SCAWC Newsletter

Our 15th annual show is scheduled on Sept 18th and 19th at the St. Peters Community and Art Center. The show is open to all woodcarvers and vendors. It is presented to provide a public learning experience, to encourage the further pursuit of our art form, and to provide the opportunity for fellowship with fellow woodworkers. Applications and additional information on the show may be obtained by contacting: Charles W. Sapp; 771 Meadow Cliff Drive; St. Charles, MO 63303 or calling 636-928-0149 or emailing Charlie at charles@thesapps.com.

Carvers that are working on the friendship cane are asked to have at least 8 completed by the first meeting in September so the canes can be displayed at the annual show. There are nine carvers participating so you will need 8 carvings to trade. Rather than shorten the cane, you can fill in the remaining spots with your work until others get theirs completed to trade.

The John Engler seminar is Nov 19-21, 2004. The cost is $75 + blanks. The roster is quickly filling up so if you are interested, contact Pres. Mitchell.

Pres. Mitchell is checking on interest in the fall festival in OFallon. Let him know if you are interested.

New member: Douglas Osgood joined the club. Doug found out about the club when we had a display at the Festival of the Little Hills. He has a cougar in work.

Charlie Mitchell and Charlie Sapp will be offering carving classes at the St. Peters Community and Art Center this fall for beginners and intermediate carvers. If you know of anyone that is interested have them contact the Art Center or one of the Charlie's.

John Bouchillon showed a Santa that he painted with a technique from Woodcarving Illustrated. A base coat of yellow is used on the hair area then covered with white paint. His carving is shown in the show case below. The yellow undercoat gives an inner glow to the hair.

How many times have you read a carving book and said “I’ve know that tip for a long time?” Well here is your chance to share what you have learned with new (and old) club members. Send me your tip of the month to share. I will even give you credit for the tip.

Its time to pay your dues for 2004; $10. Contact the Membership Chairman, Charles Sapp, or Treasurer Bob Craven. Club patches are available from Bob Craven for $5. Unpaid carvers will be carved from the roster. As long as we have "past members" with unpaid accounts, you will continue to see this reminder.

John Bouchillon

Affiliations: St. Charles Area Woodcarvers, National Wood Carvers Association, Mid America Wood Carvers, and The Belleville Holzschnitzers.

Background: I retired in 1993, after 33 years as an Electronics Engineer in Army Aviation. I started woodcarving when I retired, with classes in basic woodcarving and tool sharpening. I continued with seminars sponsored by our club and added more advanced classes by Jeff Phares, Debbie Edwards, Gerald Sears, John Engler, Doane and Silver Dollar City.

Awards: I have several Best of Show awards and numerous Blue ribbons from our annual Wonders of Wood Show. I also won the Class B Peoples Choice Award in 2003.

Interests: I enjoy all forms of woodcarving, turning, burning, and working. In addition, I enjoy computers, stained glass, photography, model aviation, and tool making and Blacksmithing.

Thoughts: The old saying, “Only wimps use sharp tools, push harder” is always good for a laugh, but that’s about all. The most important thing you can do for your carving enjoyment is to use sharp tools. The second most important thing is to learn to recognize a sharp tool. Third, learn how to create one.

Ohmagosh Itsabear, 5' 11" tall, pine, sealed with TWP.

When you have an item for show and tell, please get my attention before you leave (presuming that I remember to bring the camera). If you have a digital picture of your work, send it to me for publishing.

A #3 Wood duck carved by Charles Sapp. This was bound to happen when a duffer loses a golf ball near a duck nest.	This is a fixture that Russ Sears made to accurately and quickly index and drill spoke holes for his hand crafted cars.	Walnut carving by Mike Simpson.


Relief carving in an egg by Ann Bosley.	Burned and carved plate by Dee Kley.	Hombre carved by Don Bosley. An interesting feature of this work is that the hombre's bald head (not shown) is part of his sombero.

Carving by Mike Simpson out of walnut from a barn. If you look in the lower left hand corner you can see a wasp nest that Mike retained in the carving.	Eagle head on a walking stick carved by Ray Plodzien.	Dee Kley completed her camp out relief carving similar to John Bouchillon's above with a barn and leaves. Sorry Dee, but I did not get a picture of it.