The Blackhawk Woodcarver
End of the year report
The year is
rapidly coming to a close. The Holiday Season is upon us and with it the
hustle and bustle that comes with it. As the year comes to an end, so does
the term for the current club officers and a new slate of officers will be
installed. The nominating committee has presented the following candidates:
Tyrone Johnsen for President, Louis Jurisch for Vice President, Steve
Terrill for Secretary, and John Skaggs for Treasurer. The presented slate
was voted on by the members of the club and unanimously approved as our 2018
Blackhawk Club Officers. Congratulations to each of them and lets all
support them during the New Year.
I wish to thank
the present officers for your support during the past year. Along with the
officers, I want to offer a special thank those of you who serve on a club
committee. Without you we would not have the wonderful Club Newsletter every
month. We wouldn’t have the beautiful pictures of our many carvings and club
events. We would not have the wonderful picnic each year. There would not be
a well kept Web Site
www.blackhawkwoodcarvers.com.
The new Facebook page for the Blackhawk Woodcarvers would not exist. We
wouldn’t have coffee and cookies each week. The club wouldn’t sponsor our
Soap Carving Workshops. We wouldn’t have our club sponsored Workshops,
Classes, Programs. We would not have a library and updates to the clubs
history archives. Our membership chairman manages the control of our roster.
And last but not least we would not have a Christmas Party. Please forgive
me if I happened to miss a committee or two, as you can see it takes all of
us to support the Blackhawk Woodcarving Club. Keep up the good work in
supporting what I think is one Greatest Wood Carving Clubs is the area.
Let’s all plan to have a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
So --- Let the chips fly and see you
at the club !
Jerome Mais
December 6
open carving
December13
Christmas Gathering
(see below)
December 20
open carving and meeting
December 27
open carving
January 3
open carving
January 10
open carving
January 17
open carving and meeting
January 24
open carving
January 31
open carving
February
7 open carving
February 14 open carving
February 21 open carving and meeting
February 28 open carving
March
7 open carving
March 14 open carving
March 21 open carving and meeting
March 28 open carving
April 4
open carving
April 11 open carving
April 18 open carving and meeting
April 25 open carving
Deadline for the
news for the next newsletter is January 3, 2018.
December
Birthdays (that we Know of)
2
Larry Stenzel
22 Larry Onley
5 Bob Hallstrom
29 Tim Backer
7 Larry Rill
30 Isaac Grover
18 Jane Pheiffer
30 Jim Foster
14 Don Stansfield
31 Martha Fitch
23 Mike Rutter
Blackhawk Carving Club Minutes November 2017
Minutes of the regular monthly business of
Blackhawk Woodcarvers; held on November 15, 2017 at 3218 Eleventh Street,
Rockford, Illinois.
Jerome Mais opened the meeting at 9:08.
Steve Terrill read the Minutes of the previous
meeting. Gordy clarified his comment about a tree available that it is
a basswood tree that is cut in chunks. You can cut off what you need
or take it home, dry it and cut off what you need and have a whole bunch of
free basswood.
John Skaggs reported that we are solvent.
Dues are starting to come in.
Dona Wisner reported on Petty Cash and we
continue to have enough money to buy cookies.
Chuck Drewes reported that it is crumby weather
for flying. He is taking dues, especially snow birds. Still only
$25.
Old Business: Jerome reported on the Ghost
Carving. We now have a Christmas ornament carving. Denny ended
his eyeglass holder class and several are displayed today. The
Christmas party sign up is still available. The setup for the
Christmas party is Tuesday Dec. 12 at 4:00 pm. The party is on
December 13. Jerome hopes to have the doors open by 8:00 am for people
to set up their carvings on the tables. The party kicks off at 9:00.
Tear down will be 10:30 to 10:45.
New Business: Today’s program is Rawson Wood who
will explain what they do and demonstrate their products and services.
Gordy reports that he has a request from up North
that a person building a new house and wants an unknown number of doors
carved. Contact Gordy if you know of anyone.
Roger Benedict reported from the nominating
committee that the slate of officers for 2018 will be:
President – Tyrone Johnsen
Vice President – Louis Jurisch
Secretary – Steve Terrill
Treasurer – John Skaggs
John has been treasurer for 7 years. He
hopes that this will be his last year. It would be really nice for
someone to step up and take over. John has done a nice job.
Jerome had a voice vote to accept the slate and
elect the officers.
The meeting was closed at 9:23.
Respectfully Submitted
Steve Terrill
Secretary
Club
Officers
(815 area code)
President - Jerome Mais, 398-7904
Vice Pres. -
Secretary -
Steve Terrill, 708-0471
Photographer - Larry Clark, 262-9982
Membership - Chuck Drewes,
985-8575
Newsletter Publisher, Gary Johnson 399-1697
Historian - Elaine Terrell 765-2886
Programs -
Picnic -
Soap Carving –Gary Lundquis
Its time to start to plan ahead for
our annual Blackhawk Wood Carvers Club Christmas Holiday Social.
