The Blackhawk Woodcarver
This past month we had an excellent presentation by Roger
Benedict on the experience that he and three other Blackhawk Woodcarvers had
in attending a relief carving class at a school in Austria back in 1997. The
business meeting and Roger’s presentation were delayed a week to accommodate
some personal conflicts within the Executive Committee in the original
scheduled date. We do not intend to make this a normal occurrence. We do
hope to build on our recent monthly presentations and will work to restoring
the presentation to ideally one a month.
I have come to the opinion that the club needs to have a
Carving Show & Event which is open to the public. Ideally
I think the Show might be one day, morning and afternoon. The Show at the
Christmas Party was great but it needed to be open for longer and available
to the interested public. Nice to have one day for the morning and afternoon
on a weekend. It appears that we should not include formal judging as that
greatly increases the workload.
What I think would be nice is that
carvers would enter selected pieces into a “Peoples’ Choice” area (corral)
which would be a controlled (not necessarily restricted) access grouping
where the pieces are grouped by categories and monitored by volunteers. This
would be akin to the judged carving area at the shows at Shriner's. Then we
would fill the area(s) with individual or groups of carvers displaying their
work and even doing carving and interfacing with the public. In addition, we
would offer sales, as a minimum, I believe Don Stansfield would offer
carving knives; and then some related events, e.g. Denny Neubauer
demonstrating sharpening. I would like to see this as a free event to
attend.
Tyrone Johnsen
February 7 open
carving
February 14 open carving
February 21 meeting & a demo by Gary Curl on Scandinavian Carved wooden
spoons
February 28 open carving
March 7 open
carving
March 14 open carving
March 21 meeting & the Art of relief Carving by Roger Benedict
March 28 open carving
April 4 open
carving
April 11 open carving
April 18 meeting & Painting wood carvings by Gordy Moscinski
April 25 open carving
May 2 open carving
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 20 open carving and meeting
June 27 open carving
The
Values of Relief Carving
“For the March business meeting on
the Values of Relief Carving by Roger Benedict. A visual journey about
the history and related issues to create a relief carving will be presented.
This presentation will not cover any demonstrations, but will focus on many
points of information to encourage the appreciation of the art of relief
carving.”
Roger Benedict
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
Deadline
for the news for the next newsletter is March 7, 2018.
February Birthdays (that we Know of)
6
Gary Lundquist
21 George Tolliver
26 Gordy Moscinski
Blackhawk Carving Club Minutes January 2018
Minutes of the regular monthly
business of Blackhawk Woodcarvers; held on January 24, 2018 at 3218 Eleventh
Street, Rockford, Illinois.
President Tyrone Johnsen opened the
meeting at 9:01. The meeting was delayed by one week to
accommodate the travels of our president and Treasurer.
Secretary, Steve Terrill read the Minutes of the previous meeting.
The minutes were approved as read.
John Skaggs reported that we are solvent and there is enough money for him
to go on vacation.
Dona Wisner gave the Petty Cash report. Much of the petty
cash went to supplies and decorations for the Christmas party.
We are solvent. Dona is retiring from making
coffee and running petty cash. Tod has passed on the key
to Tyrone. Gary Curl suggested that we give Dona a round
of applause for her years of service. The membership gave
her a nice round of applause.
Chuck Drewes reported that the 2018 dues are trickling in.
Chuck has been requested to make a new picture directory.
Tod Wisner will see that it is printed. Tyrone
reported that Chuck is currently publishing on line two types of membership
lists, one with contact information and biographical data.
The second is a picture directory. These are both
updated regularly on line for those for whom he has an internet address.
Tyrone would like to see both of those lists are still maintained and
distributed electronically. There is currently a 2015
paper pictorial directory. This is outdated.
There is also historically a more complete directory with information
about each carver. The executive committee supports
having a new pictorial directory printed and will work with membership and
Tod about making that happen. Larry Clark added that
there are a number of pictures in our current electronic picture directory
that need updating. Anyone who wants their picture
updated should see Larry.
