Blackhawk Carving ClubThe Blackhawk Woodcarver
Club woodcarving continued through
the August heat and humidity. I was pleasantly surprised to see member Wes
England one morning at our carving session. Wes is recovering from a long
battle with a serious medical issue. He limited his time at our session; but
it was so nice to see him back and to hear he is starting to get better. We
lost another member, Larry Christensen, whose Celebration of Life display
included some of his woodcarving, including a favorite of mine, the
caricature of a Cubs pitcher.
August is known for its summer heat
and humidity. We did experience it. About mid August, we had one very
uncomfortable morning for our carving session. The worse I can remember.
Leaving the outside door open precluded any hope of the building’s air
conditioning system of cooling and dehumidifying the multi-purpose room; but
most felt the A/C was not working and the room felt cooler with the exterior
door open.
School is back in session and summer
is ending. Our Lady of the Scared Heart Academy has moved their school out
to their new building on the far northwest side of Rockford. Ken Rock has
asked us to consolidate our property into the smaller room adjacent to the
multi-purpose room we have been using for the past few years. The smaller
room will allow us to consolidate all of our property we currently store at
the building and even give us more exclusive storage space. We have procured
a new locking steel cabinet and assembled it in the new room. Our library
and sharpening station has also been moved into that room. We still need to
move our equipment we store in a closet (within the building but far removed
from our meeting area) to our “new” room and cabinet. We have utilized the
smaller room at various times in the past. It is only about a third or
quarter size of the multi-purpose room we generally use. But they did a nice
job of cleaning it out and it is now for our exclusive use. We also have the
benefit of utilizing the multi-purpose room to accommodate our weekly
carving sessions as desired or needed; but I assume some limitations due to
Ken Rock having priority over the use of the multi-purpose room. I wish to
thank all our members who have been actively involved in the move and
setting up the “new” room. We still have work to do; but the most important
moving has been accomplished.
As always, the club members continue to enjoy our hobby of woodcarving and to share their knowledge, skill, and friendship.
Tyrone Johnsen
September 5 open
carving
September 12 open carving
September 19 meeting and open carving
September 26 open carving
October 3 open carving
October 10 open carving
October 17 open carving and meeting
October 24 open carving
October 31 open carving
November 7 open
carving
November 14 open carving
November 21 meeting and open carving
November 28 open carving
December 5 open
carving
December 12 open carving
December 19 meeting and open carving
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
18th annual woodcarving show,
competition and sale. The largest woodcarving show in
Wisconsin. September 15, 2018
- 9am to 5pm and September 16,
2018 - 9am to 4pm at the Holiday Inn,
1001 Amber Avenue, Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54482.
Admission is $4.00. For more information contact; Ron
O’Kray 715-341-2214 or 715-570-2534(cell). Greg Wirtz,
715-423-0471 or 715-323-2035(cell). This year’s featured
carver is Chet James. We are also featuring supplies from
the Woodcraft Shop, Krantz Wood Sales, and Moore Roughouts.
Free demonstrations throughout both days and 2 sessions of free kid’s
carving.
Call
for Art!
The Rock River Center at 810 South
10th Street, Oregon, Illinois will be hosting an Art Showing and
Sale for surrounding area Artists. The goal is to introduce area artists and
their work to the public. At this event the artists will
be able to show and selll their work.The center hopes to have a good mix of
area art such as: Wood, Glass, Paintings, and Other Art Work.
The Showing will be at the Rock River Center in Oregon, Illinois on:
Saturday September 22, 2018 from 9:00AM – 3:00PM. Set up
time Friday September 21, from 8:30AM – 3:30PM. NOTE: The Show is Inside and
Air Conditioned. Contact person for more info is: Deb
Julian at the Rock River Center. Phone # 815 732 3252 or
800 541 5479. E-mail
activities@rockrivercenter.org
THE COST. The
eight foot tables are TEN dollars each. There are
approximately 36 tables available. Food will be available
for purchase at the center. Please confirm table(s) by
September 14, 2018 at the latest.
Valley
Carvers Expo
You are invited to participate in the Valley Carvers 30th annual carvers expo. September 30, 2018 at 9am to 4pm. Starved Rock Lodge, 2668 East 875th Rd, Oglesby, IL. For more information call Abby McCague 815.433.5933.
Capital
Area Carvers of Wisconsin 30th Annual Show and Sale
Sunday, October 21, 2018
from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Free admission.
See hundreds of original carvings, plus live
demonstrations, chain saw carving and raffles. Great
bargains on original art at Ye Olde Carving Shoppe.
Information contact: Bob Tomlinson, Co-chair 608-65-4552 and Cynthia
Potthast, Cochair 608-712-2989.
capitalareacarversofwisconsin.org
Artistry
in Wood at the Roberts Centre
Woodcarving and Woodworking by the
Dayton Carvers Guild. World class artists from over 25
states. Saturday October 13, 10am to 6pm
and Sunday October 14, 10am to 5pm. At the Roberts centre,
Wilmington, Ohio. Admission $8.00 adult one daypass.
$10.00 adult two day pass. Free for scouts in
uniform and children under 12 with adult.
daytoncarvers.com
September Birthdays (that we Know of)
2 Gordy Back
5 Frank Lay
7 Nancy Peters
17 William Trosper
23 Jeff Hartman
Blackhawk Carving Club Minutes August 2018
Minutes of the regular monthly
business meeting of Blackhawk Woodcarvers; held on August 15, 2018 at 3218
Eleventh Street, Rockford, Illinois.
President Tyrone Johnsen opened the
meeting at 9:00
Secretary, Steve Terrill read the
Minutes of the previous meeting May 16th. The
minutes were approved as read.
Treasurer, John Skaggs reported that
we are solvent.
Membership: Chuck
Drewes reported that we have had no membership news.
Steve Terrill announced that we are
committed to soap carve at the Midtown Ethnic Festival on Sunday, August 26th
on 7th Street. We need volunteers to man 3
different time schedules. Please contact Steve with
questions, commitments.
Other Business:
We have a new cabinet for the new meeting room to store our TV and
projection equipment. You are free to see the new room.
It is now cleared out and ready for us to occupy.
We have two potential problems with the new space. If we
have a meeting where there is not enough space, we can use the old cafeteria
space as long as it is not used by Ken Rock at that time.
The second is that we will need to focus a little more attention on keeping
it clean.
We will be moving by September 1st.
The problem with access is not a concern. The
school is no longer in charge of opening the building. We
are informed that the door that was the entry to the school will be opened
by 6:00. We will need more tables and chairs than they
have thus far allotted us.
Don Stansfield reports that CLR is
having a 25th anniversary celebration on September 12th
from 1-4 pm. They are seeking displays related to
projects you have completed during their classes. It will
not be a place to sell items. If any of you are
interested in displaying, Let Don know how many carvings you want to
display. Don will be going up today to try and negotiate
how many tables we will need.
There is a Janesville show and sale
of Rock River Valley Carvers of Wisconsin on September 8 at Craig Center In
the Rock County Fairgrounds.
Don Stansfield wants us to remember
that there are 134 carving days until Christmas.
There was no other information
presented.
Tyrone made a motion to adjourn
which was unanimously passed.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:24.
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.
President -
Tyrone Johnsen,
397-9274
Vice Pres. -
Treasurer - John Skaggs, 547-6951
Secretary -
Steve Terrill, 708-0471