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ANNOUNCING 1ST INTERNET CARVING CONTEST (PAGE 14)
Fall 1998
Issue #4
$5.95 usa
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Making Secrets " (Page 70)
Pro Sharpening Tips - (Page 34)
Carve this Attractive Deer Rack ► i
Complete instructions and plans inside - (Page 44)	A
FREE PATTERNS!
5 Mini Santas - (Page 65)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Artistry in Wood
Every fhing-under-the-sun" woodworking show in Dayton. OH
Carving Contest Mania
Exiting con tests to enter and win!
Creating Mood with Texture and Color	17
Desiree Hajny examines the art of creating expressions
The Thrill of the Ward	22
Check out w hat if
takes to be a World w inner
Cane Corner	29
Can e your own Hobo Bindlestiff.
Complete w ith pattern and authentic RR logos.
A Sharper Edge
Tips from a professional sharpener
34
On the Road	38
New feature: Spot an UNUSUAL caning while taking that family
roadtrip? Snap a photo and send it to us w ith an accompanying
description. We ’ll publish it to share w ith \ our fellow carvers!
Carving a Ghost	40
No tricks' Ivan Whitlock's easv-fo-can e pattern turns this
costumed "ghoul" into a treat for any Hallow een
How to Carve a Deer Relief Peg Rack
David Sabol shows von how to make this attractive peg rat A
44
Carving Spoons	58
They’re not just for serving food anymore. Excerpts from
Shirley Adler’s book on decorative spoon caning.
Pattern Profile	J&ttern
Carving Mini Santas	«ганти
From hillbilly country to medieval Europe, five miniature Santa
patterns from one talented Pennsylvania carver
Charles Jobes: Decoy Maker
Learn the secrets to making great-looking decoys	/ V/
Carving Tagua Nuts
Create your ow n personal stamp from
this popular can ing material
78
Name Tag Contest	87
Whats in a name ? About $100 and a free two-year subscription
to Wood Can ing Illustrated. Look for our rules to enter.
Regular Columns
Editor’s Message ......................................
Publisher’s Letter.....................................
Letters to the Editor....................................6
Upcoming Articles.......................................I >
Carving Tips ............................................20
Advertisers Index........................................^2
Events Calendar..........................................84
Classified Section.......................................92
WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED’ FALL 1998
Editor's Corner
Wood Cairvmg
I LLUSTRATED
Fall 1998
There are many self-evident
truths in our lives. In the pub-
lishing world, it is self-evident
that a publication is only as
good as its contributors.
Wood Can ing Illustrated has
been building its foundation
of quality on a cadre of
excellent carvers who con-
tribute projects, features, patterns and photographs.
Wildlife artist, instructor and
Caricature Carver of America
Desiree Hajny returns in this issue
to discuss how a few cuts of wood
make the difference between love,
anger and other moods in a carving.
Another Caricature Carver of
America member and frequent con-
tributor is David Sabol who returns
to bring a deer head relief out of a
panel of pine. Then with the addi-
tion of a few turned pegs, he pro-
duces a quality coal rack Articulate
and observant. David cuts through
the mystery of carving and consis-
tently produces a mini-masterpiece.
Joe Mignone. who appeared in
our first issue with his feature on
common sharpening mistakes and
how to correct them, lakes on a
tagua nut and turns it into a tine
name stamp.
A newcomer io the magazine is
Art Shoemaker w ho excels at folk
figures with regional interest.
Whether doing a Santa from
Scandinavia or a figure closer to
home. Art has a keen eye for
simplicity and humor.
Another carver new to the maga-
zine is Bob Yorburg. A sharpening
expert who puts the fine edge on
the vast majority of carving tools
for Frank Mittermeier, Inc. Bob
provides useful insights on how to
produce and keep a sharper edge.
And Ivan Wil lock, woodcaning
author and instructor, conjures up a
Halloween ghost that is sure to be a
hit with adults and youngsters alike.
Although he is not featured in
this issue, a special note of grati-
tude goes to Frank Russell w ho
contributes frequently and gave us
the Power Carving Manual.
Reflecting on our first year in
print. 1 can’t seem to say enough
about the efforts and talents of
these carvers and others who have
contributed to Wood Carving
Illustrated. Il was a good year. In
fact, to use in part the lyrics of a
recently departed icon of the music-
world, it was a very good year.
Roger Schroeder.
Managing Editor
Rs.schroeder@trim.net
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Publisher’s Letter
It s been a terrific last twelve months thanks to you!
One of tin pieces from our series— "Leiirinitg from the Masters
and HOW, d port dj otn new Museum.
Welcome 10 our Fusi Anniversary Issue! Its been d terrific if urine. List
twelve months thanks to you! zb / write this, its hard to behcvi that twelve
mouths 11 CI was still only a thcani
"If you build it, they will come ” This famous line from the томе Field of
Dreams is an apt description of the support carvers have given W’CI Thanks [<» you.
we’ve signed up more than 15.1)1)0 subscribers in under a year \ special thunk you
to all who called or wrote to let us know we were on the right track We really
appreciate it Please keep giving us feedback and ideas for future issues
Open House Plans
Our whole stall enjoyed meeting carvers at our first Open House held in
December of 1997 Many of you let us know that you were sorry to miss it Well,
mark your calendars for our next one To be held February 2b and 27th. 1999. we
have plans to make this a very, very special event Rexcut’s Internet Carving
Contest Prize (see page 14) will be awarded at the Open House Don i miss the tal-
ent that will he on display.
In addition to putting together a roster of top carvers to show their work, our
Open House w ill also feature a celebration of two new facilities - the Fox Chapel
Museum of Woodcarving and the Lancaster County Carving School
New Museum of Woodcarving
Fox Chapel Museum of Woodcarving is opening with a display of over 300 origi-
nal carvings The collection has been acquired from Managing Editor. Roger
Schroeder Roger has spent decades pursuing quality carvings from North America
and around (he world Many rare, unusual and antique pieces will be on display
The pieces featured in W CI 's previous "Learning from the Masters series of articles
are all pan of (his valuable collection of carving history
Lancaster County Carving School
As one of the few carving related businesses located in our area, we are constantly
being asked where to lake carving classes
Good news' Now you’ll be able to lake classes and visit the Museum at the same
time Located in 3.000 square leel of fully equipped shop space in the top floor of
the historic warehouse when our offices are the Lancaster County Carving School, is
being run by David Steele David, a fish carver, look a First al the Ward's World
Championship this year and is a terrific teacher in his own right The school offers a
wide range of power and hand carving classes. Opening January 1999 Call 7|7-
581-1501 for a class schedule.
It's a Boy!
On a more personal note Between starting this magazine and acquiring the
new Museum collection, it has been a very fulfilling year for myself and the stall
here at Fox Chapel Publishing
However, my greatest joy has been the arrival of a little one to start our family
Alexander Isaac is now 7 months old and lhe apple of my eye We traveled through
Mexico lor six weeks m lhe process of adopting him Touring Mexico and meeting
the Mexican people make for a great trip ( In fact lhe only rude people we encoun-
tered were al lhe American Embassy) In one small town. I asked lhe taxi driver
about carvers and discovered many more than I had time to visit More about
Mexican carvers in a fuiure issue’
As we head into the Thanksgiving season I realize once again how much there is
to be thankful for Loving family and friends, a new baby a shop lull of tools to
play with and being a part of an international community of talented carving
friends Look around Count your blessings Then head into your own shop to
carve something special for your loved ones this year
Happy Carving.
Alan Giagnocavo.
Publisher
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WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED» FALL 1998
Across thf Pond____________________________
An excellent start with clear illustrations and
plain English My subscription is enclosed
As a former member of the. now defunct. North
American Stickmakers Guild I became acquaint-
ed with the wonderful work done on your side of
the pond Being a stick icanei maker. I have not
done very much in carving wood hui I have done
мине in sheep horn This is very popular in
Britain where handles on walking sticks and
shepherds crooks are decorated I dressed' is our
term) w ith animals and other items ()wing to
the shortage of large horn from the old ’tups’
iolder males) wood has been used more often
Peter Maskens
Essex. England
We welcome your comments and suggestions.
Please contact us by mail at: “Reader’s Write”,
Wood Carving Illustrated, 1970 Broad Street,
East Petersburg, PA 17520, or by email to:
editors@carvingworld.com
What Copper Fins?
lust finished reading Wood Carving Illustraled's
C hristmas I997 issue's "Bob Hand on Carving
A: Painting a Striped Bass’ You mentioned the
fact that Mr Hand sometimes uses sheet copper
to make Ims. Is this copper that can be bent and
shaped by hand ’ Does he cut the copper with
scissors ' Who is a good supplier oi copper’’ The
only copper I have been able to locate is too thin
or too thick
Carolee Walters
Milwaukee. W1
Bub Hand replies I use < upper flashing for ms fish
fins his flit right gauge and available al nearly am
lunibei company and mum home centers. 1 rectum
пк nd using linnet snips ta cut a.
Roughont Rights
As others have written. WOW! Not Enough’
Terri lie'
I agree with all of my nicked fingers I do have
two suggestions < I I Add a section where begin-
ners such as I can ask questions, and you would
answer the important ones. (2) I would like to
see you mail your magazine in a plastic lilrn
envelope so that we receive a CLEAN magazine
in our mailbox
Now lor a question that has bothered me since I
started wood carving When I purchase a
Roughont and finish carving it. may I sell (he
carving al a local craft show ’ If I may sell the
finished roughont do I give credit to the rough-
out designer and how should I do this.’
Thank von once more for your excellent maga-
zine. keep up the good work and may your wood
gram always run in the right direction
Charles E Vermillion
Miami Springs. EL
Japanese Bear Carving
Your article Learning from the Masters" caused
considerable interest in our group of carvers in
the Smokey Hollow Chapter of the California
Carving Guild recently Several months ago. I
took a carving of the black bear to our class as a
model lor one of our EXPERT carvers who has
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E ED
The bear in your article appears to duplicate
all of lhe characteristics of those on lhe can -
ing I bought from the Ainu tribe ol aborigi-
nals in a reservation near Asahigawa.
Hokkaido, Japan in 1945. The eyes. ears,
feet, gouge cuts, even lhe finish are the same
as in my carving.
Gene Rodenberger
La Crescema. CA
Deliven Problems
While your office skills are in serious need of
help, lhe “Wood Carving” magazine is excel
lent.
Meade A. Cobb
Dear Mr. Cobh
Unfortunately, a small number of subscribers
such as yourself did experience delay and errors
m getting your subscription. See page 94 for
more info on handling subscription problems
Painting Questions
In discussions with the other carvers, we
found a great interest in step by step color
illustrations in painting techniques for both
animals and birds li seems that after the
carving is done, there is the problem of. per-
haps. spoiling all that work with a paint job
that is not “up to par” and creates a carving
that did not live up to its potential due to the
painting portion of the carving Just a
thought for future issues, if possible
Claude Steffes
Sun Lakes. AZ
I would like to slate my special areas of inter-
est.
PAINTING techniques it» achieve specific
presentations Not only how to but why'*
What sealer do you use - but w hy do you use
that sealer Why do you use Gesso9 Why do
you use a w hile, or a brow n gesso, or blue?
What is lhe philosophy.
Specify color mixes as I pari + 9 parts or 1/3
of one color + 2/3 another color, etc
Would this procedure also apply to ceramics ’
POLYMER CLAYS Floyd Scholz uses
Super Sculpey Polymer modeling clay for lhe
talons of his raptors This adds |o lhe realism
n a great innovative idea.
This subject could be explored for other uses,
as well as well as lhe techniques for using
HABITAT is very important for presentation
How do you make a flower carve it from
wood. cut from copper sheets, sculpt from
Polymer Clay, or paper and paint with gesso
to stiffen. How do you paint ’ How do you
assemble?
HOW TO is very important. Again, the phi-
losophy. the thinking. How to avoid mis-
takes How to correct mistakes. Howto
avoid mistakes How to correct mistakes
How to make special tools
For what His worth. I wanted to say this
These are lhe things that I am looking for I
need - these are my short-falls.
Looking forward to receiving your magazine
Jack Yales
Manchester. WA
Dear Jack and Claude
Thanks for yout great suggestions We J<> flaw
some articles in process on painting and м ulpb
mg in i las Look for these in upcoming issues in
earls 1999
Norbury Pattern?
I read the article by Ian Norbury on “Carving
Facial Expressions” It seemed GREAT
Good pictures and lhe instructions seemed
very clear. This morning I finally made time
to try to carve a face (my first). I pulled out
lhe magazine and reread it I then was going
lo gel a piece of wood lo start caning, when
I realized there were no real dimensions
given No real pattern to use lo cut the blank
These 2 items arc extremely important
because lhe people reading these types of
articles haxenil done this before, aren’t
artists, generally are beginners or novice, and
we need lhe pattern Size can be enlarged or
reduced but. a pattern is NECESSARY
Looking forward to more instructional arti-
cles.
Ed Solar
Berlin. NH
Dear Ed:
Yom point is w ell taken He w ill provide mea-
sured patterns for every' article where possible.
Unfortunately, due to Mi. Norhury's extensive
travel schedule, w e could not get the finished
piece tn photograph or a pattern to accompany
the article.
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Why is it called Basswood?
I’m a carving instructor at the Mid Coast School of Technology. My
group agrees that bimonthly issues of WCI would be wonderful? WC I
is for both beginners, intermediate and advanced. We hope that sign
carving and carousel horse carving will be added to the step-by-step,
how-to projects in your magazine May I even suggest a handmade
knife project? I sometimes include one in my class for people who
really lake pnde in their carving; that way they can say I carved it w ith
a knife that I made’ Okay, now for the big question, where and how did
basswood gel it’s name? Big mystery. I’ve written everywhere to
everyone and not even a reply’ If I don’t get an answer I’m going to
have to make one up! It’s kind of embarrassing after all these years ol
instructing and carving hut can’t answer where Basswood got it’s name
Alan S Counee
Rockland. ME
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articles in the works on tool making. Look for a how-to article on making a
skew chisel in our next issue.
