The Blackhawk Woodcarver
The deciduous trees are displaying
their wonderful colors. I noted one particularly beautiful view of a Maple
with its bright orange-red leaves slightly overlapping a yellow leaved tree
on one side and a still green tree on the other; all still holding their
leaves. Now the cold and wind are accelerating the dropping of the leaves.
As the leaves drop, the tree structure becomes more evident and the trees
form can be more fully appreciated. Such also is the form and grain
structure in the wood we carve. Of course, more pronounced and interesting
in some species and pieces than others. And here, I wonder at how successful
some are at utilizing the characteristics a piece in producing an
interesting and beautiful carving.
I was pleased that both Elaine
Terrell and Roger Benedict agreed to my request to form a nominating
committee for our 2019 officers. They immediately set upon working toward
establishing the proposed slate for 2019.
I was also very pleased when Gordy
Moscinski informed me that his wife Mary Moscinski and Becky Neubauer along
with their husbands Gordy and Denny will head up the 2018 Christmas Party.
Gordy’s proposed date is the morning of Wednesday, 12 December 2018. Our
plan is to hold the party in the Multipurpose Room at Ken-Rock as we did
last year.
I was pleased to see how much
interest the attending members showed in the presentation on the Carved
Quilt made by the club back in 2002 and is on permanent display at Klehm
Arboretum. We have identified the carvers of about half of the 44 carved
squares. I hope we will be able to identify all some day. I also wish to do
the same with the Carved Quilt which is on displayed at the Center for Sight
and Hearing.
This month we will have our last
formal presentation of the year. Roger Benedict will interview a panel of
some of our experienced carvers on their journey into woodcarving.
We are set for another month of
carving and fellowship.
Tyrone Johnsen
November 7 open
carving
November 14 open carving
November 21 open carving
November 28 meeting and open carving
December 5 open
carving
December 12 Christmas Social
December 19 open carving and meeting
December 26 open carving
January 2 open carving
January 9 open carving
January16 open carving and meeting
January 23 open carving
January 30 open carving
February 6 open carving
February 13 open carving
February 20 open carving and meeting
February 27 open carving
March 6 open carving
March 13 open carving
March 20 open carving and meeting
March 27 open carving
Monthly
Business Meeting and Program is Rescheduled
The monthly business meeting and
program is rescheduled from Wednesday 21 Nov 2018 to Wednesday 28 Nov 2018.
Wednesday 21 November is the day
before Thanksgiving and many members stated they would not be in attendance.
I also will not be in attendance the next couple of meetings 14 and 21 Nov –
out of town.
It also may be that the Rockford
Public Schools will be on holiday the Wednesday, 21 Nov 2018, before
Thanksgiving.
See you at the 28 November 2018
meeting and program.
Tyrone Johnsen
Christmas Holiday Social December 12, 2018
The annual Christmas Social will be
held at 9:00 am on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. Members along with a guest are
welcome. We will have an egg bake provided by ABC
catering. We would like you to bring a dish to share.
There will be a sign-up sheet available on Wednesdays at the carving
sessions. If you can’t sign up then, you may email
Gordy@moscin.ski,
by November 28 to let us know you are coming.
Hope to see you then.
Christmas social committee
The
Rockford Art Museum
The Rockford Art Museum is
displaying Roger Benedict's carvings in the art annex and are on display
until January 11, 2019. There are 10 reliefs of which four are
expressionism abstracts and six are reprehensive objects. This display
is part of an annual museum project to show a different Rockford artist
every three months annually. The art annex is open to the public
Classes
at the Woodcraft Shop
Santa Claus is Coming to Town Thanks
to Carol Leavy
Saturday and Sunday: November 10, and 11, 2018 - $125 +cutout
Forge your own carving knife From Start to Finish... Learn it all here
with Denny Neubauer.
neubauer.dennis@yahoo.com
or 815-238-5296
Saturday and Sunday: December 1, and 2, 2018 - $105
Realistic Bird Carving and Painting with Josh Guge in 2019, Pygmy Owl
Friday to Monday: January 25 to 28
The Woodcraft Shop, 2724 State Street, Bettendorf, IA 52722
For more information call toll-free 800-397-2278 or go to
www.thewoodcraftshop.com
November Birthdays (that we
Know of)
10 Dawn Rozanas
16 Bernie Budzynski
20 Richard Andersen
Blackhawk Carving Club Minutes October 2018
Minutes of the regular monthly
business meeting of Blackhawk Woodcarvers, held on October 17, 2018, at 3218
Eleventh Street, Rockford, Illinois.
President Tyrone Johnsen opened the
meeting at 9:00.
Minutes of the September 19 meeting
were read by Larry Stenzel in the absence of Secretary Steve Terrill.
The minutes were approved as read.
Tyrone stated that the Christmas
party in December will be in the large multi-purpose room we used to be in.
It is being fixed up and should be ready by then.
He said that we want to keep things as simple as possible, so we need many
volunteers to pitch in. We’ll use the same format as last
year’s party. John Skaggs suggested having our carvings
set up in the meeting room and we eat in the big room.
Tony DeVita suggested that people might want to bring more regular food and
fewer sweets.
There was some discussion about us
being locked out two weeks ago due to a snafu. One
problem was that we didn’t have any contact info; we do now, so hopefully it
won’t happen again. At some point we may need to relocate
but for now, this is our home. Something to remember for
this winter: if Rockford schools are having a snow day, so are we.
Even though it’s not a school anymore, the building won’t be open.
Elaine suggested that we get a schedule from the school stating
scheduled closings.
Elaine Terrel and Roger Benedict are
the nominating committee for lining up a slate of officers for the upcoming
election. John Skaggs will be stepping down as treasurer.
We had a slide show of the quilt made by Blackhawk Woodcarvers and on permanent display at Klehm Arboretum. It was done in 2002 by over 20 members of the club to celebrate 150 years of Rockford. It has 44 squares; the carvers of some of the squares have been identified; but a number have not been and current members are trying to recall who had carved them. If you want to see the quilt, it’s at the visitor’s center at Klehm.
Submitted by; Larry Stenzel
Passed
Treasured Carvings
At our monthly meetings members are
encouraged to bring in SHOW and TELL items along with carvings that are
tucked away from the past. Even though you might be tired
of looking at them, they may be teaching tools for others. Dust them off,
bring them in!
President -
Tyrone Johnsen,
397-9274
Vice Pres. -
Treasurer - John Skaggs, 547-6951
Secretary -
Steve Terrill, 708-0471