The Blackhawk Woodcarver
Our club “Open House” is now firmly set for the last
Saturday of April, the 28th. It will run from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
and be held in our club meeting room. We have over 20 club members who have
committed to participate by displaying their carvings and in some cases
selling their carvings or supplies. Bob Matthews will, in addition to
displaying his carvings, run videos on carving. Don Stansfield will be
offering carving tools for sale in addition to displaying his carvings.
Denny Neubauer will be displaying his miniature caricatures in addition to
demonstrating tool sharpening and offering sharpening service. Gordy
Moscinski will offer some rough outs in addition to displaying his carvings.
We do have retired carvers who will be offering their tools and supplies for
sale. This event will be open to the public but realistically we do not
expect a large public visitation but holding it on Saturday will permit
interested working people to visit us and view and learn about our club and
the hobby of woodcarving. This will also be considered an open carving
session which will also function as demonstrations to others and our
visitors. Remember, we are all ambassadors of our club and the hobby of
woodcarving. This will be a great opportunity for our own members longer
time to view the work of fellow members and discuss these works. It is meant
to be an enjoyable time for all.
The program this month on 18 April, has been changed
from the “Painting Carvings” by Gordy Moscinski to “Scandinavian Carved
Spoons” by Gary Curl. Gary will share with us some of the interesting
background behind the carved wooden spoons.
Next month on 2 May, we will have prize winning
woodcarver Carol Leavy from Iowa visit us and share her approaches on her
composition, carving, and painting of her creative caricatures.
April 4 open
carving
April 10 Rockford Art Museum Tour
April 11 open carving
April 18 meeting & Welsh Love Spoons by Gary Curl
April 25 open carving
April 28 open house 9 am—3 pm
May 2 Caricature Carving by Carol
Leavy
May 9 open carving
May 16 open carving and meeting
May 23 open carving
May 30 open carving
June 6 open
carving
June 13 open carving
June 14 Club Picnic at Baumann Park 3 – 8 pm (Thursday)
June20 open carving and meeting
June27 open carving
July 4 open
carving
July 11 open carving
July 18 meeting and meeting
July 25 open carving
Rockford
Art Museum Tour
A guided tour for the Blackhawk
Woodcarver members is planned for the Rockford Art Museum on Tuesday, April
10th at 10 am. Roger Benedict will lead the tour and will
discuss the art aspects of “minimalism” represented by the current
exhibition in the main gallery, as well as the meaning of the African
American art in the lower level. These African American artists were
self-taught using discarded materials. Admission is free, but a
donation is suggested at the door. Roger Benedict
Prize
winning woodcarver Carol Leavy
Next month on May 2, we will have prize winning
woodcarver Carol Leavy from Iowa visit us and share her approaches on her
composition, carving, and painting of her creative caricatures.
2018
Blackhawk Woodcarvers Annual Picnic
The 2018 Blackhawk Woodcarvers
Annual Picnic will be held on Thursday, 14 June, at Bauman Park in Cherry
Valley, Il. from 3:00pm until sunset. Members attending should provide their
own meal and may bring a dish to pass. The club will provide water and soft
drinks. If members plan on grilling they may use the grills provided at the
park, bring your own charcoal and starter. If you have any questions,
contact Tony DeVito or Gary Lundquist.
Gary Lundquist
Deadline
for the news for the next newsletter is May 2, 2018.
April
Birthdays (that we Know of)
9 Larry Clark
10 Franklin Johnson
19 John Skaggs
21 Bunny Nordheim
25 Marjorie Simonds
Center
for Learning in Retirement Classes
Your First Woodcarving
Join us for your first experience of woodcarving and take home your
completed rosette carving. A $5 materials and tools fee payable to the
instructor covers all needs for this class. Enjoy the thrill of woodcarving
with direction from a wood carver with 25 years of experience. NOTE: For
beginner carvers only! Instructor is Don Stansfield.