Attention fellow WCI readers! How did basswood get its name?? Please
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Going to the Dogs
Just wanted you to know how excited I was to receive my first copy of
Wood Carving Illustrated. I am enjoying it so. My second surprise was
the article on the St Bernard carving on pg 85 in the Winter/Spring
1998 issue I have a collection of hand carved St. Bernard’s and
Bernese Mountain dogs that I bought in Switzerland and Germany in
1970 1 am sure the dog is from there
Gretchen Johnson
Sioux City. IA
Staining Basswood
I would like to see any articles explaining
How to stain basswood so that it is evenly colored
How to keep paint from creeping into wood that is left to be natural
(An example of this is on pg 69 of door designs in the Premiere issue
of WCI) My mam application would be for relief carving on 9 x 12" x
I" butternut or basswtx>d
Leonard Wollitz
Denver. CO
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I cam! gel enough of WC I' It’s top of the line and I hope it will Iasi
forever. Youi Power Carving issue as a text is exceptional and should
be a hard cover issue I am a power carver and have been for quite a
few years There is one subject that should be publicized for the protec-
tion of all carvers, especially new power carvers, and that is the species
of wood not to carve no matter what safely precautions are taken wood
toxins I have never seen an article that addresses all aspects of this
subject. It would be a worthy addition.
Don Green
Rapid City, SD
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Carving Dreams_________________________
I Ins magazine is a dream come true'
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Wow ’ What an excellent magazine with a
great formal’ At last a wood carving maga-
zine published with lhe amateur as well as lhe
professional in mind. I would also like to see
Wcxxl Carving Illustrated published al least 6
limes per year
Edward Ziemba
Hudson. NY
Harold Enlow Tribute
thank you foi choosing to write a feature
article on Harold Enlow in the Premiere issue
of ‘Wood Carving Illustrated.” Harold was
an excellent choice because in my opinion he
is a pioneer in woodcarving activities. Others
may imitate, but Harold is an original, h was
Harold's books, teaching aides and c lasses in
the 19704 that gave impetus tor a resurgence
of woodcarving Other teachers who fol
lowed, have simply built upon what Harold
started He is lhe benchmark from whom all
other wood carvers try to measure up
Harold knows и all without letting you know
he knows it. m his unassuming, humble, good
humored way II any one would call him a
‘‘Master Carvers" he would drop his head to
his chest, draw his toe in the dirt with a
boyish kick and say w ith a soil grin. "You
must be thinking of somebody else"
Harold has class Once m one ol his semi-
nars. he caned an eye of lhe carving subject
and then I was to cane lhe other eye
Awkwardly I labored lo produce an eye that
turned out larger than his Harold said. "Your
eye is larger, bui I like it belter " Now that is
CLASS. Everytime I am around Harold. I
learn something new It is poetry in motion
to watch him carve and to listen to his infor-
mative and humorous banter
Thank you for featuring Harold
Donald К Mertz
"The wood bee can er"
Wilmington. OH
Gunning Decoys
Like many of your leaders of WCL I canil
wait lor the next issue I have been carving
lor only a couple ol years, so I have much lo
learn I like the way you present the easy lo
understand articles, and the fine instructions
ot the step-by-step carvings. I am especially
interested in gunning decoys and antiquing of
my decoys
Robert J. Kycia
Gouverneur. NY
Dear Robert
Hope \ un enjox the article on Jobes-Decox Maket
in this issue Hi- find the decox is still the quin-
tessential symbol of woodcarxing in North
America.
Western themes
I have carved all types of objects, but am very
interested in horses, cowboys. Indians, and
Old West subjects - e g Frederick
Remington-style I tried for the past year to
lind a good source for this type ol plans w ith
no luck. I'his may be a good idea for an in
depth senes for your magazine
Mel Weisboro
Cheltenham. PA
Dear \lel Check out this issue's artu le on the
Artistry in Wood show in Dayton for a terrific
relief carving with a western theme Weill also
add sour suggestion to our list of future artic le
topic .v.
Jules Kish Carousel Horse
In your Christmas 1997 issue. I found an
error in which I hope you will retract in a
future issue The picture of (he carousel
horse on page 57 stales: "Carousel Horse, by
Howard Abend. Basswood. Best in Show.
Woodcarving. Open Class " The horse was
actually carved by myself and not by Howard
Abend and I entered it into lhe subject show
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Wanted to give you some feedback on the hist three issues . 4 WCI
What is working - I used to gel a UK magazine called "Woodcan mg
which had a lot of articles that featured UK and other international
carvers. The magazine had a technical focus W CI is the first wood-
carving magazine in the I S that I know ol that starts to approach thi-
Kechmcali niche The color pictures and the step by step instructions
tor the different projects previewed arc very desirable Ihe variety ol
woodcarvmg subjects that were covered in the fust three issues was
good This is not just a bird-carvers magazine Dave Sabol’s talent
works lor me I thought it was a little strange to see a Hower carving
as one ol the features in the most resent issue Dave excels at carica
tures. so I hope to see more Sabol characters, maybe on the covet of a
future issue????
Met your staff of young ladies at the L ancaster Show (Millersville
University i W hat a great and friendly group’
Improvement areas Please locus more on the technical side ol carving
I leel that this aspect differentiates WCI from Chip Chats And don’t
be afraid to gel loo technical Remember, you are offering wood-
carvers a resource that is not presently available in the US a technical
carving journal tor woodcarvers Would like you to push the envelope
in this area I was disappointed in the St Jean Port-Joh article \ bet
ter approach may have been focusing on a carving project by a Si Jean
Port-Joh carver, a carver that may be unique to the area Maybe an
exploration of their techniques More article and techniques from
proven carvers.
At any rate, you guys are doing a great job down there in Lancaster I
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ARTISTRY
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of its type in the nation and attracts woodcarvers and woodworkers from 15
states in as well as Canada.
Held at the Hara Arena in Dayton. Ohio
every November, the show boasted over
5,000 visitors last year. Demonstrations
and mini-seminars were given daily.
Among the demonstrators was Scott
Phillips, star of the PBS series
“American Woodshop”.
Hr left) A young gid sporting <i
beiet, jacket, and pleated skirt
appears as ij she is set for her first
day at school. She is carved from
basswood by Lenard Jliins from
Dayton, (JH this entry won
Best oj Show /09 ~

Hr tight) .4 lt d tailed hawk
ats proudly aloft a post with
catch (a mouse) under foot
Notice the "bullet holes” in
the sign and the "barbed
wiic” around the post This
interpretive piece by Ray
Kuntz honi Dayton, < >H is
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Hr left) An intricate ihip-carved dock by John Xiggenieyer
from Heath, OH It has wooden hands and a ttand
(. Above) .1 cowboy ryes an angry bull tn this relief earring by Gary ProoJJrorn Mineral
City, OH He iron llntd Best of Show 1997 with his Cowboy & Longhorn entry
ALL PHOTOGRAPHS IN THIS ARTICLE TAKEN BY JACK WILLIAMS
Last years Special Exhibit featured the
Caricature Carvers of America's (CCA) Big
Top Circus. This scene was composed of over
100 figurines carved by members of the CCA
such as Peter LeClair and Desiree Hajny. Full
size carousel animals from lhe Horsin’ Around
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Carving
Contest Mania
Wow! There’s never been а
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tage of carving contests for
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tion of carving as an art.
We are pleased that two
highly regarded carving tool
companies have chosen to
launch exciting carving tool
contests in this issue of WCI.
Arbor-Tech - an Australian
company manufacturing rotary
carving cutters is offering a
$750.00 Grand Prize in their
carving contest - (featured on
the next two pages following
this article). Designed to
promote the artistry of wood
carving it looks like a very
exciting contest. It should be
interesting to see what
Australian and North American
carvers come up with.
Arbor-Tech's own Alastair
Mitchell will be touring North
America this fall to promote the
contest.
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Dave Bennett-who wrote a short piece on relief carving for our Premier issue- and
Flexcut tools are well-known for design and innovation. 5o it’s fitting that their
first carving contest has been launched with a creative Internet component. While
you don’t have to be on the Internet or even own a computer to enter, you - the
carving community-, will choose the finalists over the Internet. Free tools, $250 for
each finalist plus an additional $750 for the winner makes this a very interesting
competition in more ways than one! Hurry to enter, as we just received this
information prior to our deadline and all entries must be in before the end of the
year - see categories for specific dates.
Here’s how it works:
#	1 Carvers send two good, clear photos of your work in the categories listed
to the contest address below.
#	2 The best six entries will be selected and posted on the Internet site. If your
carving selected for the Internet site, you will win a Combo set of Flexcut
tools.
#	3 Carvers then vote via the Internet for their favorite of the six posted. One
computer - one vote.
#	4 The carving winning the most votes in each category wins $250 cash.
Winning pieces will then be sent to our offices here at WCI for display
during our Open House held February 26-27, 1999.
#	5 At our Open House, the Grand Prize winner will be selected and awarded
$750.00 cash!
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Categories:
#1 Containers
Carvings should be designed to contain an object or objects. The Object(s) contained must be
visible when used in conjunction with the container
Photo deadline September 15, 1993
#2 Kinetics
The carving must involve motion. Describe how it works in 150 words or less
Photo deadline October 15, 1993
#3 Human Figure
Carving of busts, faces or full figures
Photo deadline November 15, 1993
#4 Masks
The carving must function as a mask to the face and Face and use eyeholes.
No portraits or busts in this category please
Photo deadline December 15, 1993
WCI Name Tag Contest
Don’t miss our little contest announced this issue and running
for almost a year. Check out Page 87 for full detail on our prize
offering for the best carved nametag!
WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED • FALL 1998
UPCOMING ARTICLES
Wood Carvmg
IIIL L U S T R A T E D
Upcoming Articles
This teaser page lets you in on what articles your editors are working on to bring you in future issues
of Wood Carving Illustrated. We’re always looking for qualified contributors to WCI.
Drop us a line with your idea for an article and photos of your work.
Santas from
Around the World
Art Shoemaker,
featured in this issue's
Pattern Profiles section,
will share his research
into the many types of
Santa figures from
different parts of the
world!
Ozarks Hillbilly
Step-by-step article
from Mike Shipley
shows you how to
carve Roscoe in
the Ozarks style.
Making a Skew Chisel
Ray Larsen teaches you how
step-by-step.
Carving and the Boy Scouts
Announced in our Premiere Issue, this article just
keeps on growing! We’ll include classic carving
patterns. Ben Hunt's contributions and the stale of
carving in the Scouts today.
Carving Gnomes
Another terrific step-by-step
feature! Carve a Christmas
Gnome with Lyle Kraus.
Painting Fish
Ed Walicki returns with quick and easy painting
techniques for your fish carvings.
Screaming Eagle Update
The competition piece shown in our Premiere Issue
by Jim Hazeley proved too involved to cover step-
by-step in the magazine. We’re working with Jim
to do a simpler piece for a future issue.
Alaska Big Game
Artist Doug Lindstrand.
author of the popular
Alaskan Sketchbook series,
shares sketches and photos
of his favorites. Terrific
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Andy Anderson
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CREATING MOOD
Creating Mood with
Texture and Color
By Desiree Hajny
lllusionary: The use of
artistic technique to
create the image of
reality; especially in a
work of art.
In sculpture, artists
draw with surfaces using highlights,
shadows, textures and color to create
their art forms. These can affect the
viewer not only aesthetically but
emotionally as well.
Sound impossible? In this article.
I'll teach you to identify common
methods and incorporate them into
your work, using both my work and
carvings from other respected artists
as examples.
Creating a Peaceful Look
To create a peaceful, restful, flirtatious type of surface the artist
would use gentle slopes and ravines. Il would seem that the terms
’’restful and flirtatious” would be at opposite ends of the spectrum
and thus require a much different approach to achieving these
effects. But these illusions can be achieved in your project using
No More Beer Brother Cecil - Кл'/i SJiool of‘И<»л/с4ггш^ (Germany) - Tin found-
ed belly and head add to the humorous effect The folds on the robe are up like a smile
treating a positive feeling and the sad shadows reflect the disappointment of Brother Cecil
CREATING MOOD
WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED* FALL 1998
Geronimo - by John litukt - X'otiie that rhe deep shad-
ows and the highlights are sloping in a tearlike form, mak-
ing the piece strong but sad. This helps rcjlcct tin message
behind the piece.
On the Edge - Desiree Hajny - The post is uncomfortable
The tad is in a feat - like trail, as are the legs, indicating the
helplessm<< of the tiger The iolots ate angry and bold.
the same methods. Nothing is as restful as a bubbling brook in
a grassy field. To produce this feeling the carver uses gouges,
veiners. rotary balls The cuts should always curve and turn
gently like a little stream. These cuts can be put into hair (or
furl, drapery, or even facial features. Some wood sculptors
who utilize these effects and do so to enhance their works are
Neil Cox. Janet Cordell, and Ian Norbury. It you decide to fur-
ther enhance this effect, try woodburning with a rounded Hal
lip. Pull the burner tip into the How of soft cuts-always starting
and ending in the direction of gravity. These burns are always
curved, never straight. The burner should be used to enhance
hair or fur lines. Use this technique for carvings of young
animals, women and children, flowers, and religious themes.
Attention-Getting Cuts
To create an irritated look, violent, attention gelling, or just a
nasty all Hude, make your cuts defy gravity. Use sharp slops,
sharp corners ami deep shadows. Start with deep gouges or
rotary' balls. Then attack the surface with V- cuts or rotary'
disks. Stop and start with cuts, and keep the cuts straight and
rigid. This creates a very stiff (hackle like) alert and lhat nasty
altitude. Using dark shadows and highlights will create an even
more dramatic effect. Another technique used for irritation is
the repetition of a cut. It gives the rhythm of a drumlike or
heartbeat quality. (Although, this single technique doesn't
always work to show anger in and of itself as shown in the
piece by John Gaeddert). A combination of shadows and high-
lights is what affects the viewer. The same feeling can be sub-
tly put in with the wood burner. Use a sharp point and make a
stab and pull motion in a repetitive and parallel fashion. Good
places to use this affect: angry mammals, animals in panic,
beards, hands, and older, lough or worried wrinkled faces.
Even abstract works can use these illusions to create an effec-
tive finished work Check it out lhe next time you are al an art
show.
Sorrowful Expression
The look of agony and deep sadness is recognized by
teardrops and deeply furrowed angled brow s. These drops fall
slowly around curves and such. Knowing this, lhe soft, yet
deep carved lines should also seem lo roll down crevices. Use
a veiner or rotary ball Make your cuts overlap and follow the
gravity pull. John Burke’s ’’Geronimo" piece is a good example
of this strategy. It has such strong lines for a proud subject yel
lhe lines are subtly sad too. These cuts can give a sweet sad-
ness to your piece. If you choose to add more texture in your
carving, try to avoid sharp cuts and sharp corners. Use smaller
veiners. cutting in the same direction as a tear would flow along
a surface This surface treatment could be used on a Madonna
or other religious themes, endangered animals, older animals,
human faces, memory themes, war.
WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED» FALL 1998
CREATING MOOD
Fear
bear is shown b\ an angled use of shadow s using (he same angle
of our eyebrows when we are afraid. The tools used are deep set
veiners tor hopelessness. V cuts should throw shadows in the
same angle. The higher areas (hat reflect the light should also be
in ihe shape ol (he eyebrows in a tear mode. The piece "No More
Beer Brother Cecil" uses some of these angles to show the tear
and sadness of the monk al this moment. Yet his highlights and
shadows also reflect a hidden smile to show humor.
Happiness
Extreme happiness is marked by high arching eyebrow s. Cuts in
this same arched shape create a clownlike exuberance. Either
sharp cuts. (V cuts, rotary disk). or soft curl cuts (veiners. gouges
or rotary ball), will work well. This shaping also works well for
higher surfaces. The light hits the surface and if it is high and
rounded it creates the desired effect. Take a close look at carica-
ture pieces next lime you attend a carving show. Artists like Pele
LeClair. Dave Dunham. Harold Enlow and many other caricature
carvers will use this technique in their fun work.
Uses of Color
Colors also have a very dramatic effect on our moods Certain
colors are used to calm patients in hospitals, dentists and doctor
offices. Other colors keep workers awake and alert on the job.
Carvers enhance the cuts used in the gentle sculpture by using pas-
tel colors like light blues, greens, and lighter yellows. Earthy
tones w hich include brow ns, tans, and evergreens give a homey
feeling or they can give a rich sadness Earthy tones should be
softly blended together to give the impression ol gentleness appro-
priate to the piece you are carving.
The use of complimentary colors next to each other provide
attention getters to more detailed or important areas. (Even when
one of the colors is muted in a neutral color.)
If you are seeking to show anger, use bright colors like red. yel-
lows, and oranges. An example of this is found in my piece "On
The Edge.” I wanted to make the viewer feel angry about what is
happening to the liger. To achieve this I made the brush strokes
very bold.
To communicate ominous or sad feelings use neutrals mixed
with dark greens, purples and blues. Let the colors bleed together.
For a feeling of mistrust use cold colors in the shadows created in
the textured area. Also enhance deep folds to yield a
my sterious look. 
Desiree Hajny is a professumal carver, sculptor and carving
instructor. Her work was featured in Issue no.2 and her excellent
article on Color Theory ran in Issue no. I. She is a contributing
Editor to WCI.
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WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED • FALL 1998
THE THRILL OF THE WARP:
A CHAMPIONSHIP CARVING WEEKEND
A close-up view of the 1998 Ward World Championship
and what it takes to be a winner. Plus highlights on the
brand-new Fish Carving Competition.
Desert
Reign
Harris Hawk
Best in the World -
Decorative Lifesize
Wildfowl
Glenn Ladenberger
Niagara on the Lake, ON
Canada
WILDFOWL
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Referred to by carvers in-the-know as "The Ward," it is
one show that has gained the notoriety of being the
Olympics for woodcarvers, attracting carvers from as far
away as Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and Great
Britain. The Ward World Championship Wildfowl Carving
Competition is touted as the largest and most prestigious
juried show in the world. In 1998, it brought 886 carvers
with over 1,669 carvings in 21 divisions. New for this year,
the Fish Carving Competition opened with over 150 entries.
The lonely Hanis' hawk brushes low against a dune
in pursuit of its prey (denn Didcnberger saw a
similar scene in a nature magazine of an eagle
swooping down to catch a rabbit in the snow and
transferred the idea into Ins winning "Desert Reign"
earring Ills hawk is made of three pieces. two wings
and its body, carved ft от tupelo (den took only i j
weeks to complete tin entire sculpture using power
tools and anyth paints. I hough lie doesn't
recommend anyone try a difficult puce like this one
in such a short lime, he worked (with a coffee cup in
hand) io houis a day. ~ days a week from the end of
January to the middle of April to finish the dynamic
Hants hawk scene
I ^elf-taught catvei since tin age of thirteen, (den
broke into professional carving, literally, when he
suffered a severed spine in iqSz causing him to give
ii/’ his welding job Amazingly, this pica is Ins first
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WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED • FALL 1998
Turkeys
Entry -
Decorative
Miniature Wildfowl
Jeff Rechin
Amissville, VA
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’wW* CARVING
COMPETITION
И hilc visiting Hamsluw. II L.A'fl
Richui, <>/Wmissvilh, I I, observed d
о/ turkeys running through the
woody and decided to recreate the setting
in a caning He did si> in this cutty for
the II hid Jeff those a immature because
it allowed hini more creativity. He could
finish <i miniature carving in less tinn
and work on its details.
I Sing only hand took, Jeff carved the
leaves, twigs, and a gnailcd stump from
the basswood base I 1u base measures
f'.xf' on its slightly hanked suface,
which was made to look like the gentle
slopes of tin I for I 'itgmia Jon st floor.
He fastened 'T' wires for the turkey
legs, whit h he coveted with epoxy,
pressed in scales, and sealed with lai-
tpiei Ihcn, the bodies o| lhe turkeys,
also made of basswood, arc mounted
Iht'w tit atun ' measure only a head
taller than a quartet и 5 "or pm). Jeff
applied atryhi washes,from light to
dark, to give the fall leaves and the
departing turkeys their rich hue
Jeff has been carving for to years and
tinm d professional in 19S8.
Held al lhe recently refurbished Roland E. Powell
Convention Center in Ocean City. Mary land on April 24-
26. nearly 10.000 people allended The new layout
improves access both exhibits and vendors. Instead of
having lo go to the upper level for lhe vendors and return
lo the lower level lor lhe exhibitions, separate halls for lhe
vendors and the competition were located together on lhe
lower level. Free seminars and educational carving classes
were held in the conference rooms, which were quickly
tilled with carvers.
For first-lime visitors to lhe Ward, lhe hospitality room
on the upper level is a valuable stop for tree refreshments
and conversation. Speak with the host couple there and
they will be happy to inform you of lhe tine tradition of
lhe Ward Foundation and Museum as well as tell you
about lhe many distinguished carvers who are members
The hospitality room overlooks the competition hall and
provides a "birds-eye view” of the visitors brow sing
through carvings.
’’These spectacular world-class carvings are the heart ot
our Ward Museum displays, as they provide a yearly
update on lhe stale of lhe art of w ildlow I carving, and
reaffirm our museum’s focus on the progression of wiId-
fowl art from decoys to decoratives,” says Ward Museum
director Samuel H. Dyke of lhe level of artistry in lhe
competition.
Auctions, rattles and giveaways throughout the three
day event highlighted valuable art from world-famous
artist and carvers. Over S90.000 in prizes were awarded lo
carvers and artists by panels of judges.
Glenn Ladenberger. from Niagara-on-the-Lake. Ontario,
achieved 1998 World Champion in the Decorative
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Lifesize Waterfowl division. He won a
$20,000 purchase prize for his hist place
Harris’ Hawk sculpture. Tilled ’’Desert
Reign." the hawk in mid-flight, pushes its
wings in a downheat and hovers over the
desert sand. It is suspended merely
because a thin, light steel rod was insert-
ed in the wing, it was then textured and
painted. The rod also fits into the base,
that was fashioned into a sand dune.
Other winners included here are:
John T. Sharp, of Kent. Ohio, who won
1998 World Champion in the Interpretive
Wood Sculpture division with his dove
pair standing on muddy tire tracks. Jeff
Compton of Nisswa. Minnesota, won
Best of Show in the decorative Fish divi-
sion with a leafy sea dragon fish. Sec
Fish Competition report on page 26.
So. if you didn’t gel to go this year,
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Interpretive stidptor John T. Sharp produces an understat-
ed yet innovative carving of tiro doves gathered ar a pud-
dle of water formed by a large, muddy tire track. His carv-
ing measures ?<»'* in diameter and took tiro months to
complete ll'ith this sculpture,John took home Ins seventh
II aid World Championship title His respect for the
natural quality of hardwoods ami for geometry in design
brought him into the Interpretive category.
.Mainly, John works with his own	knives
cardboard as a pattern He finished his carving uith a
mix ture of linseed oil, which he applies in different degrees
to allow the contrast m values. The "puddle" is actually
made from rhe same single piece of wood, hut sanded and
highly polished with linseed to give it an almost transpar-
ent, water-like quality.
Inspiration for nearly all of his work me from John'
farm or its surrounding woods in Ohio Though neve*
formally trained in art.John uu? mfiuemed h Ko re л n
and a chain saw, which he uses to section the wood.
I Palma is used in most o f his sculptures. To achieve the
realistic tire imprint base, he dunked a tire in motor oil
uwtl sculptor Rak Suh Kim and .Maine woodcantr
Charles "Chippy" Chase He has been caning for ptw
20 years and turned professional m 19Л? when he chose to
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WARD SHOW
WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED • FALL 1998
SOMETHING FISHY
THE FIRST ANNUAL WARD WORLD
FISH CARVING COMPETITION
The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art announced its First Annual Fish Carving
Competition this year. With over 150 entries, the competition was a success.
Divisions included Interpretive, Decorative Fish, and Freshwater Pan Fish.
INFORMATION
ON THE WARD SHOW:
For a complete listing of
winners and coverage of the
Championships, you can
purchase the Ward Museum’s
magazine, Wildfowl Art, for
$3.00 US or $4.00 Canadian.
If you have questions regard-
ing the next Championship,
contact:
The Ward Museum of
Wildfowl Art
909 South Schumaker Drive
Salisbury, Maryland 21804
(410) 742-4988
Blue Gill Sunfish: Jeff Compton-Nisswa, MN
In hlditioii to tin < i diaoon diown on the opposite pagi.Jefl Compton entered a "Hine (dll Sunfish" get-
turf th tiu.d mnoii^ the aejuafu itgetation The blue gill look nond in thr Decoratwc I idi Division mid
fni m the /n hu-.itn Fan category The noun, fish body, mid plants were <mvtd from tupelo, while the Jins
ir. ir fadiiourd from ioppt i 1 taxidciiHhi mid fisherman, ./<•// prefers a dem high gloss miro hody finish to
gin thr perceptron ol a liJunnmi looking at tin object in water
WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED • FALL 1998
WARD SHOW 27
“Fishin'the Hatch": Clark Schreihis-Billings, MT
Clark XJnerbeis <»/ Billings, Montana, laptuies the ,yde <>/ native hi histaii'iiig of a
lieton awaiting trout as they feed on stone fly hatchlings. With this piece, tilled
"I idinT tin Hatch," Clark non second Best of Show in the hiteipretive I idi
Division and first in the Xatural Hood category. He spent over 700 hours larvme
this sculpture.
Everything from the heron, lhe flowing jFigihi от an eroded rock bed, and the
swimming trout me tarved from а 500 year old log ofmoimtani cedar or Rocky
Mountain fitiupei found in eastern Montana He had originally planned to entei
the open category, but was commissioned by u private collector to t route this piae.
Clark won best in World in ity)j and 1907 at flu Cainsville, Georgia, World 11 h
Caivhrg Championship Show sponsored by Breakthrough Magazine
Leafy Sea Dragan: Jeff Compton-Nisswa, MN
Because In wanted to do something really different from flu usual fish can -
nigs, Jeff Compton of Xissiva. Minnesota, recreated the leafy sea as 1/
it was camouflaged with kelp swimming in Australia's Paciff waters Made
front tupelo and copper, this unusual cousin oj lhe sea horse won Jtjf Best of
Show in the Decorative I ish category. //< studied video Jootagi and numer-
ous photographs to compose lhe sculpture
l he basswood support is faux finished in gold leaf and the base dam a
tropical lurguona .Jeff “lived the body from tupelo and designed tin
"leafy" lower fins from copper, using a combination of an brush lacpiei
and hand detailing to give the sculpture .1 life-like quality
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Customize yours with railroads and
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What is a Bindle Stiff, you ask? A Bindle Stiff is a Hobo
slang word. It refers to a Hobo’s possessions, placed in his
bedroll, handkerchief or some piece of cloth. The corners
are drawn together, then lied to a stick to be easily carried
over lhe Hobo’s shoulder.
hi most old photos of Hobos carrying a Bindle Stiff, lhe
stick is usually straight and ordinary, cut with a jack-knife.
This Bindle Stiff, however, is a bit more decorative. I have
used lor lhe main point of interest a Hobo’s head wearing
an aristocratic top hat and a working man’s bandanna
around his neck. He has a stubble beard and badly needs a
hair cut.
The carved head is attached lo a 36 in. stick by means of a
5/8in. dowel rod. The stick is then decorated with a wide
assortment of railroad motifs.
Putting the railroad motifs on the slick was a great deal of
enjoyment for me. To really get the Hobo feeling of things.
I began my research by riding my antique bicycle over the
old Katy trail to some favorite Hobo handouts. The Katy
trail is the old MKT railroad, which has been converted in
our area to a hike and bike trail.
One of the most interesting Hobo dens along this trail is
near Hartsburg. Missouri. Here Hobo’s would gather and
camp beneath a large limestone bluff near the Missouri
River. A tire was built between the railroad tracks and lhe
bluff. The Hobos would cook mulligan stews, wash their
clothes and talk of belter days lo come.
Jim он his /939 Schwinn bicycle stops to rest on
the MKT Rock Island cross over bridge. Here
Hobos could catch the north bound Rock Island, or
the southwest bound MKT.
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WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED- FALL 1998
Several of these Hobos were known to have carved
tramp ari with their jack-knives and traded П lor food
or clothing at nearby farms and towns. (Hobos were
not bums. They would always trade or work lor
food.) To my knowledge. I am the first to create a
decorative Bindle Stiff, although I would imagine that
some Hobo along Katy railroad must have surely
done al least a little fancy whittling or carving on his
Bindle Still, perhaps the name of his home town or
his favorite freight trams and schedules, or whatever
memories came lo mind while sitting by the campfire.
