables to display your work. And, of course, you
are encouraged to bring your really good stuff for the judging.
This will all happen on July 16th at the Discovery Center in
Rockford. The Planning Committee has been working over the winter to make
our 2016 Show a great event. If you have any questions or want to inquire as
to how you can help contact any of the committee members: Denny Neubauer,
chair, Bob Matthews, Martha Fitch, Larry Clark, Carol Behning or Bunny
Nordheim
Gary Curl
President - Gary Curl, 895-5106
Vice Pres. - Frank Lay, 677-1190
Treasurer - John Skaggs, 547-6951
Secretary - Martha Fitch, 399-2453
Librarian - Dawn Rozanas, 229-8996
Show Co-Chairmen -
Membership - Chuck Drewes,
316-0398
Newsletter Publisher, Gary Johnson 399-1697
Newsletter Editor, Gordy Moscinski, 874-7978
Photographer - Larry Clark, 262-9982
Historian - Elaine Terrell 765-2886
Programs—Bob Matthews 544-2359 &
Denny Neubauer 515-508-9524
Petty Cash—Dona Wisner
Christmas Party -
Picnic -
Tony Devita
Soap Carving –Gary Lundquist
Door Prizes
Don't forget the Door Prize drawing on First Wednesdays. Bring something you
don't need or want anymore, but know someone would be thrilled to win at the
drawing.
Club Activity Schedule
March 2
open carving
March 9
open carving and a
lesson on a
band saw when making a 3-D cutouts for a bird and another for caricatures
March 16
open carving and meeting
March 23
open carving
March 30
open carving
April 6
open carving
April 13
open carving
April 20
open carving and meeting
April 27
open carving
May 4
open carving
May 11
open carving
May 18
open carving and meeting
May 25
open carving
June 1
open carving
June 8
open carving
June 14
Picnic at Baumann Park
June 15
open carving and meeting
June 22
open carving
June 29
open carving
July 6
open carving
July 13
open carving
July 16
Carving Show at the Discovery Center
July 20
open carving and meeting
July 27
open carving
Woodcarvers Meeting of February 2016
The meeting was called to order at 9:03 am by President Gary Curl.
Reports:
Minutes from
the last meeting were read by Secretary Martha Fitch.
There were 3 changes. The
minutes are now correct as changed.
John Skaggs
reported that there were no problems found by the audit.
John then gave a review of all expenditures and revenues of the past
year.
Dona
Wisner gave her Petty Cash report.
The expenditures and revenues for January were reported.
At this point President Gary Curl requested we compliment Dona Wisner
for her hard work to provide Club members with coffee and cookies.
Every member responded with loud applause.
OLD BUSINESS
John Skaggs
entered a motion to revise the By-Laws with regards to the Treasurers’
duties. Current By-Laws state
that the Treasurer must get an agreement from the Executive Committee for
any expenditure over $50. John’s
motion changes this to “at the Treasurer’s discretion”.
A discussion brought out the fact that regular payments are paid of
over $50 and these bills cannot wait for the Executive Committee.
A motion was entered to change the amount to $500 before consent is
needed. This change was
accepted. The corrected motion
was then read by the Secretary for clarification.
The vote for the corrected motion was taken, and the motion passed.
Gary Curl
asked how many members make up a quorum.
A discussion of various numbers followed.
A motion was entered by Arne Larson that the By-Laws should be
revised to state that a quorum is any 3 or more members of the club at a
regular meeting. The motion was
seconded. The motion was passed.
NEW BUSINESS
Will a Club
Picnic be held this Year? Tony
DeVita answered that he is already planning the Picnic.
It will be held on June 14th
(a Tuesday) at Baumann Park in Cherry Valley.
Bring your own meat and a grill if you want to grill, plus food to
share.
Gordy
Moscinski asked if there will be a show this year.
The answer is yes, the Show will be held on July 16th
(Saturday) from 10am to 4 pm at the Discovery Center.
Gordy noted that the information needs to be given to the magazine
Woodcarving Illustrated by March 14th
in order for them to publish this information.
Information needs to be given also to Chip Chats to be added to their
list of Shows.
The Meeting adjourned at 9:28am.
Recording Secretary, Martha Fitch
The Slow Water Arts Festival
is a two-day event located on the corner of E. Douglas St. and N. Chicago
Ave. In downtown Freeport, IL. This two-day festival will feature original
works of art, live music, activities, and a food & beverage market.
Artists can apply online at
www.slowwaterarts.org.
The cost to participate is $120. The non-refundable application fee is $20
and the booth fee for accepted artists is only $100 per space. Applications
are due by April 2nd, 2016.
IMPORTANT DATES
Entries Due: April
2nd, 2016 by 5 pm
Email Notifications: April
22nd, 2016
Artist Acceptance Due: May
20, 2016 by 5 pm
Event Setup: June
24th, 2016 12-7 pm and June 25th 6-9:30 am
Event Dates: June
25th, 2016 10-6 pm and June 26th, 10-5 pm
Classes
March 8 through April 26
Beginning Woodcarving Class.
Through the Center for Learning in Retirement at RVC Bell school Road
Center, Room 2. Time 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Instructor Gordy Moscinski.
March 10 and 17
Carving a Fantasy House.
Through the Center for Learning in Retirement at RVC Bell school Road
Center, Room 2. Time 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Instructor Robert Coleman.
August 16-19 Musky Area Wood Carvers Workshop in Boulder Junction, Wi. Call Mary at 815-874-7978 or go to www.blackhawkcarving.com and go to Events.