This years Christmas Social will
take place at the Clubs normal meeting place at the Ken Rock Community
Center on Wednesday December 13, 2017. At 9:00 AM.
It is open
to the Blackhawk Wood Carvers Club Members and their spouses. You must
pre-register and indicate what you will be bringing during the November Club
meetings. Note - you will need to have pre-registered to be allowed to
attend the Social.
There will be tables available for
use of Members who wish to display some of their carvings. Members will need
to pre-register to show their carvings so that there will be enough tables
available.
Finger Type Foods will be provided
by you the Club Members. The sign up sheet will provide a place to list the
food you plan to bring. This listing will help to provide a idea of the food
that will be available.
The Club will provide Coffee, Juice,
Water.
This is a Free Social so lets all
plan to attend and prepare to have a good Holiday Social. Jerome Mais
Design, carve, finish
Bring your ornament to the Blackhawk Christmas Social
December 13, 2017
Simple Rules:
1. Ornament must maintain the original size and shape of
the provided carving blank.
2. Ornament must be carved and/or woodburned using a
Christmas and/or winter theme.
3. Enter as many ornaments as you wish.
THERE WILL BE PRIZES
Tips and
Tricks Jigs
and Twigs
Many of you have
figured out some easy or unique way of helping out your carving.
Send me some of your tips. Pictures would help
show it even better.
Gordy Moscinski
micro
fine sandpaper
Bob Mathews
designed this honner. It has leather on one side and micro fine sandpaper on
the other side.
Ideal for scrolling. No messy carbon
paper. Allows you to transfer images and patterns that have been reproduced
in (color or black and white) on a standard "toner" based copy machine to
soft materials such as wood, leather, and fabrics.It is model K16TT and 18
watts. The manufacturer is Wall Lenk Corporation. Gary
Johnson
Putting a golf ball or plastic pipe
on the end of a file or nail set gives you a better grip for making eyes or
marks. Tony Devita
Elaine
Terrell
I have been carving about nineteen
years. My husband taught me how to chip carve. One chip at a time. Also, I
carve in the round. The tool I use the most are Denny's. I have an
assortment of them. I have a chip carving knife that I like. The carving
that I like is a Southwestern pattern. I entered this plate, my first entry
beginner class in Blackhawk Wood Carving Show and received a first place. I
also was club secretary and past president. At the present I take care of
the club history. Worked a lot of club shows. I would like to see more class
taught at our club. What most of the club member don't know about me is that
I freeze and can our vegetables that we grow in our garden each summer. I
have been taking sewing machine embroidery classes. It a lot of fun.
Elaine
A ten inch radial arm saw for sale.
It has not been used very much. Very good
condition. Under $100.00. See Gordy Moscinski
Rawson Custom Woodworks
Gave a talk on varnishes and stains. They are located at 4337 S.
Perryville Rd, Suite, Cherry Valley, IL 61016. Phone 815.332.9222.
info@RawsonCustomWoodworks.com
Don’t forget to put a quarter in the
bucket when you have coffee and cookies at the gatherings
A reminder: $25
dues need to be paid, Chuck Drewes will be glad to take your money!
A Look
Back:
Remember our quilt carving that the
club did for the Center for Sight and Hearing. It hangs in the lobby of the
Center located on Lyford Road.
A big shout out of thanks to all who
sent in contributions to this newsletter. Keep the news
and tips coming. Gordy
Brandli Gottlieb, a longtime cabinet
maker and chip carver, died on Saturday, November 4, 2017. He
established the Monroe Carving Club.
Show and
Tell pictures by Larry Clark and comments by Steve Terrill
John Skaggs brought
in chip carved ornaments and a relief carved Nativity.
Bunny Nordheim
brought in a dragon eyeglass holder from Denny’s class.
Tyrone Johnsen
brought in a goony bird eyeglass holder from Denny’s class using water
colors.
Gordy Moscinski
brought in a goony bird eyeglass holder from Denny’s class.
Larry Clark brought in a knife
he will present to his brother who got him started in woodcarving. It
says, “Brother to Brother” and both of their names.
Steve Terrill brought in a
picture of the apple he carved for his daughter. He also showed the
basswood eagle head that he carved and painted for his grandson who will be
receiving his Eagle Scout Award this Sunday in Cleveland.
Bob Coleman brought
in a Batman woodburning and five carved canes.
Roger Benedict brought in relief
carvings of Barns from Door County.
Scott Gray brought in several
carved and painted feathers, a partridge tail feather; a wood duck
pocket feather; a shoulder feather from a pintail duck; and a tail feather
from a Ruby Throated Hummingbird.
Louis Jurisch brought in a
practice carving of some floral relief. He also brought in his
eyeglass holder from Denny’s class.
Don Stansfield brought in a
carving from the latest issue of Woodcarving Illustrated. The eyes
will follow you as you walk around.
Bernie Budzynski
brought in a log with two gourd people.