Kdiy hail hikers rah time n» explore tin Hobo's den
ar Hartsburg, \l(). I he den иш in a smoked. charred
hmeyione bhiff along the old ,\IK / Kailroad line
Santa Fe
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Carve and paint your stick with whatever railroad
art appeals to you. There is now available a
tremendous amount of inionnation about Hobos
on lhe Internet. Keep in mind that Hobos were
rugged individuals forced into transient adventures
because of hard limes.
I hope you will enjoy carving this project which
was created lo be part Hobo character, part tramp
art. very interesting and a whole lol of fun.
Sources
Hobo head roughouts, in basswood, are available
from Maxwell's Woodcarving Shop. P.O. Box 73.
Cole Camp. MO 65325. $8.00 plus $2.00 ship-
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About the writer
Jim Maxwell is a full-time, professional wood-
carver running a carving shop in Cole Camp. MO.
a small town southwest of Kansas City. Jim has
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Carve your Bmdle Stick from basswood. After carving, the head is doweled to lhe slick. The
railroad artwork is applied with a 3mm V tool and painted with thin to medium acrylics. A clear
wax is the applied lo lhe stick only, while the Hobo head is finished with an antiquing base.
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Before I started sharpening carving tools for Frank
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a razor sharp edge, but will also give me more time lo
carve with less time spent on sharpening.
The tools I receive from Miltermeier. who has them
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tool out of a box or package and stall removing wood
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I use Miltermeier tools for my own carving projects.
They do hold an edge, which indicates quality steel.
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sharper edge. In future features, Bob will
discuss sharpening V tools and other oddly
shaped carving tools; how to custom make
a cutting profile; and horizontal grinding
I use large grinding and polishing wheels—mine are
HI in. in diameter—because they are quick and produce
a Hatter bevel. While grinding or polishing. I keep my
linger toward lhe tip ol lhe tool. Il the steel gets even
slightly warm. I take the tool away from lhe wheel and
immerse it in water, which absorbs the heat.
Despite lhe presence of a jar ol water. I have a com-
pressed air system that sprays a coolant on the grinding
wheel and tool I use a coolant oil that is dissolved in
waler rhe water keeps the stone from loading up with
ground-away metal. This means I can sharpen more
quickly, and. as a bonus, the oil puts a film on the tool
to keep it from rusting However, once I finish grind-
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help the residual moisture evaporate li I don't, lhe
fixtures. Bob lives with his wife Laura in
Yorktown Heights. New York.
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fresh metal Not keeping ihe tool moving is a mistake that
most beginners make If il is kepi in one place on the
wheel, it will not only tend to burn, but small grooves will
be ground into the underside of the tool I pay particular
attention lo the corners ol ihe tools, they are the easiest
places to burn This happens because there is not a lot ol
mass there to absorb heal When grinding corners. I have a
light and delicate touch, and I'm careful not lo keep a cor
ner resting on the wheel
Even after grinding for so many years. I still take the
lool off the grinder frequently and check the edge. It helps
lo have a magnifier lamp with a good source of light II
also helps me to keep a linger, which reliccis light like a
mirror, behind the ground edge The reflecting finger
enables me to see if I missed any spots
THE WIRE EDGE
The key to a really sharp edge is to develop a w ire edge
while grinding After grinding for a while, a burr starts
forming on the lop edge of the tool. Sparks comine over
Ihe lop are an indication that the burr or wire edge is form
ing. It is also something yon can feel and see. especially
under a magnifier lamp The trick is not to develop । big
burr, w hich tends to break off and leaves a dull edge
Il is important to feel a burr along ihe entire lop edge of
ihe tool, not just in one spot or on one side
THE POLISHING WHEEL
The process ol pulling a sharp edge on the tool is not
complete until I have polished il to remove the wire burr
My polishing w heel is the same size as the grinding wheel
and is made of hard sole leather I purchased the leather
from a shoe repair shop I then glued and laminated the
leather until it was about I inch thick I used the same glue
the shoemaker uses. Once the glue had set. I rough-cut it
round and put it on the motor arbor After the wheel was
mounted. I dressed it lightly with lathe tools
The leather wheel can polish only with the application of
rouge. I use green or white rouge: the latter is more aggres
sive. However, once the wheel is charged with rouge it can
not be trued again Also. I keep that wheel in place on its
own arbor It is critical to have a wheel running true, and
exchanging wheels will deter thi^ When polishing. I let the
rouse do the work, not the leather, which can overheat the
tool I use a light touch with the tool and move it across the
wheel quickly. Il I were to keep the tool in one place, it
would leave a depression in the leather or in the tool would
burn the lool
The bevel does not need a mirror finish, but it does need a
bright one I have found that ihe more a carver polishes, the
more he tends to round the tool's edge This w ill produce a
tool that will not cut bec ause it is too blunt When carving. I
can polish the bevel several limes to keep it very sharp Once
again, this is performed with a light touch After a while, it is
important to go back lo the grinding wheel and redress ihe
edge.
THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT_____________________
For my own carving needs. I use either a short bevel lor
hardwoods or a longer bevel for softwoods To achieve lwo
consistent bevel angles when grinding shapes. I came up with
a system that uses a clamp and stop gauges Although I
sometimes use a small C clamp. I designed a bronze clamp.
With the clamp positioned on the shank of the tool. I slide the
damp across the grinder’s tool rest
How do I determine where to secure the clamp ’ I start off
w ith a tool that has the bevel I’m looking for Holding a light
source to one side. I put ihe tool to the wheel. keeping the
bevel against it so that no light is visible under the bevel The
tool must also have its shank resting on the tool rest I then
lake my clamp and pul it on the shank just below the rest
Now that I have a fixed length. I transfer that lo a homemade
setup that has a wooden stop block secured to my bench I
put the slop block at a distance from the edge of my bench
that equals the distance ol the tool up to the position of the
clamp
CLEANING UP
Once the lool is polished I w ipe off the excess rouge I
then take a cut across the gram of a piece of wood There are
two reasons for this The first is to check that the lool is cut
ting smoothly The second is to make sure that it w ill hold the
edge. II by chance I accidentally overheated the tip or it was
not hardened properly, the edge w ill quickly crumble alter
my experimental cuts | then need lo slowly regnnd to get to
harder metal
RUNNING SMOOTH
I prefer to run my wheels with Baldor motors Smooth,
cool running and very powerful, they • in go for hours with
out overheating Rut an added advantage is that the motor is
small enough that I have room to swing even a large tool
from left Ю right as I grind or polish it Other grinders tend to
be fat with small wheels making it difficult to swing the tool
across the wheel With my approach to sharpening. I need
room lo keep the tool min ing
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THE SHARPER EDGE
WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED» FALL 1998
SAFETY	 ~
I am always safely conscious when grinding I cover
my eyes with goggles, my nose and mouth with a respi-
rator, and my ears with hearing protectors. I wear the
respirator for both dust and fumes. My fear is that when
I grind metal, lhe fumes may be toxic if the hardening
process for the steel involves cyanide.
My advice to people is that if you can carve and
shape wood, you can also sharpen a chisel. Putting a
chisel to a grindstone is very much like carving. In both
cases. I am creating a unique shape that is both attrac-
tive and functional. 
waler coolant waler onio a 10-in diameter grinding w heel
With iny linger close to lhe edge. I keep lhe tool moving
to prevent burning it The magnifier lamp helps me keep a
close eye on the edge
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There is no absolute angle for
short bevels. But approximately
15 degrees for a long bevel
works well for softwoods. Less
than that and the edge tends to
be brittle. For short bevels when
carving hardwoods, an angle of
27 degrees works well. More that
that and the wood is more diffi-
cult to carve.
leather, with either green or white rouge
rouge, not the leather, do the work of removing the wire
edge produced by the grinding wheel.
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THE SHARPER
37
much huffing tends to round the tool's edge
short for hardwoods, longer for softwoods—using a clamp
and a stop Nock Where I position lhe clamp is determined
by where the stop block is
rest and keeps the tool's edge at just the right position on
the wheel.
holding its edge before I go to a carving project with it or
send it out
mouth with a respirator, and put hearing protectors on my
ears.
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By David Sabol
Photography by Roger Schroeder
Just in time for hunting season!
This handsome design can be incorporated into many projects. The
coat rack shown above can easily be adapted into a book shelf. Perhaps
you’ll want to try this as a sign carving idea or even a hand - carved
entrance door motif.
David Sabol is a professional woodcarver and
instructor who lives in Canaan, Connecticut.
Recently elected to the Caricature Carvers of
America, David carves a wide range of subjects
from human figures to animals and flowers. In
this issue David brings a deer head in relief out
of a panel of white pine.
About the Deer Head Relief: With relief
carving. I am trying to achieve three dimensions
with a two-dimensional medium. One way to
accomplish this is by varying the depth of the
carving. Undercutting to create shadows is
another way to create the illusion of three dimen-
sions.
This profile of a deer’s head turned at an angle
of 45 degrees allows me to achieve more anima-
tion and depth than a side or head-on profile.
Choosing a deer as my subject is easy. I see
many deer and reference is plentiful. It is also an
animal with grace, alertness and speed. And
antlers enhance the animal’s majestic look. The
oak leaves accomplish three things: they balance
the composition with their curvature; they add
color to the composition; and the points of the
leaves complement the points of the antlers.
WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED' FALL 1998
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MATERIALS LIST
are oil paints mixed
Wood:
1 1/4 in. by 16 in. by 36 in. panel of
white pine
Tool List:
Router and 3/8 in. diameter straight bit
Warren detail knife (Warren Cutlery
Corporation, 2203 Rt. 9-G, P.O. Box 249,
Rheinbeck, N.Y. 12572/914-876-7817)
The Head: I start with dark brown on top of lhe head,
blending it into a mix of raw umber, brown, and a small
amount of white on the bridge of lhe nose. Then 1 apply a
white band around the end of the bridge and a black stripe
around the back of lhe nose and the lower lip. Under lhe
eyes I apply a while.
The Eyes: I use dark brown for the iris, black for the
pupil, and a white dot as a highlight on the iris.
No. 2
No. 7
No. 7
No. 8
No. 8
No. 9
No. 11
No. 12
No. 15
No. 16
26mm gouge
10mm fishtail gouge
18mm gouge
10mm gouge
13mm gouge
8mm gouge
3mm palm grip veiner
20mm V tool
6mm V tool
3mm V tool
The Ears: I mix white and raw sienna for lhe ears and
black for lhe tips.
The Antlers: I apply a mix of raw sienna and white on
lhe antlers; then I use black on the tips.
Finishing Materials:
Oil paints
Minwax® natural stain
The Background: I mix up a dark green, red and blue
for whal I call an "out of focus'* forest effect.
The Leaves: For a fall look. I use a mix of raw sienna, raw
umber, white and dark brown.
The Panel: To achieve a colonial green color. I apply a
mix of cadmium yellow, ultramarine blue, dark brown and
some black.
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WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED* FALL 1996
router to remove the background around the head and
(»mm V tool
antlers Bui I will lilt the router slight!} to lessen die depth
when I get near the border By tilling the machine I do not
have to change the depth of the bit
because I want a “dish" effect with the wood tapering
hum the outside edges into the area aiound the head and
antlers.
tapenng the wood into the cub left by the router bit.
need the lines as references
the leaves I also want some undercut aiound the deer’s
nose
WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED* FALL 1998
DEER RELIEF
Using a no 9 8mm gouge. I take out the background
around the antlers. Notice that the antler tines or points go
outside lhe border of lhe relief, giving more depth and
fullness to the carving
trude into the border
The neck has to be tapered into lhe background I use the
no. 8 13mm gouge.
I he base ot the ear has to be deeper than its tip to give the
illusion of the ear flaring out. I use the no 8 13mm
gouge.
at lhe base of this antler to set it deeper into the back-
ground.
appear to be closer lo the v iewer than the base of the
antlers
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away-the front of the face, lhe (ip of the left ear. and
parts of lhe antlers.
what I call lhe eye mound, prominent on the left side
far back.
lhe anatomical features ha\e not shifted.
Cf With lhe aid ol lhe pattern. I draw the line lor the lower
jaw.
neck.
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DEER RELIEF
a no. 15 6mm V tool to define the mouth.
pattern to locate the position of lhe eyes The knife takes
the place of a pencil because it gives me a cut exactly
where I need it. A pencil line can become distorted when
the pencil is pressed down on an irregular surface
balls and eyelids.
balls.
looks like a pouch under lhe eye
and mouth
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WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED* FALL 1998
With the no. 15 6mm V tool. I do some undercutting on
the left ear lo create a shadow Depth is really created with
shadows and not deep carving when doing relief work.
wood from the ear. working into the undercut of the pre-
vious step.
like this help make it an exceptional deer.
WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED» FALL 1998
DEER RELIEF
51
16 3mm V tool to separate (hem
wood behind the antlers to give them some shadow
making the look of gouge cuts uniform Since I do not
sand any of my carvings, lhe tool marks ha\e lo be clean
and neat.
oversized until this point helps me to make subtle changes
it necessary
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52
insides of lhe oak leaves.
the curving border of the panel.
points of the leaves and actually sink them into the wood.
A technique like this animates lhe leaves because it keeps
them from appearing flat
leaves.
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11 3mm palm grip veiner. This creates (he knobby look
selves.
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26mm gouge to create the smooth curve of the head while
I am careful not to go beyond the base ot the antlers.
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CARVING SPOONS
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*	CARVING
Г SPOONS
Two for one! Shirley Adler
shows how to carve lhe
classic ball in cage design
The follouvig historical information and step-by-
step instructions are excerpted from Cann ng
Spoons Welsh Love Spoons, Celtic Knots and
Contemporary Favorites by Shirley Adler The book
includes an introduction by Harley Refsal,
historical notes and designs by EJ. Tangennan and
step-by-step information and patterns from the
author. This 72 page color hou—to book feature
step-by-step instructions and 20 different spoon
carving patterns. (Order your copy for $17.45
(postpaid) by sending a check to
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and gets you started in
spoon carving. You 'll find
spoon carving to be
relatively quick, lots of fun
and popular gifts and
sales items.
HISTORICAL NOTES
The Welsh love spoons apparently began as a simple adaptation of several
ancient whittling tricks and were relatively small, about the size of a tea-
spoon. The handle was a ball in a cage and there might or might not be sev-
eral links on the upper end. There were usually two balls in the cage, sug-
gesting that the two live together - or sometimes only one to suggest that
the carver's heart was enthralled by the lady.