From the activity committee
Denny and Bob are developing a video presentation for March 9th. The
subject will be on the use of a band saw when making a 3-D cutout for a bird
and another for caricatures. Once again we will be using the TV to
present the pictures along with a discussion about what is going on.
Hey gals and guys we need your help with ideas for things to do and we will
try to comply. Is there something that you want to develop and show to
the club, why not? Don't be bashful, we are all here to learn from
each other.
Denny and Bob
Deadline for the news for the next newsletter is April 6th.
Pack 602 Cubs Carve Soap
October, 2015, Gary Lundquist led a team of Blackhawk Woodcarvers to South
Beloit Prairie Hill Elementary School to teach Cub Scouts in Pack 602 the
finer points of carving soap.
The weather that night was cold, but the school gym was warm
... thank goodness, because school gyms are notoriously cool and drafty.
Pack officials there to help included Pack Leader Amy Ramon,
Den Leader Joe Coldwater, Committee Chairperson Stacey Bryant, and Cub
Master Vince Porter. Their involvement in actual carving of soap was
impressive. And welcome!
Too often, our Club carvers arrive at a soap carving session,
and are met with a horde of children but only one or two adults to help
manage the little rascals. Without adequate management, a bunch of
kids can turn rambunctious and easily get out of hand. Satisfactory
learning is not possible unless there is a modicum of polite sociable
behavior. Pack 602 is a great example of how it should be done.
That night, the adults helped to make the soap carving
session a real success. There were 14 Webelos and Bear Cub Scouts and
13 adults (parents and Pack leaders) to watch over and help their
kids. Such a fine ratio of adult supervision to soap carvers is most
unusual. As one of our carvers instructed a Cub, the parent learned
faster and would carry on the teaching by explaining to the Cub after our
woodcarver teacher moved on to the next Cub.
Gary Lundquist had Dona Wisner and Tony DeVita and Tod Wisner
working with him. Everything worked out really well. Tony had a
“stroke of genius” - Halloween was coming soon, and he suggested all Cubs
carve a pumpkin. The pumpkin was a simple project, and having everyone
working on the same thing made teaching easier, too. This theory is
being carried on to future soap carving teaching sessions.
Tony, Dona, and Gary set out carving tools
Tony DeVita gives this Bear Cub advice on and unwrap Ivory
soap bars
how to carve details
Bear Cub pays rapt attention to Gary’s
Webelos Scout deadly serious about that
The teachers and their class: Dona, Tony,
bar of soap
the Cubs,
Gary,
Tod. P & H on the gym
wall for Prairie Hill
Discover Woodcarving
22nd Annual Show Discover woodcarving
Saturday July 16, 2016
Discovery Museum
711 N Main St, Ste 2
Rockford, IL
Registration entries received Fri. 2-4, Sat. 8-9:30
Open to the public Saturday
10am – 4pm
Sponsored by
Blackhawk Woodcarving club & The
Discovery Center Museum
We are happy to announce that
the Blackhawk Woodcarvers and the Discover Center Museum have joined forces
to host the 22nd annual Show
Discover Wood Carving. Our mission is to promote the art of Wood Carving with
enthusiasm, through education and by example.
There will be hands on demonstrations from 10am to 4pm
Soap carving,
Beginner
carving, and
Wood burning along with demonstrations of
hand carved fishing lures and Chain saw carving
For more information:
Web Site:
www.blackhawkcarving.com
or
E-mail
neubauer.dennis@yahoo.com
Denny
Neubauer-515-508-9524
Carving Magazine
Basically the magazine publisher went out of business and I ... Chris
Whillock lost my job (my father did as well). A few people think that the
Whillock's owned the magazine and we didn't, never have, ZERO financial
interest. We started it but it was always owned by All American Crafts, we
just received monthly pay for being editor ... which I did out of my
Minnesota home. The publishers were in New Jersey. I had only been to the
offices once in 2007 when my sister died. I was told on a Friday in August
2014 and they closed up office that next Monday.
Some folks think that we took their subscription money and blame Whillocks
.. but this is NOT correct. We lost our jobs and my father is owed over
$100. This came up because some jerks emailed me demanding money back. 1.5
years later and some people still don't listen very well.
I was an employee ... not an owner. we were shocked just like everyone else.
Please help spread the correct information, and let me know of anyone
spreading anything false ... I'd love to talk with them!
My cell 507-339-0336 - Chris Whillock
Submitted by Judy Englund
Show and Tell pictures by Gordy Moscinski and comments by Martha Fitch
Gary Curl
carved and painted fishing lures, complete with hooks
Frank Lay
carved a tiny intertwined 3-legged stand from basswood.
Jim Foster
brought in a roadrunner carved from butternut and a wood burned bison on
bark wood.
Roger Benedict
brought in 2 large relief carvings:
1 is an Art Deco style relief of the Miami, FL skyline and the other
is large sign saying “BETHZATHA”.
Both are carved in basswood.
Bob Coleman
brought in a wood burning of a Clint Eastwood cowboy.
Don Stansfield
brought in a fancy cowboy.
Don Stansfield
brought in 4 pendants: 1 cut
from walnut, 1 made with an antique silver spoon handle, 1 cut from purple
heartwood, and 1 Norwegian heart basket carved from basswood.
Gordy Moscinski
brought in 3 pendants carved in inter-connecting rings from basswood and
butternut.
Bob Matthews
brought in a lighthouse carved from cottonwood bark.
Richard Dunphey
brought in 3 figures he carved from basswood: a woodcutter, an elephant
named Bambi and Hairy the Sign-holder.