Monday April 16 at 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Place: RVC Bell School Road Center, room
2. Fee $15.00
Blackhawk Woodcarvers will hold an Open House with
displays of our wood carvings on Saturday 28 April 2018 at our normal
carving and meeting room at Ken Rock Community Center. We are seizing an
opportunity to showcase our club and the wonderful art and craft of
woodcarving that our members produce and to help expand our club exposure to
the area public. This event will also allow members to sell their carvings
as well as for interested visitors to purchase tools, supplies, and
carvings.
This event will be held at the same time as a Craft Show
held by Ken Rock. They will hold their Craft Show in the gym; and we will
use our normal area, the cafeteria dining ro
om.
The Craft Show is set to run from 9 to 3 and we will plan to do the same. We
will both benefit from their advertising and traffic generated.
All club members are invited to participate with
display of their work and, of course, we will need you to make this an
enjoyable event and a success!
Tyrone Johnsen
Learning
Seminar
Michigan Wood Carvers, May 21 through 25, 2018 at the fairgrounds in Midland, MI 6905 Eastman Ave, 48642. 17 instructors.
Wayne Barton, Chip Carving advanced
Gary Bityk, Architectural fantasies in cottonwood bark
Carol Jean Boyd, Cyprus Knee carving
Doug Evans, Beginning Carving
Gary Falin, Charicature carving/hand
Dave Stirling, S. W. Owl-power
Leah Goddard, realistic animal, carve and paint, hand and power
Chris Howard, Native American/ power carved
Dick Lamphier, Realistic cariature; expressions and details/hand
Brenda Lodermeier, Wood burning
Floyd Rhadigar, Caricature carving
Dave Sharp, Realistic animal
Fred & Elane Stenman, Shaoolw relief/wood burning/painting
Bob Thurston, Caricature carving
Debbie Edwards, Realistic animals
Bruce Henn, Caricature carving
Michigan Wood Carvers website is www.miwoodcarvers.com
2018
Congress Seminar Registration
Maquoketa, IA
5 Day Class : Monday, June 11 to
Friday, June 15
$225.00
Chris Howard - Realistic Human Bust
Carving
Janet Denton Cordell - Human Figgres,
Animals
John Engler - Relief Carving and
Painting
Vic Hood - Carvinga bust in butternut
Leah Goddard - Realistic Animal
Carving
3 Day Classes: Wednesday, June 13,
to Friday,
June 15 $135.00
Carole Jean Boyd - Carving Santa
Bottlestopper
John Guge, Carving & Painting a Rufous Hummmingbird
Denny Neubauer - Carving little people
Bruce Shostak - A beginners intro to
woodcarving
Rick Harney - Portrait relief carving
Alec LaCasse - Realistic bark carving
Michele Parsons - Intro to Pyrography
Ryan Olsen - Caricature Carving
Jan Jensen - Old world Chip Carving
2 Day Classes: Monday, June 11, June 12
$90.00
Alec LeCasse - Realistic bark carving
Jan Jensen - Old world chip carving
Ryan Olsen - Caricature carving
Michele Parsons - Intro to Pyrography
1 Day Class: Saturday, June 16
$45.00
Denny Neubauer - Knife sharpening
Michele Parsons - Intro to Pyrography
Ryan Olsen - Caricature carving
For more information go to
thewoodcraftshop@mchsi.com
Musky
Area Wood Carvers Workshop -
August 14 - 17, 2018
Wes Spadgenske will be leading a
class in carving Lady Slippers, the state flower of Minnesota.
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
Blackhawk Carving Club Minutes March 2018
Minutes of the regular monthly business meeting
of Blackhawk Woodcarvers; held on March 21, 2018 at 3218 Eleventh Street,
Rockford, Illinois.
President Tyrone Johnsen opened the meeting at
9:06.
Treasurer, John Skaggs reported that we are
solvent. He thanks us all for his vacation.
Gary Lundquist reported that the annual picnic
will be at Bauman Park in Cherry Valley from 3 until sunset on June 14.
It has been booked. Tony Devita said to bring your own food (meat).
He suggests that you bring what you want for a side to share. There
will not be a sign up for sides.