As the years passed, the love spoon became more and more elaborate, as
is common with any kind of primitive art. Handles were broadened to
become surfaces that could carry a caned design in relief or even scroll-
sawed and pierce-carved designs. The spoons became less practical and
more purely ornamental. They might carry initials or a word like cymru
(love), but strangely never a better Welsh word, cariou (darling).
The spoon or ladle did not remain a straight or slightly bent-handled tool;
ingenious carvers bent, distorted, thickened, thinned and angled the handles,
created pierce-carved scenes in a triangular space created by extending the
handle down level with the spoon base, and so on.
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Woods used tor love spoons were as varied as the
designs The Scandinavians tended to use pine or hr.
the Welsh began with sycamore but widened then
selection later to include cherry, walnut, yew. apple,
oak and even beech. Modern spoons are often
mahogany, walnut or pine: in lhe Pacific they may be
Macassar or regular ebony or other hardwoods.
In addition to lhe ball in a cage and the chain, some
ol the major symbols are: hearts and twin hearts,
anchors, ropes, cables, even ships, locks, keys, minia-
ture houses, elaborate chain links and lhe Chinese Yin
and Yang. Then there are lovers: and other knots.
Vines, local buds, animals and flowers are all rather
obvious in sentiment. Others, like the acanthus leaf
(growing love), bells (wedding), cross (religious con-
notations). diamonds (promised wealth), twin bowls
(togetherness), horseshoe (good luck), lanterns (light-
ing the path), spade (willingness to work) and specta-
cles (good luck or long life together or even ”l like
what I see*’ all breathe respect, love, domesticity, safe-
ly and happiness.
FINISHING TIPS
Let lhe design of your carving dictate the finish. For
ornamental spoons, two coats of good polyurethane
finish will be adequate to protect lhe wood and
enhance lhe design. You can choose from a matte,
semi-gloss or gloss finish. Linseed oil will give a very
flat finish and is good for intricate designs
For chip carving or highly detailed relief carving
you will need a thinner finish so that it will not build
up or pool in the detail of the caned piece. A spray
polyurethane or a thinned polyurethane applied with a
brush are good finishes for these carving styles. A
satin or semi-gloss is best; a very glossy finish w ill
reflect loo much light and not allow lhe shadows lo
emphasize lhe depth and detail of your work.
FOOD SAFE FINISHES
Spoons being used to serve food require speeial
non-toxic finishes and special care during use to make
them serviceable and keep them clean. Do not use
salad or cooking oil as a wood preservative as these
can become stale or rancid A thin coating of mineral
oil is a good option. There are some permanent salad
bowl finishes that are not toxic after they cure. Read
and follow all of the instructions for preparing and fin-
ishing the wood if you choose this type ol product. В
Endless iMntV)’ util bi found in the .orc, slto/H utld styles
oft/WWA Shriru heir Jte .1 far spws lh.it I re i.invd
WOOD SELECTION
/ urge beginning spoon carvers to use basswood for their first projects.
Other names for basswood are lime or linden. The scientifu or botanical
name for the common United Slates species of basswood is Tilia amen-
сапа. Basswood is typically a very light-colored wood with a small and
even grain. It is one of the softest of the hardwoods, takes a good cut.
sands well and finishes nicely Advanced carvers may want to use any of
the following woods:
Use
with Food
Grain
Color
Hardness
Wood
Fruitwoods	hard	various	various	
Basswood	soft	very light	straight, fine	yes
Butternut	medium	medium brown	straight, coarse	
Catalpa	soft	medium brown	coarse	
Aromatic Cedar	medium	light to red	straight, fine	no
Cherry	hard	light red	straight, fine	yes
Mapel	hard	light	straight, fine	yes
Oak	hard	light	variable, coarse	yes
Walnut	hard	dark	variable, coarse	yes
Willow	medium	light	straight, fine	
Cottonwood, poplar, Aspen	medium	light	straight, fine	
Mahogany	medium-hard	red	straight, coarse	
Pine, white	soft 		light	straight	no
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1’sing the pattern as .1 guide, draw the design on all four
sides of the handle make sure that the lines of the cage
and other elements line up correctly around the handle
Take lime to do this precisely It will make can ing easier
Begin by carving Ihe chain. Look al the pattern and make
marks with a pencil to indicate the wood you want to
remove. Your first cut should be a stop cut perpendicular
to the surface of the wood. Your next cut (inset photo!
should be a slicing cut.
unwanted wood is removed
the end of the spoon handle will look like this.
Hold ihe spoon so the bowl faces you You will see two
chain link'» with the narrow parts facing you and one link
turned ihe other way.
made in a “V” shape 1 Viewed from the side, you can see
the depth of the completed v-cuts.
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On all lhe links, color in the areas of waste wood lhat you
want to remove. Carefully remove the waste wood with
slow, controlled cuts.
A combination of stop cuts and slicing cuts will efficiently
remove lhe wood, but you may find that a small gouge is
also helpful in separating lhe links
smooth the link. After the link has been rounded it will
manner.
turn freely on the end of the spoon
drawn on all four sides of the handle and the wood you
want to remove should be marked.
the cage lines It is very important that the stop cuts for the
cage are perpendicular to the surface of the wood so that
the cage bars will be even and straight
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remove the waste wood.
knile blade will show through
bottom cage. The remaining wood inside lhe cages will
become the trapped ball
ing cuts Again, be sure to maintain the perpendicularity of
lhe stop cuts to the surface of lhe cage.
free lhe ball
begin to round lhe ball It is easier lo do the rounding
while lhe ball is still captive
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Lay the straight edge of a thick piece ol paper along the spi-
ral line.Mark the points where the vertical edge of the han
die meets the card Turn the spoon, match the points with
the vertical edge of the spoon, and continue the spiral line
tern line and then culling into the stop cut with a slicing
cut Round and smooth the spiral all the way aiound the
handle.
Complete the spiral Note that von will be removing the
most material on the comers to make the spiral round
Finish the spoon with linseed or tung oil Do not use
polyurethane, it will cause the chains to stick together and
keep the ball from moving freely in the cage
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PATTERN PROFILES
PROFILE
Pattern Profile
Five Miniature Santas
By Art Shoemaker	We.ve heard nolhing bl„ good
comments from yon about our Pattern
Profile Series. This issue, we'll start you
J French (Satin XiJiotb
FRENCH CANADIAN
SAINT NICK
carving for Christmas with five Santas,
each measuring 3-4 in. high.
You'll enjoy carving these creative
Santa designs. Although small in size,
they sure pack lots of fun and
expression per square inch'
Art Shoemaker lives a short distance
from our offices here in Lancaster
County. PA. Trained as an artist. Art
worked for 32 years as a high school
Industrial Arts teacher before retiring and
turning lo wood carving full time. He is
kept busy doing craft shows, and supply-
ing galleries as far away as Texas.
Carvings pictured are in basswood.
Art carves mostly with hand tools but on
the larger pieces he sometimes does
roughing out with a Ryobi power chisel.
Carvings are painted with acrylics and
antiqued w ith fruitwood oil stain.
Look in our next issue for a feature
article by Art - Santas Around the World
and Across the Ages
which will show a
gallery of Art's
original designs
for Santas
from different
time periods
and cultures.
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Carvings ai ilits 56i/i
rctpnrc CVt’ry СНГ Г<> ЛШ-
rriburc ro the onnill
expression of your t
Face is hale more than t
in. tall
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PROFILES
Basket Santas in three
different versions. Note
how the choices of colors
sets a very different tone
for each piece.
№/c how posture and the
addition o f folds and
creases in Santas robes
add to each carving.
ASKET SANTA
1 3/4
1 3/4
Photocopy
at 110°o
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PROFILES
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PROFILES
This Santa Claib "lineup"
shoiif$ some examples of
how Art Shoemaker an
choose to play with carvings.
From lhe same basic
Hillbilly Santa patient
but the real fun comes
from t/и* rery different
expressions you can put on
each face I
6S Pattern
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Bedtime Santa- three
variations - front view.
Bedtime Santa- three
variations - side view.
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ЯКЭЗПЗПЗЗИ
A fhmesota Santa. Can't you almost sec the iieii’ snow this Santa is trudging through with Ins imlking stick? Posture and arm position
indicate determination and persistence.
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DECOY MAKER
WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED* FALL 199S
Havre de Grace, Maryland is a fortuitous location for both waterfowl and makers of
decoys. The Susquehanna River, 444 miles long and originating in central New York State,
empties into the Chesapeake Bay at Havre de Grace. It is not only one of the longest rivers
of the East Coast, but it is also on the migratory path of a great number of waterfowl. The
Susquehanna Flats, at the fertile mouth of the river, has offered plentiful food for ducks,
geese, and swans. Hunters come there to kill those birds for sport, and at one time for mar-
ket sale. Following a tradition in North America that may very well be a couple of thousand
years old, they still lure birds with decoys.
Standing mallard
Canvasback drake with keel 77/i> style decoy, called a
toller, needs a deep keel to counterbalance the high head.
Half size whistling swan
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Havre de Grace, Maryland
МЛКСЙ
reative and productive decoy makers living on the
shores of the largest estuary of the United States
have been busy for several generations supplying
hunters with wooden birds. Havre de Grace
carvers like R. Madison Mitchell, Sam Barnes and Bob
McGaw - a decoy of his appeared on a U.S. postal stamp
- are spoken of with reverence. Some made their birds
with only hatchet and drawknife, others with duplicating
by Roger Schroeder
machines and the help of a
cadre of local residents who would shape, sand and paint
hundreds at a time.
Charles Jobes, a native of Havre de Grace, has been
making decoys for nearly three decades. Although he is a
bay man who crabs and fishes the Chesapeake, his voca-
tion has always been carving birds. He follows a tradition
and work ethic started by his father, Captain Harry
Jobes. Charles says that his father has done more for the
Antique style ruddy duck
Half-size Ad squou
Antique style pintail
DECOY MAKER
(Large photo) When using old
timbers from dismantled or razed
buildings, Charles uses a metal
detector to find unwanted nails
and hardware
(Small photo) Some of the lumber
he uses is from a sawmill. He
makes the most of this lumber by
getting as many duck heads out
of it as possible.
decoy business (han anyone else in the United States. In part
he bases this claim on the fact that Captain Jobes travels from
Maine to Key West, Canada to California, selling tens of
thousands of his
wooden birds.
Captain Jobes started off as a patrol boat captain for the
nearby Aberdeen. Maryland proving grounds where ordi-
nance is still being tested. During free lime he worked for R.
Madison Mitchell (Charles’s godfather), whose shop may
well have turned out over I00,000 decoys during a span of
some sixty years. The elder Jobes would bring along his sons,
who quickly graduated from playing in the sawdust and nail-
ing pieces of scrap wood together to making the duck bodies
smooth.
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Eventually Captain Jobes built his own decoy shop in 1972
where Charles and his brother Bobby learned the business.
They quickly mastered what was needed to make a carved
bird realistic enough to give confidence lo birds to land near
enough for the hunter to have a reasonable chance at a suc-
cessful shot. Charles started selling miniature ducks for 50
cents each when he was only ten years old and recalls walk-
ing around with pocketfuls of change.
Charles and his brother Bobby had their own shop-Jobes
Brothers Decoys-for a time; then Charles went off on his
own. Today he has his own shop-а combined store, paint
room and woodworking area so close to his home that he can
walk to it in less than fifty paces. Utilizing bandsaw, drum
sanders, sanding belts, and gallons of paint, he turns out
decoys quickly and efficiently. “People think that making a
hundred decoys is a lot of decoys,” he says with no hint of
hyperbole, “but it's not. A hundred duck bodies won't even
keep my hands warm.” Charles sells between 3.000 and 5.000
decoys a year. Is this mass production? “Turning out tens of
thousands of some item with automated machines is mass
production.” he rebuts. “With all the shaping, sanding and
painting 1 do, it's a handmade decoy.”
Charles doesn't limit himself to one style of bird. He makes
full size ducks, half size decoys, standing birds, and an
antique style waterfowl. He even puts wings on some of the
bodies and calls them flying birds. He also supplies hunters
with what are called gunning decoys. Those amount to about
one tenth of his yearly production.
From Barn Beam to Bird Body _________________________
Many of Charles's decoys get started in his back yard
where he has wood stockpiled. Taken from the sizable posts
and beams of dismantled buildings, much of the wood is over
a century old. Charles points out that the old time decoy
makers probably got their wood from building timbers. Other
wood in his yard comes from telephone poles.
He uses white pine, cedar, and sometimes basswood for
decoys. Some pines, he says, “are harder than the hinges of
hell” and unsuitable for his production work. But even the
best of the old woods have their drawbacks such as imbedded
nails and small pieces of hardware. When using salvaged
wood, he carefully scans each piece with a metal detector,
extracting the unwanted metal and thus saving lhe sharp
edges of his tools. However. Charles is starting to favor fresh
cut lumber from sawmills for the body parts.
Duplicating Bodies________________________________________
To cut down on lhe amount of time needed to rough out a
body. Charles has the bodies shaped on a duplicating lathe.
This is not the same as a duplicating spindle machine that can
Half size canvasback drake
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replicate as many as two dozen bodies at a
time. Rather than guiding a spindle over lhe
master body, which activates a series of grind-
ing spindles, the operator of a duplicating lathe
follows the master body with a wheel. Another
wheel, which looks like a circular saw blade,
duplicates lhe shape on a rotating piece of
wood a fraction of an inch at a lime. When a
full size body comes off the machine, it looks
like several dozen narrow cross sections of
wooden waterfowl laminated together.
Smoothing the Body
Since the lathe leaves unwanted “steps” of
wood along lhe length of lhe body, Charles
turns to a traditional tool for smoothing wood:
the spokeshave. As lhe name suggests, the
tool’s culling edge-controlled by two han-
dles-was once used to shape the spokes of
wheels. Today a decoy maker uses it like a
plane to remove shavings of wood.
Because of how the decoy body is held in
place on the lathe, lhe ends are not refined and
are left with extra wood. Charles removes these
on a bandsaw, cutting away excess wood from
the breast; he cuts the tail end at an angle to
give it definition.
The next step is sanding. Charles uses air-
filled drum sanders to round the breast area and
shape the tail. He then sands lhe entire body on
the drums.
For what he calls fine tuning, he turns to his
endless bell sander. The belt is narrow and flex-
ible enough to gel into areas that a drum sander
cannot reach. And lhe endless bell sander is
ideal for finish-shaping heads.
