Blackhawk Carving ClubThe Blackhawk Woodcarver
Volume XXV, Issue 2
October 16th we moved to
Peterson Meadows, 6401 Newburg Rd,
Rockford, IL 61108. We meet from 8:30 to 11:00 am for open carving. Business Meetings
are the third Wednesday of the month. Friends and spouses of carvers are
welcome to come to meet and visit and carvers are encouraged to bring
in finished carvings for “Show & Tell.” Our mailing address remains P. O.
Box 8285 Rockford, IL 61126.
Presidents Report
February 2020
While it is snowing outside, we
still are able to meet and carve together. The fellowship is enjoyed by all!
Our new home is warm and inviting; and is serving us very well.
Our club’s new Vice President,
Richard Dumphey, has jumped right in and working to re-energize our internal
classes, programs, and activities. Richard has lined up a number of club
classes to start.
Denny Neubauer will be doing a class
during a couple of carving sessions. This involves participants fabricating
a carving tool utilizing a section of hardened flat steel. No heat treating
will be necessary. Fabrication will include grinding and finishing the
cutting surface shape; and installing the blade into a wooden dowel handle.
The finished tool will be well suited to detail carving. This is expected to
occur late this month.
Gordy Moscinski will be doing a
class during club sessions on carving a spiral. Gordy is already looking for
an indication of the number of interested club members to gauge the number
of blanks needed. This class is envisioned to start in March.
Larry Stenzel will be doing a
demonstration of his techniques on pyrography and subsequent coloring. Larry
will also offer opportunities for the club members to try some of his
techniques.
Roger Benedict will present a
program on stylized carvings. Roger will display some of his stylized wood
sculptures and discuss inspirations and thoughts which have lead him to
unique creations. We hope to have this program in March.
Larry Stenzel and myself will also
be embarking on a series of fish carvings. One focus will be the colorful
reef fish. This will not be an organized class but can be similar to our
Christmas ornament challenge. Others will be welcome to join us in such an
activity. The sharing of information, resources, and knowledge will be a
hallmark.
Richard Dumphey welcomes input and
assistance in increasing these activities. Success of our activities and our
club is dependent upon all of our members.
Finally, discussions on our
necessary revision of the club Bylaws is ongoing. I had earlier forecast we
would be voting on acceptance of our proposed revised Bylaws. We are
striving to not only update them but also to streamline them to only include
the laws which define the boundaries of the organization.
Tyrone Johnsen
Deadline for news for the
next newsletter is February 5, 2020
February 5 open carving
February 12 open carving
February 19 open carving and meeting
February 26 open carving
March 4 open carving
March 11 open carving
March 18 open carving and meeting
March 25 open carving
April 1 open carving
April 8 open carving
April 15 open carving and meeting
April 22 open carving
April 29 Open carving
May 6 open carving
May 13 open carving
May 20 open carving and meeting
May 27 open carving
Denny Neubauer will be doing a class during a couple of carving sessions. This involves participants fabricating a carving tool utilizing a section of hardened flat steel. No heat treating will be necessary. Fabrication will include grinding and finishing the cutting surface shape; and installing the blade into a wooden dowel handle. The finished tool will be well suited to detail carving. His class on February19 and 26.
Roger Benedict will present a program on stylized carvings.
Roger will display some of his stylized wood sculptures and discuss
inspirations and thoughts which have lead him to unique creations. March 18.
Larry Stenzel will be doing a demonstration of his
techniques on pyrography and subsequent coloring. Larry will also offer
opportunities for the club members to try some of his techniques. Larry
Stenzel and myself will also be embarking on a series of fish carvings. One
focus will be the colorful reef fish. This will not be an organized class
but can be similar to our Christmas ornament challenge. Others will be
welcome to join us in such an activity. The sharing of information,
resources, and knowledge will be a hallmark.
Gordy Moscinski will be doing a class during club sessions
on carving a spiral. This class is envisioned to start in March. or April.
Mid-Wisconsin Chippers Woodcarving Club
The Mid-Wisconsin Chippers
Woodcarving Club is hosting its 46th annual show, competition and sale on
May 3, 2020 - 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. The Oshkosh Convention
Center, 2 North Main Street, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. We would
be pleased to have you participate by registering for a table.
A wonderful day is being planned
including:
“How to Get Started in Woodcarving” Presentation A Pyrography
Demonstration
Chainsaw Carving Carving Tool Sharpening by Denny Neubauer of
Denny Tool fame.
Carving tool vendor County Line Products (Uncle Al’s Basswood}
wood vendor
Competition will Judge entries from 26 categories for Master, Open,
Intermediate, Novice and Youth Skill Levels Our latest
Woodcarver patch
North Arkansas Woodcarvers Show
41st ANNUAL
WOODCARVING SHOW & SALE
SATURDAY, May 2, 2020 • 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
and
SUNDAY, May 3, 2020 • 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Featuring:
• Whittlers • Woodcarvers • Wood Turners
• Demonstrations • Carving Contest
• Food Available from 11:00 AM
• Woodcarving Door Prizes Drawing Every Hour
5 day classes: Monday, June 15 to
Friday, June 19
$265
Jim Thalacker
Trout (golden or rainbow)
Jenet Denton Cordell
Human figures, animals
John Engler Relief carving and
painting
Vic Hood Carving a bust in butternut
Alec Lacasse Realistic bark carving
Jim Trumpy Full size blue jay
Dylan Goodson Relief scene or
realistic figure
3 day classes: Wednesday, June, 17
to Friday, June 19 $159
Dave Stetson Caricature heads
Debbie Edwards Realistic wild life
Bruce Shostak A beginners intro to
woodcarving
Carole Jean Boyd Singleton Cypress
knee
Michele Parsons Intro to Pyrography
(woodburning) landscapes
Ryan Olsen Caricature carving
Jan Jensen Old world chip carving
2 day classes: Monday, June 15,
Tuesday, June 16 $106
Carol Leavy Holiday ornaments
Jan Jenson Old world chip carving
Ryan Olsen Caricature carving
Michele Parsons Intro to Pyrography
(woodburning): wildlife
1 day classes: Saturday, June 20
$53
Denny Neubauer Knife making -
only 8 students
Michele Parsons Intro to Pyrography:
leather
Ryan Olsen Caricature carving
Affiliated Wood Carvers, Ltd.,
Jackson County Fairgrounds, 1212 E. Quarry St., Maquoketa, IA 52060.
