Blackhawk Carving ClubThe Blackhawk Woodcarver
Volume XXVIII, Issue
5
We meet every Wednesday at 9:00 am
until 11:30 at the Ken Rock facility at 625 Adams Street, Rockford, IL.
KenRock is located in the area of Rural and North 2nd St.
Are you working on a PHD (Project
Half Done)? How many UFOs (Unfinished Finished Objects do you have? It takes
discipline to stay with a carving to its completion. Most of us have UFOs
and others of us have more than we can count. Sometimes the "trip" is more
important than the "destination".
It's fun to pull an old UFO out and
finish it or modify it for a different look.
I have piles of patterns, pictures,
etc. for more projects that will only be completed if I live to be two
hundred years old, but by then, I would have projects to take another two
hundred years. I think it's a trap!
'Tis Spring! For our May Show &
Tell, bring carvings that relate to Spring. That could include flowers,
birds, animals, bugs, girls in tiny outfits. OOPS, scratch that one.
Happy carving.
Don Stansfield
Minutes of the regular monthly
business meeting of Blackhawk Woodcarvers; held on, April 19, 2023 at Ken
Rock Community Center, 625 Adams Street, Rockford, Illinois 61107.
There will be no report on the
minutes this month.
Blackhawk
Carving Club Website
The Blackhawk Carving website is
blackhawkcarving.com It has the newsletters from the
beginning of the club plus other good information.
Newsletter
deadline
Keep sending your pictures and
stories by the May 31, 2023 deadline.
Door Prizes
Don't forget the Door Prize drawing
on First Wednesdays. Bring something you don't need or want
anymore, but know someone would be thrilled to win at the drawing.
Carvers
wanted
Sometimes I get calls from people
wanting to have a carving done (for money). If you are interested in
any of these contacts, let me know and what kind of carvings you are
interested in doing for people. Don Stansfield
dchip1508@comcast.net
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
Facebook
June
Birthdays (that we Know of)
2 Dave Meyer
10 Gary Johnson
18 Jerry Robey
President, Don
Stansfield, 235-0075
Vice Pres, Richard Dunphey, 633-9003
Treasurer, Larry Stenzel, 389-4714
Secretary, Steve Terrill, 708-0471
Committees
Programs, Richard Dunphey, 633-9003
Webmaster & Newsletter Editor Gordy Moscinski 874-7978
Photographer Steve Terrill
Picnic Tony Devita
Upcoming
Shows in 2023
If you would like to represent our
club at the Janesville show, September 9, 2023 contact Denny @
815-238-5296. There will be no charge, the club will pay for the tables.
This year they are having a judged show. It would be nice to take carvings
from our members to be judged. See below (Rock River Woodcarvers)
The Mid-Wisconsin Chippers will be
holding their 47th Annual Show, Competition, and Sale on Sunday
May 7, 2023 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the “Oshkosh Convention Center, 2
North Main Street, Oshkosh, WI. Admission in $5.00, Ages
12 & under are free. More show information is available @
www.midwisconsinchippers.weebly.com or from
Paul Wolters (920-727-2139). Ron O’Kray has forms if you
are interested.
Floyd Fest will be held June 19 –
23, 2023 in Evart, MI. For more information contact Floyd
Rhadigan @ 734-649-3529 or
rhads134@comcast.met.
Information also available @
www.wisconriverwoodcarvers.org.
AWC Congress will be held in Maquoketa, IA from June 10 to 17, 2023. Competition, Seminars, and Show. More information from Ron O’Kray, the website www.woodcarverscongress.org, or Facebook: Affiliated Wood Carver
The Rock River Woodcarvers will be
holding their 17th Annual Show on Saturday September 9, 2023 at
the Rock County Fair Grounds , 1301 Craig Ave, Janesville, WI 53545 from
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Free Admission.
More information available from Brad Crandall 608-931-0188
bwkicrandall@gmail.com or John Raisbeck
jkraisbeck4@gmail.com.
The first Carve in On the Chippewa
was a success. They are planning next year’s show for
September 16, 2023.
The Capitol Carver of Wisconsin &
Badger Woodturners will be holding their 32nd Annual Show and
Sale on Sunday October 29, 2023 at the DeForest Area High School, 815
Jefferson Street, DeForest, WI From 9:00 Am to 4;00 PM.
Free Admission. More information
@www.cacw.clubexpress.com or
www.bwt.clubexpress.com.
The Second Annual Waupaca
Woodcarving Show, Sale, & Competition will be held Sunday November 5, 2023
at 407 School Street, Waupaca, WI. Hours are 9:00 AM to
4:00 PM. Admission is $4.00. Ages 6 –
16 $2.00, and under 2 free. Tool and Wood vendors, Art
for Sale, and Demonstrations.
The Northeast Wisconsin Woodworker’s
Guild will be holding their 40th Artistry in Wood show at the
Denmark High School in Denmark, WI on November 11 & 12, 2023.
Admission $5.00, 12 and under Free. For more
information contact
www.newwg.org/annual-show,
Kristin @920-420-8999, or Randy @ 920-676-6466.
Bob Matthews above
shows a duck carved from start to finish.
Note the color of the feathers.
Don Stansfield got
into the spirit of the season.
Caol Behning carved
a Dala horse and a big eared rabbit.
Denny Neubauer
showed his skills at carving little figures with great expressions.
Jerome Mais showed
two caricature figures. Is he ready for a street fight?
Jim Foster went the
animal caricature direction with these three figures.
Tony Devita Butterfly
on cork
Richard Prutz
showed his recent carvings.
Gordy Moscinski
still thinking snow and a loon carved from Basswood.
Tyrone Johnsen
Norwegian carvings in basswood.
Two sets of pictures from
Rich and Colleen Talbot. One set is Rich, has a cross made a
number of years ago for Halloween home made monk costume using a dremel tool
and a couple of dogs via knives carve. The other picture is Colleen's
work from the carving class with Gordy showing a dog, duck and a comfort
bird along with a letter opener that Tony provided as a learning challenge
too.