Getting a Head
Skillful carving comes into play when
Charles works on heads. Once they are band-
sawed to shape, he uses another traditional tool
for shaping: the drawknife. One of man’s most
ancient tools, the drawknife is basically an iron
blade with langs and handles projecting at right
angles lo the blade. Held almost flat to the sur-
face. it is drawn toward the user’s body and can
remove a substantial amount of wood. With a
decoy head securely held in a vice, he can
rough-shape lhe head in minutes.
Once lhe head is shaped. Charles tums to a
custom-made knife fashioned from a discarded
straight razor. With knife in hand, he whittles
the bill to lhe size and shape of lhe species he
is working on.
Traditionally, decoy makers attach heads lo
bodies with long nails. When making gunning
decoys. Charles does just that-he drives two 20
penny nails straight down through lhe tops of
the heads after pre-drilling two holes first.
Recently he started using an air stapler.
Applying glue between head and body, he puts
as many as four to six staples through the neck
and into the body. The components are very
secure.
Filling the Cracks
Wood changes shape owing to seasonal fluc-
tuations in humidity and other stress factors
during lhe growth of a tree. Decoys are no
exception. In fact, given wood cut 150 years
ago and pul indoors as framing members.
Charles has had decoys open up wilh cracks
only hours after being shaped. Putting a coat
of primer on the body helps control the cracks,
but more often than not he resorts to fillers.
Auto body filler is one product that does lhe
job. Another is an exterior wood putty called
Famowood *. Once the filler has dried, he
sands the excess away and is ready lo paint.
The Wetter the Better
The last stage is painting the waterfowl, a
process his wife Patty participates in. Charles
uses B-I-N primer, a white pigmented shellac
available from paint stores, lumber companies
and home centers). B-I-N can be tinted: gray
for a duck like lhe mallard, brown for hen
ducks, he advises.
Charles has a painting strategy that he likes
to repeal lo listeners: “The wetter lhe paint is,
lhe better the paint is.” His paints of choice are
Japan colors (available from TJ. Ronan Paint
Corp.. 749 E. 135th Street. Bronx. NY 10454/
717-292-1100). Preferred by sign painters and
available in a variety of colors, lhe paints stay
wet long enough for him to apply another
color over one just put down on the surface.
Wing feathers, color patches, spotting and
speckling are all details that have wet paints
applied over other wet paints. The technique is
not possible w'ith acrylics, he adds.
He does not thin his paints very much. But
adding boiled linseed oil to lhe paint will give
a decoy a shine, he says.
Charles points to a full size standing mallard
he recently painted. Once the paints were
mixed and the brushes were ready, he says he
completely painted lhe bird in just 10 minutes.
Charles Jobes Decoys is
located at 855 Otsego
Street, Havre de Grace.
Maryland 21078/ 410’939’
3005.
If you are interested in the
history' of decoys, you can
visit the Havre de Grace
Decoy Museum located at
215 Giles Street. Call 410’
939-3739 for information.
For one of the largest
concent ration of decoys on
the East Coast, visit the
Wildlife Art and Sportsman
Decoy Festival held each
May at various locations in
Havre de Grace. Thousands
of decoys are for sale. For
further information, contact
the Havre de Grace Decoy
Museum at 410-939-3739.
Also available from the
museum is an informative
book entitled R. Madison
Mitchell: His Life and
Decoy s by Charles Lee
Robbins.
The Future
Charles is one of over a dozen men in Havre
de Grace alone making wooden birds. Many
others are doing lhe same along lhe lengthy
shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay. It is a pro-
fession that he will keep alive into the next
century’. And now that one of his young sons is
learning to carve, another generation w ill be
added to lhe tradition of making decoys 
Quarter sizt .ntnqu
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been shaped on a duplicating lathe.
he removes excess wood with the bandsaw.
sanding a body smooth.
Further shaping and refinement of a head is done with a
He brings the head to a 2-in diameter drum sander for fin-
knife
ish sanding.
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lhe base of lhe neck on a 4-in. wide continuous belt
sander.
wood with a drawknife.
After he draws lhe outline of lhe neck on the body, he
brings lhe body lo (he 6-in diameter drum sander to take
away wood right to lhe outline
base coal. This standing mallard was previously primed,
and the wing patches, consisting of a light purple and a
medium green, were painted lhe night before He now
applies Rustoleum™ gray
body.
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white.
paint as interrupted lines.
for feather details to the back.
The wing feathers take a base coat of white.
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CARVING A TAGUA NUT
John Mtgnoin is a profes-
sional nvodtarrn, classical
musnian and tiee propagator
He Lind Ins father hare been
hardwood growers and propa-
gators for over years Hi
has hct n earring piofessional-
ly since 1що John lirrs in
East Meadow, Long I land,
New York.
Tagua nuts are the seeds of a tropical palm
tree. Also known as vegetable ivory, the nuts were
once used for buttons before the development of
plastics. While they are certainly not a part of
“mainstream" woodcarving, they do fit in with
such items as cottonwood bark, roots, burls and
coconut husks. These are all parts of trees, so
they qualify as media for woodcarvers.
WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED* FALL 199S
CARVING A TAGUA NUT
79
How can an ivory-like seed that typically measures
I I/2 in. in diameter he added to lhe woodcarver’s
palette? First, lhe nut can he carved to make a small fig-
ure. Check out netsukes to see how lhe Japanese create
liny figures. Second, it can he utilized as an enhance-
ment lo a larger carving—the local point of a caned
necklace or headdress, for example. Or it can he turned
into a name stamp.
The idea for making a name stamp came about
as I was using some of my Japanese gouges. In Japan it
is common for people to have name stamps that are
both practical and ornamental. These are usually made
of elephant ivory or other precious materials; and they
can he highly embellished and cost quite a hit of
money. Very expensive stamps are a status symbol.
How did I come up with my design? When I stud-
ied several tagua nuts. I noticed that one "side" is usual-
ly flatter than the rest of lhe nut. This. I realized, could
he flattened to fashion the stamping end. After cutting
into several nuts and realizing that many have a cavity. I
decided to take away as little material as was necessary
and let the handle follow the natural shape of lhe nut.
Holding onto the nut presented some problems.
Although I let myself he photographed holding lhe nut
in my bare hands. I would recommend a carver s glove
or a holding fixture like a woodworker’s vise When
using grinding tools or handtools, it is best lo keep lhe
fingers protected, especially w hen working on some-
thing that measures only a couple of inches in length.
A tagua nut can be carved with just handtools,
but that is a slow and laborious process. The nut is a lit-
tle harder than some of lhe rosewoods I have carved,
hut it is much more brittle. These are good justifications
for using grinding tools.
Somewhere I had read that soaking a tagua nut
softens it for carving. W hen I soaked my first tagua nut
in waler, it began to rot after only a few days. Keep the
nut dry.
I started by bandsaw mg away a section of lhe nut
to produce a flat surface. But to make that surface per-
fectly flat—the nut won’t stamp properly if it isn’t—I
prepared an abrasive surface. I did this by putting sand-
paper on a machined metal plate. A table saw top will
also work as will a piece of plate glass. Starting with 80
grit sandpaper. I began rubbing lhe flat area. I made
sure that I was gelling an area approximately 3/4 in. to
I in. in diameter. Once I had this much surface flat-
tened. I worked with finer and finer grit until I reached
320 grit. Finer grit than that is not necessary.
Now that 1 had a smooth, flat area lo work w ith. I
developed m\ design: a logo that included my initials
JFM. 1 put a border around JFM because this is lhe
design of traditional Japanese stamps. I next trans-
ferred lhe design lo tracing paper. But I had lo reverse
lhe logo since stamps are reversed. I simply turned lhe
tracing paper over and drew over lhe pencil lines that
showed through
Unfortunately, carbon paper docs not work well
with a tagua nut because of lhe smoothness and waxy
feel of lhe cut surface. So I copied my border—the logo
came later so that I wouldn't smear it while grinding—
using a soft pencil. I was now ready lo start shaping
lhe nut w ith power tools.
My choice for a grinding tool is a flexible shaft
power tool. Even though any type of grinding tool may
be used, a flexible shape tool is the only type I own. It
would be interesting to try an air-powered tool on a
tagua nut. Using a 1/2 in. cone-shaped carbide bit. I
removed lhe shell casing. With that gone. I could then
draw the shape of the handle. My design incorporated
hues 1 have seen in acanthus leaf carving. What resulted
are three curling fronds that express motion and depth.
The handle runs the length of lhe nut and it has to
be raised f rom the rest of the nut and undercut.
Grinding al a medium speed and using a light touch in a
back and forth movement is best. Because of lhe tagua
nut's hardness, pressing too much will catch the bit and
throw lhe nut out of my hand.
After roughing out lhe handle and grinding mater-
ial away to 1/16 in. of lhe border. 1 switched to a 1/4 in.
cone-shaped carbide bit. This bit comes to a point and
is sometimes listed in catalogs as flame-shaped. With
this smaller bit I worked on deepening and refining the
handle. I also deepened a hole at one end of the nut and
added two lines extending from the hole lo about
halfway up the handle. This added to the acanthus-like
motif I wanted to copy.
With the handle detailed. I drew my reverse ini-
tials inside lhe border. 1 then switched to a 1/8 in. diam-
eter carbide burr. After some experimenting. I found
that the best way lo remove the material around lhe let-
ters was not to use lhe point Instead. I brought the bit
down horizontally, slowing lowering it onto lhe areas to
be ground away. When I tried using the point, it was
impossible to be precise because I could not control it
well.
After removing as much material as I could w ith
lhe burr. I needed to do some cleanup and tine tuning. 1
chose a 1/8 in. pointed diamond bit. It was particularly
useful inside my script letter J. Grinding to a depth of
1/16 in. was enough.
Before doing my final cleanup. 1 completely cov-
ered my logo and border w ith a soft pencil This made
it extremely easy to see exactly what I had to cut away.
80
CARVING A TAGUA NUT
WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED* FALL 1998
To accomplish even more line tuning around the letters
and bolder. I used a small skew chisel. I he lool easily
removed small slices ol the nut Even though the skew can be
a ver) accurate lool. I slill had lo be careful with it because
ol the brittleness ol ihe nut.
Fagua mils polish to a beautiful luster I sanded the
handle with a coarse 100 grit and worked my way to 320 grit
sandpaper For a finish I applied polyurethane, which is
more resistant lo ihe sweat and oils of my hands than other
finishes I used water-based polyurethane to avoid the lighl
amber color of the oil-bases varnishes. Either finish will
impede ihe natural oxidation of the nut. which turns il to a
light brown. 
г MATERIALS LISTn
TOP VIEW
TAGUA NUT INK STAMP PATTERN
SIDE VIEW
Tools Used
Flexible shaft power tool
1/2 in. diameter cone-shaped carbide cutter
1/4 in. diameter cone-shaped carbide bit
1/8 in. diameter carbide burr
1/8 in. diameter sharply pointed diamond bit
Small skew chisel
Finishing Materials
100, 150, 220. 320 grit sandpaper
water-based polyurethane
Sources forTagua Nuts
Constantine
2050 Eastchester Road
Bronx, NY 10461
1 -800-223-8087
CraftWoods
P.O. Box 527
Timonium. MD 21094-0527
1-800-468-7070
Treeline
1305 East 1120 South
Provo, Utah 84606
1-800-598-2743
Woodcraft
210 Wood County Industrial Park
PO Box 1686
Parkersburg, WV 26102-1686
1-800-225-1153
FROND END VIEW
HOLE END VIEW
PUT YOUR
LOGO HERE
LOGO SIDE VIEW
LOGO
BORDER
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CARVING A TAGUA NUT
81
to slab oil a piece with the bandsaw I then sand the
exposed surface using a plate of machined steel and differ-
ent grit sandpaper
mu Note that I have lhe initials m reverse because this i>
a stamp that I am designing.
diameter cone-shaped carbide bit I also remove the shell
with the bit
mg at one end Use a light touch, methodically
moving the bit in a back and forth motion
CARVING A TAGUA NUT
WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED* FALL 1998
a grip on lhe handle.
diameter flame-shaped carbide hit
Most tagua nuts have a hole I deepen this for some inter-
est and cut in the two lines that emanate from it with the
I/4 in carbide hit
tened areas
WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED- FALL 1998
CARVING A TAGUA NUT
83
I remove Ihe waste around the initials using a I/8 in
diameter carhide bun
For more cleanup around (he initials. I switch to a I/8 in
diameter pointed diamond hit
lo darken lhe logo This allows me to heller clean up
around lhe letters and perimeter because I can more easily
see what must not he removed.
only tool I have found that cleanly takes away small sh\
ers of waste
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SEPTMBER
September 19-20 12th Annual
"Sculptures & Designs in Wood" Show
& Sale. GREENVILLE, SC. Cash and
ribbons awarded Sponsored by Piedmont
Wood Carvers Club. Contact: Larry
Goodson at (864) 877-8042 or Richard
Teeter at (864) 845-7235.
September 19-20 13th Annual
Canadian Wildlife Carving
Championships. Wye Marsh Wildlife
Center. MIDLAND. ON CANADA.
Sponsored by Wye Marsh Association of
Woodcarvers in conjunction with Wye
Marsh Festival Contact: Al Rabjohn al
Wye Marsh Wildlife Center. PO Box
100. Midland. ON L4R 4K6 CANADA.
(705) 526-7809 Fax. (705) 526-3294
September 19-20 14th Annual North
Jersey Woodcarvers' Show. Sale &
Competition. Parsippany Police Athletic
League. PARSIPPANY, NJ Hours: 10-
5 Cash awards, demos, and door prizes.
Contact: Jerry Certrulo. 18 Cayuga Ave..
Rockaway. NJ 07866 Phone: (973) 625-
2543.
September 19-20 Annual Fall Show at
lhe Wilderness Center. WILMONT, OH
From Saturday 10-4:30; Sunday 1 4:30.
Demos and rattles. Exhibits of participat-
ing club members only. All proceeds
benefit lhe Wilderness Center Wood
Carvers Club. Contact Wanda Wending
al 462 Jackson Avenue. Brewster. OH
44613. Phone: (330) 767-3302.
September 19-20 Central Coast
Woodcarvers 21 st Annual Show. Coast
Union High School. CAMBIA, CA
Open 10-5 Saturday. 10-4 Sunday. $1
donation (under 12 free). Premier
Carving Exhibition of lhe Central Coast.