www.awcltd.org
WoodcarversCongress@gmail.com
The 2020 U.S Bodgers Ball and Greenwood Festival
will be held Friday June 26 thru 28, 2020 at Grundahl Park in Mount Horeb,
WI. (A Bodger is a craftsman who turns wood into chairs, bowls cups,
and spoons, traditionally doing their work in the woods.) More
information on Facebook: US Bodgers Ball and Green Wood Festival.
March
Birthdays (that we Know of)
3 Louis Jurisch
26 Ray Pederson
31 Scott Grey
Door
Prizes
Vice Present
Treasurer Larry Stenzel
389-4714
Secretary Steve Terrill
708-0471
Committees
Programs, Richard Dunphey, 633-9003
Webmaster & Newsletter Editor Gordy Moscinski 874-7978
Membership Chuck Drewes 985-8575
Photographer Steve Terrill
Picnic Tony Devita
Blackhawk Carving Club Minutes January 2020
Minutes of the regular monthly
business meeting of Blackhawk Woodcarvers; held on, January 15, 2020 at
Peterson Meadows, Rockford, Illinois.
President Tyrone Johnsen opened the
meeting at 9:18 am. He reported that he had a
Thank You card for signatures to Marvin Mitchell who is a carver at Peterson
Meadows who has quit carving and is donating a number of tools to the club.
Secretary, Steve Terrill read the
Minutes of the previous meeting November 20, 2019. The
minutes were approved as read.
Treasurer: Larry Stenzel reported
that we continue to be solvent. He is also collecting
payments for the Christmas party.
Membership: Chuck
Drewes reports that we are collecting 2020 membership dues.
He has removed 13 people from the membership list for inactivity (two
years). He has 56 remaining on the membership list.
Chuck notes that we have paid members who never come.
Roger would like to know why we have unpaid people on our membership
list. There was more discussion.
Tyrone showed the update trifold
brochure indicating our new location. He also noted that
there are also membership picture directories in the storage cabinet.
Newsletter: Gordy
Moscinski reported that he is not the author of the newsletter; he is just
the inserter and formatter of the newsletter. He relies
on members to write articles and take pictures that he can insert.
He reminds us that want ads are also possible. The
newsletters are available on the website.
Facebook: Tyrone
manages the Facebook page and inserts pictures and commentary from meetings.
There are two upcoming CLR classes
taught by our members. Gordy has an upcoming class.
He is teaching beginning carving. His class starts
the first week in February. Don Stansfield also has a
class starting the first week in February. It is on freeform chip carving.
The Christmas party was attended by
42 people. Tyrone had a couple of observances about
things that could have been better. The format and
setting seemed well received. He was concerned with
tables for four, but it seemed to work out nicely. His
main concern was the show and tell display. He would
place the tables against the non-window wall so that they were not backlit.
He thinks that having showing of work before rather than after the
lunch as people tended to leave after eating. Anyone with
more suggestions should see Tyrone. Denny and his wife
did a nice job of decorations and snack cups and Bob Matthews did a nice job
of making the arrangements.
Tyrone wants to recognize charter
members still with the club. Tony DeVita is a charter
member as is Gordy Moscinski and Roger Benedict.
Bob Matthews reminds us that our
policy for inclement weather is that if Rockford Schools is closed, that the
club meeting will be canceled.
The bylaws are out of date and need
revision. Roger Benedict is working on them. When
finished there will be discussion and they will be posted on the web site
before we end up voting on them. More to come.
The draft will be e-mailed to paid members.
Richard Dunphey as new vice
president will be coordinating new classes and demonstrations.
Janesville sent two members down to
see how we felt about being part of their show at Janesville as their
membership is dwindling and they could use help in funding their show.
There was discussion with some of our board
members but there were no conclusions.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:02
to Show and Tell.
Respectfully Submitted: Steve
Terrill, Club Secretary
Show and
Tell Pictures and Comments by Steve Terrill
Chuck Drewes brought in 2 snow people that he
carved in 2013. They were made of basswood and painted with acrylics.
Chuck completed at least 5 of them and gave a number of them away.
Roger Benedict showed a relief carving that
represents his concept of humanism and nature. It appears as a
silhouette of a human head with a tree carved inside as if it were the
network of nerves in the brain.
Jim Foster showed 7 different “little people” of
different size, characteristics, clothes and poses. He used minwax
stain after painting them with acrylic and rubbed it off to give them a nice
finish.
Richard Prutz showed an Indian maiden that was
quite tall and nicely painted. Everything was carved; he used no band
saw for a roughout and did everything by hand. He also painted it
several times to get the look that he wanted.
Bunny Nordheim showed a fancy spiral carved and
decorated. She added some “bling” from a bolo tie to hide the sharp
point on the bottom.
Bob Matthews showed a deep relief carving of
three “wood” ducks in a pond with 8 depth levels which he carved in 2009
number 333 of his carvings. He also showed a deep relief carving of
Mesa Verde, the Pueblo (?) Indian caves done in a large piece of Cottonwood
bark.
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