July - Charlotte Woodcarvers

Charlotte Woodcarvers Club
P.O. Box 11894
Charlotte, NC 28220-1894
www.info@charlottewoodcarvers.com
Meeting Place: Carmel Presbyterian Church
(Cathcart Center beside playground),
Corner of Sharonview and Carmel Road)
We meet & carve every Tuesday night!
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
July, 2012
Woodcarvings – 2013. Thanks to Bob Warner,
Bob Slaughter, Jean Kauffman, Betsy Peace, Neil
Zyp, Rock Boyle, Debra Downer and Ron Downer
and Ray Branch.
CWC Officers/Contacts for 2012
President:
Ray Branch
704-544-2417
V-President: Betsy Peace
704-542-7354
Secretary:
Betty Witzel
704-841-1233
Treasurer:
Tom Kavanagh
803-746-5422
Board Member/Membership Chairman:
Neill Zyp
704-847-8377
Board Member: Ann Davis, Special Projects
704-523-6384
Board Member: Art Hiesler, Special Projects
704-552-3105
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It was a great time for the picnic at Ligon Center
on June 19. Thanks to Judy Dominick, Bill and
Nancy and others who helped. Great food and
fellowship. Over 70 attended with over 100
carvings displayed.
Door prizes are always
popular with the Floyd’s winning two, Abe Loven
and family winning two, Neil Zyp and Mary Akins
also winning. Abe won the $25 Woodcraft gift
certificate.
And --- two new carvers joined the club at the
picnic (see pages 6-7 for pictures) - Rebecca Black
and Maria Senkel. Welcome Rebecca and Maria.
The number is getting larger for candidates for
2013 officers.
*Clint Sites - Newsletter Editor, Website Editor
704-364-7242
*Kim Rosser
Website Administrator
704-529-5252
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Not a Board Member
FROM THE PRESIDENTS DESK
Hope that you all have found a cool place to carve
during these 100 degree summer days!! Whew!!
And June was busy month!!
Charlotte
Woodcarvers completed our demo carving at
Davie Park for Parks and Recreation on June 5, 7,
12 and 14 (see page 8 for pictures). This was a
biggie for the club as we get a $500 credit against
our rental of Marion Diehl for the Showcase of
Did you like the Shore Birds that Fred Bozenhart
displayed at the Picnic? Fred has agreed to teach
a session on carving shore birds this fall. So keep
this in mind as we start our fall carving program.
Thanks to each of you for all that you do.
Ray
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UPCOMING ACTIVITIES, EVENTS AND SHOWS
1. Tuesdays. 3pm-7:30pm Carving at the Cathcart
Center
2. August 25th weekend. Thursday evening
through Sunday morning. Wild Acres Resort in
the North Carolina Mountains. Carving
instruction by Mitch Cartledge – one of our
own! Great time and fellowship for all. See
Rod.
3. August 25th. Kudzu Festival at the Museum of
the Waxhaws. One day demo and selling.
Details later. Great opportunity to promote
the club and show.
4. Helen Gibson coming in September 7-9
weekend. Signups are underway. See Ann
Davis. One of the popular teaching sessions
during the year. Helen teaches at the John C.
Campbell School.
5. September 15-16, 2012. Davidson County
Woodcarvers Show and Competition. John
Young YMCA, 119 W. 3rd Street. Contact Jeff
Kleineick at 336-596-5396 or
jkleineick@triad.rr.com. Let’s support this
club – and eat some great barbeque at the
same time. We had 9 CWCC carvers up there
last year.
6. October 27, 2012. Hickory, NC.
Catawba Valley Woodcarvers Show
One day show at the Hickory Metro
Conference Center.
Telephone: 828-612-4716
This is a supporting club and a good one day
show.
7. November 10-11, 2012. Mauldin, SC. 24th
Annual Sculptures and Designs in Wood.
Contact Heyward Davis at
heywarddavis@hotmail.com. Another of the
clubs we urge members to consider attending.
They are a big supporter of our club here in
Charlotte. (Also, their theme is Wild Wild West
– same as CWCC. An opportunity to see what
your competition might be in February, 2013)
8. November 3-4, 2012. Huntsville, Alabama.
North Alabama Woodcarvers Show and
Competition. Depot Museum Roundhouse.
