ARTISTRY IN WOOD SHOW  is November 12 and 13.  Over two hundred carvers and woodworkers will be displaying and selling their creations.  Carvings will be entered in competition to reveal some of the best carvings for this year.  Plenty of tool and wood vendors will be available for any carver’s needs.  The WOOD BEE CARVER will be located in booth # 1022 so come by and say “HOWDY.”  If not this year then plan on next year as this show should be on anybody’s “bucket list.”  The Santa holding the “30th Year Artistry in Wood”  sign will be the tree topper on a tree loaded with carved  ornaments.  The tree  is one of the raffle prizes.

Hobo Chance is the latest version of a hobo who in this case is wearing suspenders, sometimes called “braces” but is still an interesting character to study.  Next row of photographs will be Whittle Dwarfs who are carved out of inch square by an inch and half block of basswood and finished with Howard Feed N Wax. And finally there is a photograph of knife blade covers to round out this edition of “Bits and Pieces.” Read the rest of this entry »

The first annual Buckeye Woodcarving Round Up is now history.  July 27-30, 2011 were the dates of four days of woodcarving classes held at the Poor Farmer’s  RV Camp near Fletcher, Ohio.  Over 100 registered carvers circulated among a dozen classes and purchased supplies from three vendors.  The random photographs that follow taken by photographer Don Stephenson show scenes from some of the class sessions in the main assembly hall.  Lunch and evening meals were available followed by mini classes for three evenings.  Students came from Canada, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Pennsylvania. The cost was a twenty dollar registration fee and an amount for the carving project as students could chose which class or classes to attend each day.  All seemed to agree that this was a fun event and look forward to next year’s Round Up – – July 25-28, 2012.

The first annual BUCKEYE WOODCARVERS ROUNDUP will be held July 27 through July 30 at Poor Farmers Campground near Piqua, Ohio.  During these four days of informal classes carving students can experience a wide array of carving instructors to try their hand at different carving subjects and themes.  There will be over twenty experienced instructors, tool  and wood vendors on site as well as non-carving classes.

A ROUNDUP is a relaxed and informal way to participate in daily mini workshops and classes to experience various styles and types of carving.  Participants can join any of the workshops for an hour or two , for the whole day or come back for a second day.  Workshops are on a first come basis with the only cost being for the carving project  and a donation if desired for the instructor as all instructors are doing this on a volunteer basis.  A twenty dollar  participation fee is good for all four days   to participate in as many workshops as one chooses.  Workshops will include chip carving, bark carving, small figures, caricatures, ornaments, chainsaw carving, Santa carvings, jewelry and a variety of subjects.  Read the rest of this entry »

CHRISTMAS

Is the Gift of Love

A Memory remembered,

A Memory being made.

May the blessing of Memory

Be a gift of Love this

CHRISTMAS