More than 80 woodcarvers from
California and elsewhere exhibiting,
demonstrating, competing in carving
contests, both days Drawing for donated
carvings. Tools, supplies, carvings avail-
able for sale Show Contact Pal Rygh.
Show Chairman, at 2625 Rodman. Los
Osos. CA 93402. Information on wood-
carving classes, times and meeting places
of 50 woodcarving chapters throughout
California Call lhe California Carving
Guild Museum and Gallery in San
Simeon. CA lor more information (805)
927-4718 or (805) 528 8107.
September 19-20 Dow neast Wood
C !!!'_• and Wildlife Art Show. Wells
Junior High School Gym. WELLS, ME.
Sponsored bx the Maine Wood Carvers
Assoc. Featured carver Distinguished
Santa and caricature carver George
Gunning of W indsor. ME Entries tor the
competition must be made on Friday.
Oct 18 from 5-9; Sal. morning. Oct. 19
from 7-9. Consists of all types of carv-
ing: realistic, decorative, interpretive,
relief, chip, feather, walking slicks, fish,
antique reproductions, fancy and plain
slicks. Also includes an art competition
of w ildlife. Novice, intermediate, open
and youth levels. Money and prizes in
open level. Contact: Lou Wilcox al PO
Box 66, Palermo. ME 04354. E-mail:
bylou@juno.com
September 19-20 12th Annual "Magic
in Wood" Wood Carving Show.
Hendricks County Community Center at
Hendricks County Fairgrounds.
DANVILLE, IN Sponsored by lhe
Circle City Carvers. Deadline for entries;
August 15, 1998. Contact: Ron Kern at
(317) 253-2523 or Sue Kraft at (317)
290-9257.
September 19-20 St. Charles Area
Woodcarvers Annual "Wonders of
Wood." St. Peters Cultural An Center
(just west of St. Louis). ST. PETERS,
MO. Contact: Delores Kley at (314) 741-
5615.
September 25-27 Good Wood IX. Elks
Club, BILLINGS, MT. Contact Eugene
Lundhagen at 1312 Alkali Creek.
Billings. MT 59105. Phone: (406) 252-
7574 or Daw n Sherseth al 5775
Creek view Dr.. Shepard. MT 59079;
(406)373-9116.
September 26-27 - Great Lakes Wood
Carvers' 21st Annual Exhibit. Cleveland
Metro Parks Rocky River Nature Center.
NORTH OLMSTEAD, OH. Hours
Saturday 10:30-5; Sunday 9:30-4:30.
Contact Bob Bow man at (440) 238-8991
ore-mail: RB 101RB@aol.com
September 26-27 Quilceda Carvers'
13th Artistry in Wood. Evergreen Stale
Fairgrounds. MONROE, WA. Featuring
Ugly Cowboy Contest Many cash prizes,
ribbons and certificates to award.
Contact Mary Purcell al 21819 123rd
Ave. NE, Arlington. WA 98223. Phone:
(360) 435 3459 Or Charlie Ricketts at
(360) 435-5413 Or Nancy March at
(360)629-2710
September 26-27 Columbus Chippers
26th Annual Show. Beightler Armory
(north side of Columbus). COLUMBl S,
OH. Contact: Ruth Westbrook at 3517
Bremen St.. Columbus. OH 43224
Phone: (614) 267-6242 or Paul Herbeck
al (614) 268-9603 E-mail:
pherbeck@aol.com
September 26-27 Regina Whitllers &
Woodcarvers Fourth Annual Show and
Competition. Howard Johnson Hotel.
REGINA, SK CANADA. Junior.
Novice. Intermediate and Open classes in
all categories. Contact Boh Dawson at
2710 Truesdale Dr E.. Regina, SK S4V
0W6. Phone: (306) 789-2945.
September 27 - 10th Annual Valley
Carvers’ Show. Sale. Juried Competition.
Mam Lodge at Starved Rock Slate Park.
UTICA, IL. Contact: David
Rmkenburger al 4 Old Orchard Ln .
Streator. IL 61364 Phone: (815) 672-
7101.
OCTOBER
October 2-4 - Annual Chesapeake
Wildfowl Expo, Ward Museum. SALIS-
BURY, MD. Contact: Jane Rollins at
(410) 742-4988 ext. 106
October 2-4 Dollywood Seventh
Annual Woodcan ing Showcase.
Dolly wood Themepark. PIGEON
FORGE, TN. Open and intermediate
divisions in wildfowl, fish, caricatures,
realistic, chip, walking sticks, and almost
anything else. Cash awards and prizes.
Registration deadline: August 15, 1998.
Entries accepted on Friday morning. Oct.
2 8-8:30. Contact Carole Williams al
2621 Reagan Rd.. Knoxville. TN 37931
Phone: (423)691-1855.
October 2-4 - Spokane Carvers'
Association 9th Annual Juried Show &
Sale. Building 6 of Spokane Community
College. SPOKANE, WA. Special cate-
gory for Happiest Halloween carving.
Contact: Don Bowen at I 1313 40lh.
Spokane. WA 99202. (509) 891-6931 or
Tim Rahman at (509) 244-3467.
October 3 - Granite Slate Woodcarvers
exhibit & sales. Bow Community
Building. BOW, NH From 9-3. Free
admission. Snack bar. Contact: Ken
Brannock al (603) 224-4820.
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October 3-4 - Tannehill Woodcarver’s
13th Annual Show & Sale. Tannehill
Historical Stale Park (between
Birmingham and Tuscaloosa). TAN-
NEHILL, AL. Contact: Carl Wiggins at
(205) 979- Illi or Jimmy Cummings al
(205) 833-7239.
October 3-4 - "Wonders of
Woodcarving” Show. Civic Center.
ORLAND PARK, IL. Sponsored by the
South Suburban Chiselers Carvers Club
and Midwest Carvers Museum. Contact:
Midwest Carvers Museum at (708) 331-
6011.
October 4 - Badger Stale Carvers
.Annual hall Show/Sale and Judged
Competition. Cannel Health Care &
Rehabilitation Center. GREENFIELD,
WI. Hours: I 1-4 Contact: Sue Danielson
at 2327 N. 82nd St.. Wauwatosa. WI
53219. Phone: (414) 774-4921
October 10-11 Chattanooga Wood
Carvers "Wonders in Wood” Show.
Northgate Mall. CHATTANOOGA, TN.
Hours Saturday IO-9pm; Sunday 12:30-
6pm Whittling Contest on Saturday
Contact: Bill Wagner at 1825 Rock Bluff
Rd.. Hixon. TN 37343. Phone. (423)
842-7981.
October 10-11 Woodcarvers of
Northwest Arkansas 21st Annual Show
& Sale. Rogers Youth Center. ROGERS,
AR. Purchase prizes and judged competi-
tions. Contact: Ruben Stettnisch at 32
Walney Dr.. Bella Vista. AR 72715.
Phone: (501) 855-9271. Or Ray &
Margaret Claywell al (417) 826-5046.
October 10-11 - Lower Columbia
Woodcarver's Show. McClelland Art
Center. LONGVIEW, WA. Contact
Frank Snedden at 112 Stout Rd..
Silverlake. WA 98645. Phone (360) 274-
9246.
October 11 - North Suburban Carvers
16th Annual ’’Artistry In Wood"
Exhibition/Sale/Competition. Forest
View Educational Center. ARLINGTON
HEIGHTS, IL From 9-4. Demos, raffle,
vendors, chanty ornament sale Featured
artist: J.R. Cadawas. Contact: Marc)
Samal at 5360 N. Pioneer. Chicago. IL
60656 Phone: (773) 763-1788.
October 11 - Fourth Annual Tn Count)
Woodcarvers Show. L AW Hall.
SALINE, ML Limited space available
and no competition. People's Choice
award. Free admission Contact; Andrew
Luckhardl al 6488 Hollowtree Ct..
Saline. Ml 48176. Phone: (734) 429-
2882.
October 17-18 - Kingsville Migration
Festival Wood Carving Show &
Competition. KINGSVILLE. ON
CANADA Hosted by the Windsor Wood
Carving Museum. Contact Julie
Lawrence at (519) 077-0823 for phone &
fax; e-mail: woodcarv@MNSi.net
October 17 - Northwest Iowa
Woodcarvers' Club Fall Show &
Competition. Market Place Mall. SIOUX
CITY, IA From 10-4. Contact: Lynn
Watson at 2400 S. Palmetto St.. Sioux
City. 1A 51106. Phone: (712) 276-8880
October 17-18 19th Annual Can ing
Show. Malvern Community &
Recreation Centre. SCARBOROUGH,
ON CANADA. Sponsored by the
Ontario Wood Carvers Association.
Contact Don Svvenor at (416) 757-7909
oi James Craig at (905) 886-2089 or Don
Martin al (519) 843-6309.
October 17-18 - Northern Virginia
Carvers’ 24th Annual Woodcarving
Show. Elks Lodge. FAIRFAX, VA.
Carving demos, whittling contests,
judged competition, sales & more. $4
admission. Contact Mike Parker at (703)
680-1194; e-mail: knifecut@juno.com Or
Hank Cloutier at (703) 430-1222; e-mail:
FLTENGC118@aol.com Or John
Sullivan (703) 368-8621; e-mail: jsul-
ly@gte.net
October 17-18- Rock River Carvers
18th Annual Show. Northland Mall.
STERLING, IL From Sat 9-9; Sun
Noon-5. Set-up on Friday, Oct 16 from
4pm-5:30pm Contact: Laurel Myers at
28145 Thome Rd.. Rock Falls. IL 61071
Phone: (815)625-6826.
October 17-18 - St. Lawrence
Woodcarvers Annual Show and Sale.
BROCKVILLE, ON CANADA Open
competition in all major categories.
Floating decoy competition on Oct. 18.
Contact: Larry Whytock at (613) 342-
1917.
October 17-18 - William Rush
Woodcarvers’ 15th Annual Woodcarving
& Wildlife Art Show & Sale. Penn Stale
University/Delaware Co Campus. L1M \
(MEDIA). PA. Competition open to all.
Contact: Fred Diehl al 668 Parish Rd .
Swarthmore. PA 19801-1007 Phone
(610) 328-2138
October 17-18 - Seventh Annual
Onondaga Woodcarvers Show & Sale.
Beaver Lake Nature Center. BALD-
WINSVILLE, NY Hours Saturday 10-
5. Sunday 10-4 Competition open to
club members only Contact Judy
Tow send at (315) 668-6727
October 18 Woodcarvers of
Frankenmuth I Ith Annual Show.
Frankenmuth High School FRANKEN-
MUTH. Ml Contact Dana Roberts at
777 Patterson Rd.. Midland. Ml 48640
Pht me (517) 837 -9678 or e- mat I
DanaCR@aol.com Or Clifford Hornfeld
al 4576 Murphy Lake Rd . Millington.
Ml 48746 Phone (517)871 2110
October 22-25 ’Reflections of Nature
1998" Eighth Annual Wildlife Art
Competition & Expo. Saskatoon Inn.
SASKATOON. SK CANADA.
Sponsored by the Saskatchewan Wildlife
Art Association Features over 500
entries by painters, carvers, sculptors,
photographers, and junior artists For all
levels of artists Open competition with
cash prizes. Trade booths available.
Contact: Ray Thiel al (306) 242-2332 or
e-mail Sheri mailto.sgordonta sk sympa
tico.ca Or David
mailto:david.yanciw@sk.sympaticu.ca
Or PO Box 9513. Saskatoon. SK S7K
7GL
October 24-25 - Kickapoo Karvers 17th
Annual Show. Ramada Inn (1-74 al exit
220. Lynch Spur). DANVILLE, IL
Ribbuns and SI.075 in cash prizes
Contact: William Beasley at 1809
Adams. Tilton. IL 61833 Phone (217)
443-6224
October 24-25 Conewago Carvers
Woodcarving & Wildlife Art Show. East
Berlin Community Center. EAST
BERLIN, PA Sal 10-5. Sun 10-4. S3
admission (free for children under 12)
Includes flat art. silent auction, raffle,
door prizes Featured artist Jett Phares
Contact: Larry Woods (weekdays after 5)
al 5 Briar Cl.. Dillsburg. PA 17109
Phone (717)432-0837
October 24-25 Woodbee Woodcarvers
Fourth Annual "Wonders m Wood
Show/Sale/Compeliiion. Premiere
Center. IRON MOI N I AIN. ML
Contact. Woodbee Wood Carvers at PO
Box 251. Iron Mountain. Ml 49801
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WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED- FALL 1998
October 24-25 - Colorado Carvers
Annual Show/Competition/Sale,
Jefferson Counts Fairgrounds. GOLD-
EN. CO. Free admission. On-site park-
ing lor motorhomes and trailers. Contact.
Jane Moore at 10167 W. Oregon PL.
Lakewood, CO 80232 Phone: (302) 985-
7964.
October 25 Tn-City Carvers 11 th
Annual Competition & Show. Delta
College University Center. SAGINAW.
Ml Hours Saturday 10-4:30. Featured
carvei Harold Enlow. Contact: Bud
Bowers al 3874 N Perrine. Midland. Ml
48640 Phone: (517) 835-6447.
October 30-31- Mustang Draw
Woodcarvers Club of West Texas Eighth
Annual Show & Sale. Ector County
Coliseum Building A. ODESS \, TX.
Hours Friday 10-6; Saturday 9-6. Dave
Dunham from Cleburne. TX will be
judging Held in conjunction with the
Harvest Time Fair Contact: George
Vaughn at P() Box 9713. Midland. TX
79708 Phone (9151 689-9629
October 31-November I - North
Carolina Decoy Wildlife Expo. Dixie
Classic Fairgrounds Education Building.
W INS TON-SALEM, NC. Set up on
Friday. Oct. 30 from noon-6. Featured
carver: Mike Stipanvich Auctions, ral-
lies. center piece display, seminars, gun-
ning and canvass decoy competition,
children's carving & painting contest, etc
Contact show directors: Sonny Copeland
al (3361 643-1367 or fax: (336) 643-
0636; e-mail: Decoy(g Sonny Prod com
Or Karl Rancer al (336) 548-6601 or fax
(336) 548-6599. e-mail;
NCDECOY(« JUNO.COM Web Site
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October 31-November 1 13lh Annual
Woodcarvers' Show, Sander Farm and
Craft Village. ARCHBOLD, OH.
