Rochester Woodcarvers

Rochester, Minnesota

Rochester Woodcarvers
March - April 2005 Newsletter
Meetings: 9am - 11am on the 3rd Saturday of each month (Sept - April)
May - the meeting is a picnic - look for details below
Redeemer Lutheran Church, 9th Street and 7th Avenue SE, Rochester, MN

Out of the Dustbin from Trent Busch

We’ve had a great year with the Rochester Woodcarver’s. It’s hard to believe that we only have one more meeting this season. I hope to see you all at the potluck picnic.

I’d like to welcome Wayne Hendrickson in as the new president and Kathy Ward to the board. Not only are they great carvers, but great people. We are privileged to have their leadership for our club.

Thanks to everyone who helped out this year. We really had a few interesting challenges with the weather and scheduling conflicts.

Have a great summer and don’t forget about helping out at the county fair. We can use carvings, setup and takedown personnel, and people to demonstrate carving through out the week. Its quite fun and well worth your time.

Happy carving.

Trent

2004 – 2005 Meeting Dates and Program Topics:

  • September 18 - Acanthus Carving by Keith Anderson
  • October 16 - Fan Carved Birds and How to Handle the Knife by Jim Ayers
  • November 20 - Harley Refsal - will speak on the history of the Swedish Dala Horse & will also bring some of his examples of the various 100 dala type horses he sent out to various people across the country & other countries to decorate & they were to return them to him when they had done so. He will also bring copies of his new revised carving book that just came out this month & also his flat plane video that came out this year.
  • December 18 - Christmas Party
  • January 22 - Customs and Carvings for a German Christmas by Tom Pike
  • February 19 – Knife Making with Terry Knipshield
  • March 19 – Intarsia with Ivan Amman
  • April 9 & 10 – 2005 Rochester Woodcarvers Show
  • April 16 - Auction and Interest Stations
  • May 21 – Spring Picnic - Oxbow County Park
    5731 County Rd 105 NW
    Byron, MN 55920
    (507) 775-2451
    11:00am to 1:00pm, Potluck lunch at noon

March 19, 2005 Meeting Summary

  • Due to the heavy snowfall ( 18 inches) there was low attendance at the meeting.
  • The Board will discuss a Meeting Cancellation Policy due to weather.

Club Organizational Discussions

  • Wayne Hendrickson agreed to run for President
  • Kathy Ward will run for Board
  • Laurie Reed will remain on the Board for another year
  • Need VP
  • Need Show Chairman
  • Perhaps make VP and Show Chairman two different people?
  • Motion made to elect Wayne for VP and Kathy as Board Member
  • All approved

Announcements

Davenport Show  - Fairgrounds – 3rd Week in June

  • Competition Carving – high caliber
  • Week long show
  • Woodcraft shop in Bettendorf has details
  • Critiques – Strong points/Week points
  • Free
  • Hwy 63 to Waterloo to 380 to 80 (about 4 hours away)

Carver’s Conference – Chipping Away – Sept 9-11, 2005

Show and Tell – March 19, 2005

  • Bob Nowicki            Santa – 5th in series – Czechoslovakian Santa
  • Wayne Hendrickson            Snowman, Fishing Pole Man, Tuba Man, Red Hat Lady
  • Sharon Roble            6 “Whimsical Houses”, Spirit Pencils
  • Randy Kinnick            Bread Board for Raffle
  • Kathy Ward            Golf Club Bag for Raffle
  • Chris Christianson            Chip Carved Box for Raffle – pattern from invitation, Jewelry Box – pattern from invitation

Program, March 19, 2005 - Trent Bush – Intarsia

Intarsia – making pictures with different colors of wood
Judy Gail Roberts – started creating pictures in wood in the 70’s

She thought she had a new art, but discovered a very old history

70% of books on Intarsia are Judy’s

Trent’s animal carving is one of Judy’s patterns

Mostly cedar, and other colored woods  (white to walnut color)

