"November Meeting"

We had a pretty good turnout for this meeting, despite it being opening day for deer season! Jim Baker was persuaded to continue as president for the next year and Mike Pounders presented the program on carving Santa ornaments.

Jay Weaver brought some of his carvings and scrollsaw work, including a bandsaw box with hidden drawer and some 3D cutouts that were pretty neat!

Fred Nahlen bought some stuff from a woodcarver'd estate in NW Arkansas, including this Christmas mouse  go-by. He is planning to get some roughouts made so that we can carve this over the next several months. Please contact Fred if you are interested in purchasing a rough-out.

Ken Glasscock brought some beautiful turnings that might be used as ornaments. Some really beautiful and interesting finishing techniques.



Fred has completed quite a few Santas, including the Noah's Ark Santa that I believe is destined for his sister?

There may be food and refreshments at our next meeting to celebrate the holidays, so be sure and try and make the next meeting. And be sure to invite or remind friends! Hope to see a big crowd!

CCA Contest results

Here is the link to all the winners and some pictures of Roger Stegall's entries. Congratulations again to Roger!

October's Meeting

We missed a few people at this meeting (possibly the lure of a Razorback's game), but had a good time and hope to see everyone next month! Here is a link to the CCA results where Roger Stegall did so well, but they still haven't posted any pictures. Fred brought some of his holiday carvings and had a small witch blank for us to work on. 

Fred is happy to be finishing his "Noah's Ark Santa" based on a Steve Brown pattern.

Lou is getting a head start on her Christmas presents and brought this beautiful chip carved egg and stand, along with a cedar wood-spirit that she bought at a garage sale for $1!

And, a familiar face brought by a couple of realistic carvings!

I was asked to do the demo/program next month and will probably be calling some of our members to see what you would be interested in seeing. Several have asked me before about doing something on eyes/faces, but I figured I'd call around and ask first!

October Meeting this Saturday!

September has flown by and it's already time for the October meeting. It will be 9 am at the First Electric building and Fred Nahlen will have some projects for us to work on. Hope to see everyone there!

Congratulations!

Roger Stegall, of Mayflower, placed second and fourth in the Santa category of the Caricature Carvers of America 2011 competition! And he also got second in single human figure over ten inches and third in roughout! Way to go Roger! Here is the link to announced winners and I will post pictures as soon as I find some! Or maybe someone could persuade Roger to bring them by to one of the meetings?

You missed a great meeting!

We missed a few of our members, but there was really a great turnout for the first meeting after the summer recess. Several members brought work for the show and tell and we gave away a couple of sample copies of a carving magazine from the UK. Another member sucessfully completed the "egg" challenge in beautiful fashion, Sally Butler brought some beautiful scroll saw work, and Lou and Samir showed their progress on some of their carvings. The surprise guest was Chuck Ferrell who brought some of his caricatures and introduced many of us to the art of carving erasers! Everybody seemed to enjoy the program, even if we couldn't quite duplicate Chuck's success. But as he said, it was easy to get rid of your mistakes! Hope to see some of the members that we have been missing next meeting! Stay sharp!

September Meeting!

September Meeting Saturday, Sept.10, 2011 9:00AM  First Electric Building, Jacksonville, AR

Welcome back! As the long hot summer winds down, it is time to turn our thoughts to football, cookouts, and, yes, woodcarving! We look forward to seeing everyone, hearing of their adventures (real and otherwise) during the recess, and admiring their works of art created in the meantime!
     Our proposed program is to be something a bit different, presented by a "Mystery Artist".... I have been sworn to secrecy, but am authorized to ask everyone to bring a sharp detail knife (or a regular X-Acto knife) for the project! I can say, with some confidence, that you will enjoy the exercise, which I believe is simple enough for even me!

Please plan to join us, and bring a friend interested in carving, if possible We'll see you on the 10th!


                                                                     Jim Butler, President
                                                                               Sept. 3, 2011