Special guest renowned birdcarver &
teacher Al Ponte. Phone (800) 590-9755
October 31-November I 19th Annual
South Jersey Woodcarving Show. St
Luke's Parish Hall. STR Al ORD, NJ.
Benefits the Knights of Columbus
Council #7800 Chanties Hours
Saturday 10-5. Sunday 10-4
Woodcarvers from New Jersey.
Delaware. Pennsylvania. Mary land &
Virginia exhibit and sell their carvings
Whittling contest and rattle. Judged com-
petition in several categories. S3 admis-
sion (free lor children under 12) Snack
bar Contact Bill Schade al (609) 881-
or Laura Kaighn al (609) 728-0816.
October 31-November I Western PA
Woodcarvers Fourth Annual Show.
Castle Shannon Volunteer Fire Dept..
CASTLE SHANNON, PA. Hand-carved
door prizes, carving exhibitions, demos,
and contests. $2 general admission; SI
seniors admission (free tor children
under 12). Exhibitor contact; G.P
Kraeuler at 6820 Madison Ave . West
Mifflin. PA 15122 Phone: (412) 466-
6661 Show contact: W Niedziela at 527
Lebanon Manor Dr. West Mifflin. PA
15122 Phone (412)469-2903.
NOVEMBER
November 7 - Falls Cities Woodcaning
Show. Zachary Taylor American Legion
Post 180. LOUISVILLE, KY. Hours
Ю-5. Contact Bob Rohlederat 1504
Paula Ct . Louisville. KY 40216 Phone:
(502) 366-8285
November 7-8 Fniilbeh Woodcarvers’
16th Annual Show. Cook Energy
Information Center. BRIDGEMAN, ML
Contact: David Sedlarik at 5261 Nancy
Ln . Three Rivers. Ml 49093. Phone:
(616)496-7567.
November 7-8 - Santa Mana Valley
Cavers I 3th Annual "Artistry in Wood
Show." Veterans Memorial Building.
SANTA MARI \, CA. Competition,
whittling contests, free feather burning,
raffles, etc Contact Bob Charmichael al
PO Box 5098. Santa Мала. CA 93456
November 12-14 East Texas
Woodcarvers' Wooden Wonderland. Tyler
Rose Garden Center, TYLER, TX. A
judged competition and sale.
Brochure/apphcalion available mid-July.
Contact: Greg Stephens al 1202
Horseshoe Dr . Lindale. TX 75771
Phone: (903) 882-6797
November 14 New England Wood
Carvers Annual Exhibit & Sale.
American Legion Hall. BEDFORD.
MA. Hours: 9-4 Free admission The
event will give carvers the opportunity to
submit carvings tor competition in vari-
ous categories Contact: Ken Brannock at
(603) 224-4820.
November 14-15 17th Artistry In
Wood Show Hara Arena. DAYTON,
OIL Sponsored by the Dayton Carvers
Guild Contact Ralph Moeller al 22
Temple Dr . Xenia. OH 45385 Phone
(513) 372-7726 Or Ray Kuntz at (937)
252-0778.
November 14-15 Northwest Carvers
18th Annual Show/Sale. Puy allup
Fairgrounds Pavilion. Pl YALLl P, WA.
Contact: Jim & Mary Madden at 2515 S.
92nd St.. Tacoma. WA 98409 Phone:
(253) 584-4569.
November 21-22 - 28th Woodcarving
Show & Sale. Rendezvous Center.
MESA, AZ Hours Saturday 10-5;
Sunday 10-4. Door prizes' Featuring
AWA's artist of lhe year: Cecil
Wakefield. Contact Pearl Wakefield al
(602)992-9892.
November 21-22 Lexington
Woodcarvers 14th Annual Show & Sale.
National Guard Armory. LEXINGTON,
KY. Contact Ralph Firestone at 420
Redding Rd #1101. Lexington. KY
40517 Phone: (606) 245-2834 or Debbie
Mynhier al 208 Owsley Ave . Lexington.
KY 40502 Phone: (606) 268-8613.
November 27-28 - Northern Colorado
Woodcarvers' Sixth Annual Show,
Lincoln Center. FOR I COLLINS, CO.
Contact Bill Freihauf al 401 Bobolink
CT.. Fort (’oilms. CO 80526 Phone:
(970) 223-0194
November 27-29 - Outaouais Wood
Carvers' 11 th Annual Canada’s Carving
Competition. Lansdowne Park.
OTTAWA, ON CANADA In conjunc-
tion with the Ottawa Wrood Show.
Contact: Gilles Henry at 48-H Sumac
Gloucester. ON Canada Phone (613)
746-6732.
November 28-29 - St Louis Area
Woodcarvers' Eighth Annual
Woodcarving & Woodworking
Show/Sale. Kirkwood Community
( enter. KIRKWOOD. MO. Contact
Art LaTumo al 7141 Circleview St . St
Louis. MO 63123. Phone. (314)481-
3419; or Richard Weilzmann al 38
Patterson Ct.. St. Louis. MO 63146
Phone (314) 872-7866
DECEMBER
December 6-8 Western Woodcarvers
Association Annual Christmas
Woodcarving Show. World Forestry
Center. PORTLAND, OR. Hours 10-5
Contact: Cris McBride at 1321 X St Apt
Bl. Vancouver. WA 98661 Phone (360)
906 1710
WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED* FALL 1998
NAME TAG CONTEST
87
Name Tag
Contest k..
MARTY
Carvers and name tags see to go together like sharp tools and knot-free wood. Not only
do name tags give us a reference, but they also show off the talents of the carvers by
displaying something creative, humorous or simply a carving interest. The premier issue of
Wood Carving Illustrated, Christmas 1997 featured a name tag how-to and a variety of tags
created by Long Island, New York carvers.
The staff of Wood Carving Illustrated invites you to enter the First Annual Name Tag
Contest. Send us the best snapshot of your entry with a brief explanation of what makes
your name tag special. We are looking for the unique, the clever, the catchy, the best designed
name tags.
Three prizes will be offered:
First Prize: $100 and a two-year subscription to Wood Carving Illustrated
Second Prize: $75 and a one-year subscription
Third Prize: $50 and a one-year subscription
Judging will be done by the staff of Wood Carving Illustrated Decisions will be based on
both originality and the quality of the photography. Winners will be notified by mail and the
name tag photos will be published in the Christmas 1999 issue. * (Sorry, Photos canot be returned)
The deadline for submissions is September 30,1999. Send your photos and descriptions to:
Name Tag Contest
Wood Carving Illustrated
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East Petersburg, PA 17520
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Л simple yet completeguide
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35 patterns tor artistic f ree
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You don 't have to he a
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10 characters -lumbermen,
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Over 200 designs for
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Carving
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Brilliant full color guide to
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Highly recommended.
Encyclopedia of Hird
Reference Draw ings
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An hit lispensc i1 de hai id book
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Carving Fish
Miniature Salt
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by Jim Jensen
Д combination step-by-step
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Relief Carving
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Carving the
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Animal Carving Books
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Carving Small Animals
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Carving
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Woodca rver's Workbook
14 patterns and step-by-step
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Can ing Caricature
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Desiree's caricature horses and
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Woodcarver's
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Instructions and patterns for Elk,
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Mammals: An Artistic Approach
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Simply the best, easiest guide to
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Carving Wooden Critters
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A great collection of patterns,
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Back by popular demand. This
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Santa carving western style. These
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Carving Blockheads
by Steve Prescott
Steve has come up with и real
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His bloc к head series starts from
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12different clowns to brighten your
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Ozark characters pattern book
12patterns including his
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Can ing Scrooge and
Dickens Christmas Carol
Figures
by Vincent Sgueglia
Beloved characters of Scrooge.
Tinv Tun. Bob Cratch it and
other from Dickens' book
brought to life in the excellent
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Carve each figure separately or
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CLASSIFIEDS
WOOD CARVING ILLUSTRATED* FALL 1998
Wood Cwrvmg
ILLUSTRATED
CLASSIFIEDS
CLASSES
CARVING CLASSES IN SOUTH-
WEST ELORIDA with ERNIE
MUEHI MATT. BOB GUGE and
DESIREE HAJNY. again, are being
offered al (he height of lhe 1999
Winter season There will be two
weeks of classes: January 24-29.
Bob will be carving the I/4 size
GREAT BLUE HERON, and Ernie
will carve lhe BURROWING OWL
Then. January 31-February 5. Ernie
will be carving a miniature
OSPREY, and Desiree will be carv-
ing lhe FLORIDA PANTHER (or
Cougar) with kittens. Class sizes
will be limited to I6 carvers. Cost
will be $550, which includes a $50
deposit, refundable until December
I Wooden blanks eyes and casts or
carved models will be furnished
Attractive accommodations have
been arranged at the Admiral Lehigh
Golf Resort in Lehigh Acres, outside
of Fort Myers Contact Jean and Joe
McClure 9890 El Greco Circle.
Bonita Springs. FL 34135. Phone:
(941)992-7897 In Canada, call
Richard Blake at (613) 336-8887.
IVAN WHILLOCK teaches year-
round workshops in his professional
woodcarving studio for serious stu-
dents of the art Brochure: 122 NE
1st Ave.. Fairbault. MN 55021. Call:
800-882-9379.
Painting Workshop Teacher: Erwin
Flewelling. Held at Sjoholm Inn. W.
Falmouth. MA. November 13. 14.
15. 1998. Class will be painting a
cardinal casting. Call: 800-498-5706
for details
Decoy Carving: Learn lo carve a
working decoy with award winning
Denis Hruza. Bring your own tools.
Materials available from instructor.
Classes meet in Toms River. NJ.
Wed. nights/Spring & Fall (732)
505-5570
CLUBS
28th Annual Midwestern
Woodcarvers Show. Nov. 7-8. Belle
Clair Expo Hall. Belleville. IL.
People’s Choice Award. Whittlin’
contest. Contact: Don Deitz. 250
Ross Ln.. Bellville. IL 62220.
Phone: (618)235-1003.
Migration Festival in Kingsville. ON
in Oct. 17-18. 1998. Hosted by
Windsor Wood Carving Museum.
Wood Carving show and competi-
tion. Contact Julie Lawrence al (519)
077-0823 phone & fax. e-mail:
woodcarv @ M NSi .Net
New England Woodcarvers Retreat.
October 9-12. 1998 al lhe University
of RI. Formal carving classes, room,
board $175. Contact: Ray Johnson
15 Teecomwas Dr., Uncasville. CT
06382. Phone: (860)848-8194.
Northern Colorado Woodcarvers' 6th
Annual Show/Sale on November 27-
28. Lincoln Center, Ft. Collins. CO.
Judging by Scott Yablonski and Jack
Bayman Contact: Eva Cammack at
(970) 224-9516. email:
maceva@ frii.com
St. Louis Area Woodcarvers Sth
Annual Show on November 28-29.
1998. Al the Kirkwood Community
Center. For information: Richard
Weilzman al 38 Patterson Ct., St.
Louis. MO 63146-5512. Phone:
(314) 872-7866
BASS ROCK GALLERY IN
NORTH BERWICK. SCOTLAND.
Tel. 01 620 89 2224. Show and sale,
quality, award winning carvings by
BDWC and NWCA members.
Wooden items by Scottish craftsmen.
Other work by well known local
artists and craftspeople. A warm wel-
come to lhe return of our North
American friends and new visitors.
Carroll Carvers 8th Annual
International Festival of Carving.
October 3-4. 1998 on Sat. 10-5. Sun.
10-4. At Carroll County Agricultural
Center in Westminster. MD. Contact:
Ron Clements al (301) 854-0067.
Dave Grote al (410) 374-6521 Fax:
(410) 374-3150. E-mail:
ollis@cci.infi.net
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Many satisfied customers; references
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CANADA S MOST COMPLETE
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CARVER SHARP™: Sharpen your
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Carver Sharp does it all. sharpens
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Enjoy carving more with sharp tools.
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CARVING SUPPLIES & CLASS-
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Mainard, 673 Hwy 165. Branson.
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Or HCR 3. Box 432 N. Lampe. MO
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CARVING WOODS: High quality
Basswood. Butternut, Cedar, Pine
comfortable retail facility/mail
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Timber Company, Rte 10. Lyme.
MH 03768. Phone: (603) 795-4534
STONY BROOK CUSTOM SAW-
ING: Supplying air-dried carving
stock in basswood, butternut, white
pine, white cedar. Live edge relief
boards, native burls, thin stock. Will
cut to size. The unusual request is
always welcome. Please include
phone number when writing. Bruce
B. While. Stony Brook Custom
Sawing. 632 While Road. Eden. VT
05652. (802)635-22294.
STUARTS WOODCARVERS SUP-
PLY al 107- 180ih Ave.. Kirkwood.
IL 61447. Phone: (309)768-2607.
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SPECIALTY ITEMS
Basswood boy scout neckerchief
slide carving blanks. Send SASE for
catalog. Contact: Herbert J. Cast at
6924 Barkley. Overland Park. KS
66204-1447
CAROUSEL HORSES. 5 scroll-
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out on these classics! Send $5.95 to
E.S.F. Designs. PO Box 92427, City
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Phil’s Phun Phactory
"In search of the perfect hiking
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stuff. Custom carved creations al
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114. Washington Grove. MD 20880.
(301)926-3945
Specializing in needle an and object
framing. Elegant Framing will frame
your cherished carvings. Size no
problem. Contact: Elegant Framing.
345 Villa Court. Oshawa. ON
CANADA L1J 6Y3. E-mail:
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WOOD CARVING ROUGHOLTS.
Silver dollar size and larger. Unique
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Contemporary, new age, traditional
Brochure $1.00. Refund coupon
Skolszan Wood. RD I. В195 A.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Looking for a pattern and instruc-
tions for hand carving a lighthouse.
Thanks! Naomi Bryant, PO Box 980
Penney Farms. FL 32079-0980
Unusual Club Patch available from
Greater New York Wood Carvers.
Features Lady Liberty. For yours,
send $5 (US) to Harry Norton al 82-
27 226 St.. Floral Park. NY 11004-
1722. SASE appreciated.
Wish to purchase used reference,
carving, pictorial books on any type
of birds. Also, used issues of
Wildfowl Carving and Collecting
magazines. Contact: Gerald San
Felice. 8100 W. Lake Road.
Fairview, PA 16415. (814) 474-3204.
Wanted: I am interested in a pocket
knife suitable for general carving.
Please call: (716) 773-4806 with a
description, price, and phone #.
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