CARVING TALK www.rivervalleywoodcarvers.org Suzanne Millay Presidents Note: We are in the 3 rd quarter of the year and we still have so many things on the docket. Next up is our annual picnic at the Chadwick s property. Candy has taken over the responsibility this year as Sandee has had other things to take care. I can t think of a better person to hand the reigns to. The Boone county fair has come and gone with winners abound. You can catch the details on page 3. We also sat at the fair Friday and Saturday to demonstrate wood carving skills to the public and even had a few people interested in coming to a meeting. Thank you all for showing your fine works of art at the fair and the demos. Saturday, October 3rd we will be having our annual wood carving show at the Scheben Library. Please mark your calendars and contact Mike Shelton to reserve your table asap. The week after, we will be attending the CCG show both as a club and as individuals with their own table. We have other shows as well, so please watch the calendar on the website or the newsletter for upcoming events. I hate to keep talking about this, but some positions will be opening on the board. If you have any interest in becoming part of the club board, please let anyone that is currently on the board know your intentions. We will log the information and pass it on to the elections committee when we form it in a month or two. Please think it over and give it your full consideration. I would also like to say a big Thank you to former member, Bernie Lunneman who has. AUGUST 2015 RVWC Board Club Officers President: Rex Sansfacon Vice President: Mike Shelton Secretary: Sandee Sansfacon Treasurer: Donna Waller SeniorTrustee: Suzanne Millay Regular Trustee: Dick Middleton Junior Trustee: Don Hogue Past President: Sandee Sansfacon Chair Positions Seminars: Bob Manning State Fairs/Shows: Don Hogue Ornaments for Kids: Ferd Kruetzkamp Library & Demos: Darell Mills Newsletter: Sandee Sansfacon Website: Rob Witzke Sandee Sansfacon Sunshine Lady: Candy Lytle PR/publicity: Candy Lytle generously donated miscellaneous wood carving items that he collected during his years with our hobby. Everyone who attended the August 17th meeting were able to take advantage of the first collection of items. The rest of the goods will be up for drawings at the 2015 wood carving SHOW. REX Ferd Kruetzkamp
Sandee Sansfacon Don Hogue JULY Dunkel Knife Winner Congratulations to Suzanne Millay Peg Cawthorn Woodburning Class Peg was first spotted at the May, Circle City Wood Carving Show out of Indianapolis, of which she is a member. Her class consisted of 9 students, 3 of them from the East Fork Club. After talking to several of her students about the class, they all had great things to say about her teaching style and abilities. The final results in the pictures below let us all know the class was a success. BACK: Jim Cable, Charlie Brown, Barry Pennington, Bob Manning and Donne Waller FRONT: Kathie Cable, Veronica Olsen, C.G. Uebel, and Gwen Provens. Annual RVWC Club Picnic June 20th 10-2/3 Once again the Chadwicks have invited RVWC out to join them at their little slice of heaven they call home. This will be another good time for all that come. Thank you to Candy Lytle for taking over all the details and calls that are helping to make everything go smoothly. Thank you again. Mark your Calendars - RIVER VALLEY WOOD CARVING SHOW OCTOBER 3RD 10-4pm Tables are still available, Contact Mike Shelton soon to get yours. 859 992 9352 or woodcarvingguy2@yahoo.com Featured carver for this years show will be Kathy Overcash.- Whimsical cottonwood bark carved houses. Page 6 has a full size flyer. Please copy it and share it with your co workers, friends, family, facebook people, etc.. Barry Pennington If you know a business that would like to make a donation: item or cash to help with door prizes, talk to them and then talk to Mike, 2015 Show Chairman.