Took approximately 2000 hours to create (think, trial and error)

Would take less time if he did it again

Judy recommends woods without straight grains – creates more interesting looks

A few tips:

For cutting the wood, need a crisp line to go by

Can stack wood, but harder to cut on scroll saw

Cutting goes better with band saw

Harder to cut tight curves with band saw

Recommends cutting everything separately

Cut slow

Use magnifying glass

Want to make it appear as though it is one piece of wood

Picture is glued to ¼” plywood (backer board)

Cedar doesn’t carve well, but saws well

Most shaping with sander

¾” stock used for all pieces

Use rubber cement for gluing pattern on (this glue can be peeled off)

Laser print can also be ironed on wood

Some stain, dye (aniline dyes), paint woods (cut first then dye)

Can use rough pieces for backgrounds (Trent used cork)

Trent carves on his pieces

Trent uses the thickest blade and recommends a decent scroll saw ($350-$450)

April 16, 2005 Meeting Summary

           

Reports

Treasury Report – Bev and Chuck Stupca

Balance $2400

2005-2006 Dues are due

Librarian Report – David Ridge

New Magazines

Couple New Books

Anything checked out today is due in September

David Ridge has helped for 2 years

Education

Classes due for next fall for Community Ed

Chuck and Ev will be teaching Beginning Carving Class

Trent will teach an intermediate Santa Class (After Beginning Class)

Finger Protection Speaker – Ceratech

Would like some feedback for finger protection products (similar to leather thimbles)

Web Site - ceratech.com

Gary will be selling

Today’s Speakers

Interest Stations

Mark Fredrickson – Demos on making wooden cookie molds

Nancy Borson – Nature Paints

Steve Murray - Sign Carving

Tom Severson – photos of Carving Show

Festival of Trees

Meeting to be held May 6 (Panera North 1:30)

Need Ornaments

Updates via newsletter or email

No theme yet

Will announce theme at May Picnic Meeting

Theme Update: “All Creatures Great & Small” with emphasis on bird or small creatures carvings. Open to suggestions on tree top carving???

Announcements

Death of Jeannie Kolb

Chip Chat Article

Fair – Last full week in July

Lumberjack Show – no participation last year

Picnic – May 21 ~11-1?

Quarry Hill Park cost - $100

Oxbow Park – Free, 1st come 1st serve

Laurie will go early to stake out Oxbow location

Dwayne will supply coffee

Oxbow has electricity

Email Reminder

Bring Everything

Potluck

Carving at Senior Center  - Tuesday Mornings 8:30-11:30

Rochester Radio Theatre Guild – May13-14 

Look on Internet site or give Bob Nowicki a call for tickets

Seniors $5

Adults $8

2 Comedies

1 Serious

1 Musical

2005 RWC Show

Thank you to all who helped!

Pictures are Great!

Lost $$ on show this year – ($450 - $200 from dinner and $200 from other)

Look at dinner options for next year

Nice pictures in paper

Craft show at Civic Center same weekend

Some people at Craft Show thought they were going to our show

Raffle went well
Winner of Steve Murray’s cane was very very happy
All winners were very happy!

Pictures on web page – Thank you Tom Severson!
Should be able to print pictures
If need better quality send Tom a note.

Show-n-Tell

Frank Folkert            Scroll Sawed Piece w/ Leaves and Wedding Vows – Ruth 1:16
Lou Vangalis            Kaleidoscope

Auction - Proceeds go to Library Fund

Paint Making Kit (Nancy Borson)
Speed Control for Foredom Ror RB Only
Burgess Engraver 220V (Nick Poleschuk)
Chickadee (Nick Poleschuk)      
Plate (Sharon Roble)
Bark Slabs (Sharon Roble)
Angels (Sharon Roble)
Basswood (Sharon Roble)
Plate (Sharon Roble)

ALERT: KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN THIS SUMMER FOR POSSIBLE GUEST SPEAKERS OR TOPICS FOR 2005-2006