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Table of Contents: Club News Coming Events Show and Tell Recommended Resources Dues Reminder Seminars Meeting Location Member Web Page Update

Club News: The club is now meeting twice a month - the first and third Wednesdays at 7pm!      There was a lot of activity since the last newsletter. The club was involved in Lions Club's Oktoberfest at Frontier Park on the St. Charles Riverfront on September 26, 27 and 28. Bob Bierman hosted a three day seminar on October 17-19. We have a number of pictures of members from the club meetings and show and tell pictures from out local club members as well as our Washington member. Also be sure to check out the resources section for wood sources and online carving instruction. There has been an additional resource added since the last newsletter. Wyatt Sample The Arts Council of St. Charles County participated in the Lions Club's Oktoberfest at Frontier Park on the St. Charles Riverfront on September 26, 27 and 28. Three members of the Saint Charles Area Woodcarvers Club attended, carving pumpkins at the event: Bill Kuhn, Charlie Sapp and Glenda Taber. Below are some pictures of the carvers and their pumpkins and some of the visitors to their booth. Left to Right - Glenda, Charlie and Bill Interested Viewers Dan Faust, St. Charles County Councilman joined Charlie and Bill Bill Kuhn carving his first pumpkin ever Jack o'Lantern Bill Studying his pattern A relief face carved into a pumpkin Charlie and Bill showing off some of the carvings Bill's witch -a crowd favorite A closeup of Charlie, Bill and their art Here are a few pictures of club members at work on thier own projects during club meetings. Pat Bauman working on an egg Martha Byron taking a break from her study of an ear in clay Bob Berg is busy with a Santa cork cover Bob Craven is working on his surprise block-we haven't figured out what he is carving yet but he is coming along nicely Moe Schmitz took a moment from her relief carving to pose Al Westfall shows off one of his attractive chip carved tiles Glenda Taber concentrates on her carving Coming Events:back to table of contents Charles Sapp's "Carving a Santa Ornament" class has been delayed due to his job interfering with his pleasure. He promises to make it up at a later date. Show and Tell:back to table of contents   Dick Weber (our Washington carving member) provided pictures of some of his latest carvings. At the end of the Newsletter is a pattern he provided for his bear Christmas ornaments. The Santa and Holly Ornaments were carved from thread spools. In the middle are two versions of his Christmas Bear ornaments. These were carved for his daughter's restaurant -THE BEAR TRAP- in Riverside, Wyoming. Below are front and side views of two bird whistles carved by Dick Weber. The Santa as well as the Sea Captain below, were carved in Silverton, Oregon Dick carved the guy with the ball cap at the local spit and whittle late this summer.     The carvings above were done by Syl Bax. The Trout was carved in Jim Lefield's class, the hound dog was carved in Bill Kuhn's class and he carved the mountain lion using the Club's sample bust kept in the library.   John Bouchillon carved the bolo tie with a wolf head with Debbie Edward's style fur. Charlie Sapp made the egg shaped kaleidoscope. He used a lathe to shape the kaleidoscope out of walnut.   Bob Craven carved both of the above bear relief carvings. They were painted using acrylics and magic water.   Here are two views of Corky Breece's Eagle which he carved from a moose antler. The third carving is a dwarf ornament carved by Corky.     Corky Breece carved the Quilted Santa from an old roughout he had. He burned the wood between the quilt patches and painted with acrylics. The three Santas were carved by Wyatt Sample. The center one was carved in the John Bouchillon class. The others were done later, trying different styles. Recommended Resources:back to table of contents The following two links are to sources of carving woods. Heineke comes to the Belleville woodcarving show each year and to other shows and provides excellent wood. Slim also comes to the Belleville show and has also attended our woodcarving shows. Heinecke Wood Slim's Woodshed Lynn Doughty is a western carver living in Oklahoma. He does a blog which provides tutorial on how he carves his characters with detailed instruction. There is no cost to the blog. It is a great resource, check it out at Out West Woodcarving. The following pictures are examples of some of the carvings that he gives specific instruction on. Gene Messar is a Flat Plane carver living on the Texas/Louisiana border. He has done a number of videos on youtube demonstrating the carving of santas, snowmen, Rufus and Sadie, hillbilly, wizard, hobo, halloween ghost, a scene with a dog treeing a raccoon in a tree and others. The following is a picture of some of his carvings. Each carving is demonstrated in a series of short videos. If you have high speed internet these videos are free and helpful. It is a great resource, check it out at Whittler0507 Dues:back to table of contents The "rent fee" has been cancelled. There is no longer any fee charged at the meetings.   It is time to pay your dues for 2008 Club dues are $15.00 per year and include the website and electronic newsletter.  Contact the Membership Chairman, Charles Sapp, or Treasurer Bob Craven. Seminars:back to table of contents          Corky Breece, Seminar Chairman Corky planned several great seminars in 2008. He has done a great job. Thanks Corky! Corky is now working on the schedule for 2009.  If you have any suggestions, please get in touch with him.    For seminars - the doors open in the morning at 8:30am and in the evening at 5:00pm.  Typically classes during the day will be conducted from 9am to 5pm and in the evening from 5:00pm to 9pm.   Ask your instructor for exact times.   Bob Bierman provided a seminar on October 17-19. Seven members of the Club attended the seminar and enjoyed the opportunity to try one of many projects. It was a very enjoyable seminar which left us anxious for more. Bob provided an in the round project of a Newsboy, he also offered relief scenes with a barn and a variety of his Santa and Snowman plates for carvers to choose from. Some of the projects he offered are pictured below. The Newsboy Scene selected by several members Relief Carving with a Barn Santa and Snowman Plates Bob showed us a couple in the round Santa Clauses he planned on offering for future classes. There was much interest and another seminar will be discussed at the next club meeting to see how many others are interested. Meeting Time and Location:back to table of contents Meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of each month. The meetings include a brief business meeting followed by a carving session. The meeting location has changed. Meetings are now held at the Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project at 7295 Highway 94 South St. Charles, Missouri 63304. Visitors are always welcome! Saturday carving is being held on the Saturday prior to the third Wednesday of each month. Saturday carving is also held at the Weldon Spring Site. Visitors are always welcome! Weldon Spring Department of Energy site.  From highway 40/61 or I-70 exit highway 94 and continue south toward Defiance.  It is just past the Francis Howell High School.  When you see a Quonset hut on the right hand side it is the next driveway / facility.       Member Web Pages-Update: back to table of contents New members - be sure to get with Wyatt Sample and provide him with some pictures of your work and a background write up for the website.  All Members, please feel free to update the information for your page on the website any time. Just send an email to the webmaster, Wyatt Sample,(link at bottom of page) with any new information about yourself. Please provide some information about any new carving you want displayed and either send in a digital picture or bring in a picture of your carving to be scanned. You can look through the other member pages to see what type of information others have provided. Contact us for more information on the club or activities.  For questions regarding this Web Site, contact Webmaster: Wyatt Sample