FAIR UPDATES: Ohio State Fair: July 29th, Don Hogue, Bob Manning, Dick Middleton, and Paul Miller represented our club with 4 tables set up for exhibit and demonstrating. There was a change in their usual set up area, but fairgoers were still able to find them and enjoy their tables. Bob Manning entered a couple of his cowboys and came away with a 1st and 3rd place ribbons. Paul Miller was heard to say he enjoyed himself so much, he would sign up for it again next year. Congratulations Bob Boone County Fair: August 7th and 8th saw Rex & Sandee Sansfacon, Bob Manning, Dick Middleton, Ed Stover, Mary Lou Brennen, Troy Baker and Mike & Joyce Shelton out at the fairgrounds exhibiting, demonstrating and talking to a lot of fairgoers interested in admiring and/or learning our hobby. Several members entered into the heritage skills competition. Wood Carving: 1st : Mary Lou Brennen 2nd: Sandee Sansfacon 3rd: Mike Shelton Wood Carving/Novelty: 1st: Troy Baker 2nd: Rex Sansfacon 3rd: Sandee Sansfacon Found Wood 1st: Paul Miller Whittling 2nd: Mike Shelton Mary Lou actually walked away with 7 blue ribbons for her collection of quilts, dressmaking, painting, basketweaving, and carving. Joyce Shelton walked away with a blue ribbon for her baby quilt. Congratulations to All Thank You to all the above members for representing RVWC at the fairs and For sharing their woodcarving talents. A Big Thank You To Candy Lytle for designing and creating a new Club table for RVWC. After presenting several variations of design to the club, one design stood out. Candy and Joyce Shelton went shopping for material. Betty Denton (while taking care of Tom from his back surgery) embroidered our material identifying our club. Rex Sansfacon designed and built the frame work to hold the fabric on the table. The collective results are beautiful. They will give our club easy recognition at Shows and exhibits. The members who represent our club will have their creations showcased by the beautiful design. It accommodate a 6 or 8 foot table, or sit in the middle of two tables for a bigger display. Its first showing will be Sept. 9th Boone County Senior picnic. Ferd Kruetzkamp Mike Shelton
RVWC Club Show & Seminar Calendar SEPTEMBER 7 Club Meeting 6-9 9 Boone Co. Sr. picnic. 12 Mike Shelton Power Carving Class 21 Club Meeting 6-9 25 Florence Branch Library Demo 7pm 26 Carve-In 10-3 OCTOBER 3 River Valley Wood Carving Show 4 Sunflower Festival-Gorman Farm 5-8 Overcash Bark Carving Seminar 9-5pm 5 Club Meeting 6-9 10/11 Cincinnati Carvers Show 19 Club Meeting 6-9 19 Dick Middleton Santa Ornament 24 Carve-IN 10-3 24 Dick Middleton Santa Ornament NOVEMBER 2 Club Meeting 6-9 14/15 Artistry in Wood Dayton Show 16 Club Meeting 6-9 16-18 Floyd Rhadigan Class 9-5pm 28 Carve-In 10-3 DECEMBER 7 Christmas Dinner JANUARY 2016 4 Club Meeting 6-9 18 Club Meeting 6-9 23 Carve-In 10-3 FEBRUARY 1 Club Meeting 6-9 15 Club Meeting 6-9 27 Carve-In 10-3 CLUB MEETINGS 6-9pm - CARVE-INS 10-3pm Painting Tip: This tip was recently passed on to me by Bill Wright. I had carved a santa into a piece of cottonwood bark one night and was quite pleased with it. I got out the acrylic paints and suddenly the project was more wood for the firepit. The paint did not turn out how I imagined. I brought it into the club meeting and Bill told me about a trick to get rid of the paint. Isopropyl Alcohol and a toothbrush. I used 70% and poured a little on my santa, then started scrubbing the face and beard. About 15 minutes later I had all but a few spots removed. Knife Drawing Guidelines: All members that attend meeting will receive a FREE ticket unless they have won previously. Previous winners are still able to win by purchasing a ticket or tickets for $1 each. The dollars collected will help the drawings to continue..as of May 2015 we have now started our 2nd year. To check on or get signed up for Shows Contact Don Hogue at: littledonnie@isoc.net Dick Middleton Www.rivervalleywoodcarvers.org rivervalley@fioptics.com
Heinecke Wood Shopping: I had the pleasure of visiting Heinecke Wood in Cumberland, Wisconsin this past week with my daughter Jennifer. It is approx. 1 hour north of her Home in Menominie. GPS took us through county and road namessuch as: A, B, C, Z, HH, etc.., the Jennie-0 Turkey Processing plant, and a lot of beautiful green countryside consisting of farms & woods. With their address of 27 1/2 Avenue in our GPS we drove thru Cumberland and out towards more farm fields til we were directed to turn onto 27 1/4 Avenue which eventually turned into 27 1/2 Avenue home of Heinecke, the mecca of Bass wood.except there is no sign...a reference to Harry Potter was made, a few smiles, and a This is one of several Barns. down the road and that s when we spotted a huge pile of sawdust behind a barn and knew we had the right place. Sure enough, Tim greeted us and took us out to the wood cutting shop and gave us a tour. So much wood! He showed us the lathe they used for creating roughouts. They do not sell them, but make them for others to sell and hold the masters for future use. (see red square below) In case you were interested, they use a Grizzly bandsaw. They had our wood orders waiting for us and another pile started with the orders for that day. We thanked them and loaded our wood. Very Nice People. Below are some pictures we wanted to share with you. Their property is surrounded by farmland and in the back they had 8 to 10 sheds loaded with drying wood of varying sizes and a tractor in one to move it around. I never got to meet Robin that day, but she made it easy to collect all our orders and hold them for us. Sandee Lots of Masters