The educational program at Wesley Willows the
previous week went well. Gordy Moscinski, Bob Matthews and Denny
Neubauer presented. Bob reported it was a nice group. There was a
display table with tools and carvings. Both Wesley Willows and the
presenters were pleased with the program. Denny was the only one who
fell asleep. We appreciate the three presenters stepping up to the
plate to do this nice workshop on short notice.
Program Committee: Tyrone has been acting
as chair of the Program Committee. He has been utilizing a lot of
member talent. We will try to reschedule Gary Curl’s presentation on
spoons to May. Our next speaker is Roger Benedict on Relief Carving
and in April Gordy will present on painting of carvings. (this statement
amended below).
Old Business: We are continuing plans for
the Open House to showcase the club on Saturday April 28. The hours
will be 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. There is a sign-up sheet for displaying
carvings or other presentations and how much space you will need.
Tyrone had posters made up to advertise the show. They are available
for those interested or you can talk to Tyrone to get a
downloadable/printable copy. Tyrone’s investication finds that the
building is not owned by Ken Rock, rather it is owned by the school (Sacred
Heart). There will not be a craft show at the same time. We may
therefore have more tables available. Roger Benedict is working on
press releases to the media about the show
Roger Benedict has been making Coffee for the
last two weeks.
We have a program today with Roger Benedict on
Relief Carvings. Gordy will not be able to reschedule a time before he
leaves for a painting demonstration. In April, Gary Curl will be
presenting carving spoons.
N
ew Business: Roger will be leading a guided tour of the Rockford Art Museum
again this year on April 10th at 10:00. There will be a
request for donation.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:30.
Respectfully Submitted: Steve Terrill, Club
Secretary
Passed Treasured Carving
Again, as a reminder, I would like
to have our club members start bringing in along with regular SHOW and TELL
items, some of your carvings that you have treasured from the past.
We all have carvings packed away or setting on a shelf that no one
has seen for years except our spouses.
Jerome Mais
The
statistics on sanity say that one out of every four persons is suffering
from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If
they're OK, then it's you!
President -
Tyrone Johnsen,
397-9274
Vice Pres. -
Treasurer - John Skaggs, 547-6951
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 -
Mercer,
Wisconsin Class
Gordy Moscinski taught a beginning
carving class in Mercer, Wisconsin
Tips
and Tricks Jigs and
Twigs
If
you have any tips or tricks that make woodcarving easier let us know.
Gordy Moscinski
Show and
Tell pictures by Larry Clark and comments by Steve Terrill
Bunny Nordheim displayed a dragonfly
of carved wood with wire, cloth mesh, beads, and clay; and a carved gourd
hen filed with eggs for Easter.
Larry Stenzel suggested that as fishing season is
upon us, he showed woodburnings of a Brown Trout (colorized) and a “Grizzly
King Fly” which has worked for him (also colorized).
Tony Devita showed several spoons out of oak Wine
Barrel Staves. His son made a 2 foot spoon out or oak to spoof his
dad. It has offset handles for stirring a large pot. It would
also make a nice cane or a canoe paddle.
Bob Hallstrom showed a Jewelry box he made for
his wife that she wanted him to show today. It is chip carved and has the
letters PEACE on the front. With a dove and cross on the top.
Carol Behning showed a small bear painted black
and a Santa she finally painted from a class long ago at CLR with Don
Stansfield
Jim Foster brought in 3 caricatures and a bust
that he carved since the last meeting. They were of basswood and
painted.
Louis Jurisch showed 6 cookie stamps as an
example of the slews he did for his grandkids in order to drive their
parents crazy. He also had two miniature cars, one painted and one a
rough out.
John Skaggs showed two chip carved crosses that
he did on vacation in Florida. One is removable from its stand to be
displayed on a wall. The other one is for John Winter’s wife since he
passed away while John was in Florida. He also displayed a feather he
made a long time ago but recently painted. He also showed two stands
he made of scrap wood for stands for a smart phone or tablet to hold them at
an angle for viewing. The bottoms covered in felt.