Blackhawk Carving Club Rockford

(p)Blackhawk Carving Club Events

Meeting Schedule

Carving sessions every Wednesday 8:30-11:00 am (Visitors always welcome). Monthly meeting - third Wednesday, Program @ 8:30 AM, Business meeting @ 10:00 AM
Ken-Rock Community Center/Sacred Heart Academy (large dining/meeting room) 3218 Eleventh Street, Rockford, Illinois 61109

Next monthly meeting is February 15th.
At our meetings, carvers often bring in work they have finished. We all get to see and appreciate their results. Friends and spouses of carvers are especially welcome to visit and meet carvers.

Carving Books With Carving Blanks Kits

Don Stansfield will have the book First Projects for Woodcarvers by Larry Green and Mike Altman with woodcarving blanks for the book's projects available starting January 25, 2012, as a kit for $30.00. The projects are carving a boot, dog, and nativity. Prices for individual items are: Book $12.00; Boot $2.25; Dog $3.00; Nativity $20.00. This is a good beginner's book with good information on wood, tools, sharpening and good projects.

He will have a similar kit available in the near future with the book Carving Small Characters by Jack Price. This book has projects that are good learning experiences and a lot of fun.

Beginners Releif Carving Class

Instructor Roger Benedict. This class is an opportunity for any new carver to explore a unique aspect of woodcarving. Relief carving allows one to express themselves with anything of nature, scenic sea or landscapes, still life, or human form.

February 8, through March 21, 2012 in the Ken Rock Carving Room at 9:00 am to 10:45 am. $15 for members, $25 for non-members. Material fees $6 to $12.

Program Schedule

Feburary 1 - open carving
Feburary 8 - open carving + beginners releif carving class
Feburary 15 - Business meeting + open carving + beginners releif carving class
Feburary 22 - open carving + beginners releif carving class
Feburary 29 - open carving + beginners releif carving class

March 7 - open carving + beginners releif carving class
March 14 - open carving + beginners releif carving class
March 21 - Business meeting + open carving + beginners releif carving class
March 28 - open carving

April 4 - open carving
April 4 - open carving
April 4 - Business meeting + Don Stansfield announced that he would conduct a carving class on a Scotty dog. Bring your knives to the meeting.
April 4 - open carving

Carving Classes

Note: Classes may or may not be filled.

Classes at The Woodcraft Shop (Bettendorf Iowa)

Harley Refsal - Scandinavian Flat Plane Carving (think “Whittling Little Folk” and others) Wed. Eve. @ 6 to Fri. Eve @ 5: Feb. 22, 23, 24, 2012 or Fri. Eve. @6 to Sun. Eve @ 5: Feb 24, 25, 26, 2012.

Linda (Langenberg) Curtis - Carving and Painting a Panda (with a power carver) Mar. 2, 3, 4, 2012

Sharon Bechtold - Woodburning (this lady is talented) Apr. 21, 22, 2012

John Engler - Medium Relief Woodcarving - May 25, 26, 27 2012

John Engler - Painting your Relief Woodcarving - Sun. June 10, 2012

Classes at The Woodcraft Shop, 2724 State Street, Bettendorf, IA 52722. www.thewoodcraftshop.com 800-397-2278

CARVING SHOWS

- Shows within 3 to 4 hours one-way drive time of Rockford will be listed as they
become known.

Feb 4-5: 2012, Cedar Rapids. IA

The Art of Woodcarving Show and Competition. Sponsored by The Cedar Valley

Woodcarvers. Longbranch Hotel and Convention Center, 90 Twixtown Rd. NE 9am -5pm

Sat. & 10am-4pm Sun, Free adm. Contact Maurie Vanderwalle, 319-377-6520.

Feb 18-19: St. Charles, IL

Winter Wood Wonders sponsored by Owl Hardwood Lumber. Kane County

Fairgrounds,525 S. Randall Rd. 10am-4pm Sat. & Sun. $3 adm.

March 17-18, 2012, Stevens Point, WI
Wisconsin River Woodcarvers 12^th annual show, competition, & sale, Ramada Inn, 1501

Northpoint Drive, 9AM-4PM, both days. Call Ron O’Kray 715-341-2214, or Greg Wirtz

715-4230471.

March 31-Apr 1, 2012 Green Bay, WI 30^th annual Woodworking Show and Sale.

Southwest High School, 1331 Packerland Dr. Free Adm. Contact 920-468-0123.

Apr 14-15: Waterloo, IA

39^th Annual Iowa State Woodcarvers Show. Waterloo Center for the Arts. Noon-5pm Sat.

& 11am-4:30pm Sun. Contact Roger Beane, 319-283-2688, www.neiawoodcarvers.com.

Apr 14-15: Portage IN Duneland Woodcarvers Show, Woodland Park, Portage IN. Contact Dave Kings: 219-988-5610

June 9-17: Maquoketa, IA International Woodcarvers Congress, Jackson County Fairgrounds, Maquaketa IA, Contact The Woodcraft Shop for information at 800-397-2278.