Blackhawk Carving Club
Blackhawk Woodcarver
Volume XIX, Issue 10, October 2012
Welcome to October. It is
starting to feel like the season.
The leaves are falling and we have been having wonderful Fall colors
despite the scientists predictions following the drought this Summer.
I had a wonderful opportunity to carve soap with kids at Lockwood Park’s
Locktober Fest two weeks ago.
Lots of children showed up and enjoyed the carving.
We went through 60 bars of soap.
Many remember coming in previous years.
Jerome Mais’ grandson was there and has fond memories of Jerome’s
sheep and kicking donkey.
Don Stansfield and Bob Hallstrom are both running classes at CLR and doing a
nice job. We have had several
new members and guests recently.
We seem to keep growing.
Gordy Moscinski and Bernie Budzynski will be co-teaching a
class on woodburning.
If you have not started your holiday carving, now may be the time to do so.
The holidays will soon be here.
October
Birthdays (that we know about). -
Nordine Bolstad
10-6
Tony DeVita
10-9
Frank Lay
10-9
William Shogren
10-11
Carol Behning
10-14
Mary Wilder
10-17
Carl Hicks
10-28
Jack Basford
10-29
Minutes (in brief)
Minutes of the regular monthly business meeting of the Blackhawk
Woodcarvers; …
Treasurer’s report given by John Skaggs. Multiple expenditures due to the
annual Wood Carving Show and two deposits resulting in an increase in the
balance…
Petty cash report by Dona Wisner indicated a balance of (we are solvent)
.
Membership Chairperson, Dona Wisner indicated an increase in membership.
There are now a total of 116 members: 96 active and 20 associates. The three
new members are : Albert Klingenberg, John Vecchio and
Ray Henry. Terry Dow has changed his membership from associate to
full membership.
Ray Henry has bought out “Uncle Al’s” wood business and renamed it County
Line Products. You can purchase wood on-line at
www.rehenry@fast-air.net
or contact the shop at (715) 336-2340.
Gordy Moscinski, Web Master, reported that the web site is up to date. Gordy
also indicated that he talked to Ivan Willock of Wood Carving
magazine. The magazine has a feature titled, Off the beaten Path by
Jim Anderson. Each issue Jim will do a profile on individual carvers or
clubs. There is a possibility that our club could be featured.
Bernie Budzynski, Librarian, has the list of the 6 missing books in the last
issue of our newsletter.
Bob Hallstrom gave a report on the Annual Woodcarving show. Bob solicited
comments from the attendees. He received many positive comments “everyone
was friendly,” “good show”, “well organized”. Bob indicated that attendance
was a 100 less than last year and we realized a profit of $500 after
expenses.
Bob mused that even though we had handouts, newspaper notices and members
encouraged friends and family to attend it wasn’t as effective as it could
have been. Mark Boyd, who works
in retail, stated that the hardest thing in business is to get people to
come in the door. Elaine Terrell suggested that perhaps we should contact
Channel 23 before our annual show next year for a community event segment.
If this isn’t possible, perhaps we could be featured in a scroll
advertisement on 23. A member of the group asked if there would be a fee
involved and Elaine said it would have to be investigated.
Old Business:
Wes Englund has been working hard to mount the new sharpening system in our
cabinet. It is now complete and installed. The discussion continues - “What
about a felt wheel, asked Wes Englund? “We need to address the matter of
different angles”, stated John Skaggs. “We need different size wheels, which
can be put on and removed” piped up Art Sinden.
Roger Benedict and Bob Hallstrom will be conducting small group
instructions on how to use the sharpening system. There will be a sign of
sheet and three people will be instructed at a time. As new members are
recruited, they will be educated.
Steve Terrill, president, informed the group that there is a thank you on
Severson Dells Facebook Page acknowledging Roger Benedict’s contributions to
Severson Dells. The quote is as follows: “Roger Benedict, artist & friend of
Severson Dells, has gifted another carving of his to us. Roger is the guy
whose wonderful piece is hanging on the wall as you enter the building by
the classroom that depicts all the aspects of Severson. Now they have
another one called Sunset”. Come in and see it.
Sharon Knitter is having by-pass surgery on Thursday, September 20, 2012.
Card will be provided to group to sign and secretary will send to Sharon.
Card also will be sent to Jayne Pheiffer, who now resides at Independence
Village in Rockford.
We have been advised that it will no longer be necessary to set up and break
down the tables after every meeting.
Our club President, Steve Terrill , notified club members of a creative
opportunity being offered by the guy that runs the Bingo games here at the
Lady of the Sacred Heart. What is needed are ten place markers to indicate
individuals who have yelled Bingo and need their cards certified as bona
fide winners. Steve has the design and needs a volunteer to accomplish the
needed carving. If you are interested, see Steve.
Larry
Clark questioned where planer and edger blades can be sharpened. Suggestions
ensued. Try Shop at Winsor & Alpine, no try Alpine and Forest Hills or try
Nicholson Hardware,
The meeting was adjourned at 9:56 AM
Show
and Tell:
Gale Terrell
created a small skunk, and an outhouse bank with a quarter at its base
and a sign, which read “Attention Bob Coleman put quarter in bank and
receive a free cup of coffee”.
Bob followed the instruction and placed the quarter in the
outhouse bank, which immediately sprang into action and collapsed on the
floor. Bob’s comment was “you just wanted to see if I could bend over
and pick it up”. The skunk was carved from basswood, painted with
acrylics and given a wax finish.
Louie Jurisch
carved an aspen laminated swan. Louie stated that aspen is terrible to
stain and needs to be well sealed. After a lack of success, he painted
it white, but he will do another swan.