Old Business:
Tyrone noted that there is in the bylaws that we have an annual meeting for
the public. We do not currently have a Program Committee
as set forth in the bylaws, but we do have membership that are stepping up
and providing classes and programs for the club.
Arne asked what we pay for renting
the space at Sacred Heart for our meeting. John Skaggs
reported $325 for every 6 months or $650 per year.
New Business:
Gordy Moscinski suggested that we have several people in charge of Coffee
and that they switch off. Tyrone pointed out that we need
one person in charge of the petty cash part of the job but that there could
be multiple coffee makers. Gordy indicated that the
newsletter and the website are dependent upon input from the members.
“No input, no output”.
Don Stansfield recommended that more people teach classes at CLR.
There needs to be a long lead time for people to plan their classes
because of the CLR needs to publish information on that class.
It is one of our best sources for recruitment into the club.
Don has a class coming up for absolute beginners with no carving
experience. Gordy also has a class for beginners that
will carve a dog, duck, and a Santa. .
There was a motion to adjourn the
meeting which passed. The meeting was adjourned at 9:28.
The meeting was followed by a
presentation by Roger Benedict about the 4 Blackhawk Woodcarvers who went to
Austria for a carving school 20 years ago.
PS The secretary sincerely apologizes for misspelling Tony Devita’s last
name in the last minutes.
Respectfully Submitted:
Steve Terrill, Club Secretary
Club
Officers
(815 area code)
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 -
Soap Carving –Gary Lundquist
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
Want to
buy or sell
If you have anything that you would
like to buy or sell send me an email and I will put it in the newsletter.
Gordy
Classes
at the Center for Learning in Retirement
Beginning Carving
Being able to create the figure of an animal, person, boot, hat or
other object from a block of wood provides a feeling of accomplishment that
is hard to beat. This 6-week course will provide participants with the
ability to carve many different objects with their own personal touch. Class
members will be charged $20 for wood blanks,. Carving tools will be provided
for the first session and tools for purchase will be available (approx.).
Gordy Moscinski has 25+ years of experience teaching students of all ages.
Tuesdays February 6 thru March 13 at 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Place: RVC Bell School
Road Center, room 2. Fee $35.00
Door
Prizes from Ray Olson
Door prizes were given away at the
Christmas party that were from Ray Olson’s collection.
Show and
Tell pictures by Larry Clark and comments by Steve Terrill
Carol Behning showed her little house and her 2
little dogs and her “Blue Footed Loopey”, the eyeglasses holder from Denny’s
class. It was marvelously painted with acrylics.
Don Stansfield showed a picture of a stained
Glass Window with candles and poinsettias. It would have been easier
to carve if he had found a larger piece of wood to carve.
Richard Pruitt carved a statue of Blackhawk.
He likes to carve Indians because if they don’t turn out they look rather
rugged, but they look rather rugged anyway.
Steve Terrill showed a santa from Don and Bob’s
class in 2011, and now it is finished and painted.
Gale Terrell showed a wood Lilly flower he carved
in ’95 from a class that Ray Olson taught from a carving he brought back
from Florida. Gale has the information on making it if anyone is
interested. The carving was of lots of pieces individually carved and
glued together. Ray brought back the idea of using Crazy Glue and
Baking Soda which makes a quick and stable glue. Gale displayed the
newsletter from ’95 with his carving.
Tyrone Johnson brought in his finished Walking
stick he carved out of Maple from Tony. Tyrone carved it for his
daughter with a Viking theme. He has Thor’s hammer, the crows from
Odin, and a dragon (of sorts).
Jim Foster showed a character he carved from a
2014 Woodcarving Illustrated article modified to be a self portrait.
He also carved a bottle stopper from a U-Tube video by Lynn Odotie.
Denny Neubauer showed a practice bust that he
stained with ashes from his fireplace with a little water.
Larry Stenzel showed a barn that he woodburned
and a Tennis ball that he woodburned and colored as a demo for the
Janesville Carving Club. You have to see it to appreciate how lifelike
it is.