Richard Prutz
carved a sign titled, Texas Road House, with two horse heads
enclosed by a horse shoe. The stain is oak and is sealed with three
coats of shellac.
Art Sinden
carved a mother and child. He used the Willow Tree brand clay
sculpture as a model. Art’s carving is out of basswood, enhanced
with acrylic paint and with a Watco finish.
Gordy Moscinski
had two items. The first was Gordy’s Gourd, a gourd with strategically
placed holes, colorful flowers and butterflies.
The gourd and butterfly are wonderfully colorful.
He also carved and painted a blue and gray Kingfisher with a leaf
for a base.
Chuck Drewes
carved an oak leaf patterned after a European oak leaf candy dish. He
carved it out of butternut and sanded - first with 80 grit/white, then
with 320 grit/red and finally with 600 grit/black. Though he sanded, he
asked for advice on how he could have avoided the sanding. He received
this advice - “don’t use butternut “and “give it to Don Stansfield, he
never sands”.
Jerome Mais
carved Bubba. He used the pattern and instructions he found in
the summer 2004 issue of Carving Magazine.
Jerome used basswood, an acrylic paint wash and a
polyurethane finish.
Frank Lay
had three items that he carved.
He carved a standing flower and leaf motif out of a board with a
split. His second item was
a manger scene he found in Carving Magazine and recreated it in
basswood. He finished it
with polyurethane. His last item was carved a leaf with a face out of
basswood.
Carrie Lay
created an iris and butterfly using a wood burning technique. She used
water soluble colored pencils and applied a water soluble latex varnish.
Needless to say she needed to start over as the pencil colors bled.
The second time she used acrylics and a fixative.
Bob Matthews
carved three items: a cypress knee Santa, a green teal drake and two
ruby throated hummingbirds.
Wes Englund
carved a unique dish, a trunk with a layer of leaves on top to create a
candy dish, which was later filled with M & M peanuts.
David Meyer
carved a medium relief scene. He finished with a Watco and burnt sienna
stain mix.
Thanks to Larry!
Larry Clark,
club photographer, photographed all the ribbon winners at our annual
woodcarving show. Larry worked tirelessly for over two and a half hours
to create a video presentation he placed on the Show & Tell table.
Several of the pictures will be submitted to Chip Chats for
publication.
Want some carving tips? Try
“You Tube” on line and
put in “woodcarvers” Thanks to
Bob Coleman for the suggestion!
Wood
burning Class!
(Pyrography)
Bernie Budzynski, Gordy Moscinski
will co-teach a class on Woodburning.Dates: October 31 and November 7.
THANKS!
Thanks to Jeff Hartman for the delicious Birthday Cake at our last meeting. And, by the way, Happy Belated Birthday!
CARVING SHOWS -
Shows
within 3 to 4 hours one-way drive time of Rockford will be listed as they
become known.
October 20-21; Wheaton, IL
North Suburban Carvers’ annual Artistry in Wood show
and sale at DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 W. Manchester Rd.; 10 am -4 pm.
Free Parking. Admission
$5, under 16 free. Judy
Kavathas (773) 775-8993;
www.northsuburbancarvers.org
October 27-28; Danville IL
Kickapoo Karvers’ 31st Annual show at New Life Banquet Center, 1419 N Bowman Ave. Jim Van Duyn (217) 497-9859.
October 28, Madison WI
Capital Area Carvers and Badger Woodturners co-sponsor the 24th Woodcarvers/Woodturners Show/Sale at Olbrich Botanical Gardens; 9-4. Free Adm. Demos, Raffles. Bob Tomlinson (608) 635-4552, Faspich1@aol.com; Gordon or Mimi Bentley (608) 297-2972.
More listings are available in Chip Chats! (ed. Note - As winter approaches, beware of the many shows coming up in Florida and Arizona for those of you who travel south.)Tip of the day
(Overheard at Blackhawk Woodcarvers)Trouble carving old Basswood?
Try the famous 50/50 mix of water and alcohol.
This is a tip I got from John Skaggs, but many of our
veterans know it. I was
carving a ball-in-cage and had to true up the ball’s cross grain.
I sprayed it with 50/50 and I could carve off 1/64” slices easily.
Especially good on cross grain.
Missing Books (down to 6)
#10 - How to Design & make Wood Reliefs / Robert Skinner
#36 - Chip Carving Technique & Patterns / Wayne Barton
#44 - Knife Carving / Ivan Whillock
#64 - 1001 Design for Whittling / E T Tangerman
#79 - Scrap Wood Fun for Kids / Robert Endicott
#150 - Creative Chip Carving / Frank Mannims
BLACKHAWK
WOODCARVERS
P. O. Box 15488 Loves Park, Illinois
61132-5488
Open Carving every Wednesday (8:30-11am) except
Dec 26.
Ken Rock Community Center (Sacred Heart
Academy, multi-purpose room) 3218 Eleventh St, Rockford, IL 61109
CLUB OFFICERS
President - Steve Terrill,
393-4581
Vice Pres. - Bob Coleman,
988-1757
Secretary - Rosalie Wesley…738-2201
Treasurer - John Skaggs,
547-6951
Librarian, Bernie
Budzynski, 332-2395
2012 Show Co-Chairmen - Bob Hallstrom,
963-1326 and Don Stansfield,
235-0075
Webmaster - Gordon
Moscinski, 874-7978. Club Website -
blackhawkcarving.com
Membership Chair - Dona
Wisner, 399-3169
Newsletter -Publisher - Gary Johnson,
399-1697
Newsletter Writer - Steve Terrill,
393-4581
Photographer - Larry
Clark, 262-9982
CLUB
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December 5 -
Christmas Party
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December 19 -
Business Meeting
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January 16 -
Business Meeting
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August 14 -
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Club Show, Tebala Center
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