Contact: skhorn@bellsouth.net.
Great show for selling and competing. They
support us.
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Special Notes of Interest
Cathcart Center is open from 3pm to 7:30pm.
This was arranged to accommodate those who
may wish to carve in the afternoon and also
give us an opportunity to “balance” the
numbers of carvers in the evenings. Of course,
all are welcome to stay over and carve during
the evenings if you wish. Just a reminder –
Carmel Presbyterian provides this to our club
as a Community Service for us. In this regard,
let’s be good stewards in keeping this place
clean. Also, when you leave – do NOT put the
chairs up. Be respectful of those who are
continuing to carve.
Nativity for Carmel Presbyterian Church. THEY
NEED TO BE FINISHED BY 3-4 WEEK OF JULY SO
THAT THEY CAN BE PAINTED. PLEASE SEE BILL
DOMINICK IF ANY QUESTIONS. AUCTION IS IN
AUGUST RATHER THAN OCTOBER!!
Note the fall carving shows. Lexington,
Greenville, Hickory. If you get a chance to
attend and enter these shows, you will be
encouraged and might win. It surely gives you
a lot of information about what judges look for
in carvings. And these folks support us here in
Charlotte too.
New Venue for Carving. The Charlotte
Woodcarvers Club has an invitation to carve on
Tuesday mornings from 9am – 11:30am. Board
agreed to pursue this on a trial basis if there is
interest with club members. In discussing at
the club - and later with other members, four
members have indicated that they would
commit to carve at Hobby Lobby. Therefore,
we have made arrangements with Hobby
Lobby for the Charlotte Woodcarvers Club to
carve on Tuesdays from 9am-11;30am. This
will begin on July 31. We can publicize the club
and show through them. Matthews-Mint Hill
Weekly news has indicated they would like to
come over once we get started with
photographers and run a story on our activity
there.
SHOWCASE OF WOODCARVINGS – 2013
A NOTE ON MEMBERS
1. Demo carving completed at Davis Park. $500
credit against our rental for show.
2. Showcase Cash Awards is approved for
increase to $1800 from $1200 for 2013. Cash
awards added for Intermediate and Novice
Divisions for Theme, Caricatures, Birds, Relief
and Santas. Open has always been a cash
award for the theme and each of the cash
award categories. Runner-up cash awards
have been added for each division – i.e. Open,
Intermediate and Novice. The Best of Show
and BOS Runner-up cash awards have also
been increased. The reason for these changes
is to encourage more intermediate and novice
carvers to enter the show while at the same
time continuing to attract the top quality
carvers throughout the Southeast and beyond
– all geared to a Bigger and Better Showcase
for your enjoyment.
3. Showcase of Woodcarvings and Brochure will
be printed and put on our website:
www.charlottewoodcarvers.com in July, 2012.
4. Two additional big time carvers have indicated
they will be coming to the show: Peter Ortel
(formerly of NYC and now of South Carolina)
and Steve Brown of Kentucky. Bridges Dillehay
of Nashville, Tennessee will be returning again
this year.
5. Bob Slaughter is putting all the pieces together
for renting booths in the Marion Diehl
Recreation Center for the show.
6. Harry Lawrence is the Show Chairman. Call
Harry and ask how you can volunteer and help.
704-589-0829 or hclawrence44@yahoo.com or
see him on Tuesday evenings.
7. Keep carving for the show. If each of us carve
and exhibit at least five carvings for the show,
we would have over 600 carvings. We have
some carvers who exhibit as many as 27. So
get’em ready to compete.
Tom Wolfe began his chemo treatment this past week.
Neil Zyp, Bob Warner, Harry Lawrence and Ray Branch
traveled to Tom’s Woodcarving Studio on Grandfather
in June to see Tom (see Page 4 for Pictures). He is in
great spirits, gives everyone his regards and says to say
a prayer for him. Tom plans to come to the studio as
he feels like it. If you plan to go up, I suggest you call
to see that he will be there. Nice trip of only 2 and 1/2
hours or so from Charlotte. I am sure he would
appreciate your cards as well.
Woodcarving Class in the Blue Ridge Mountains
The Blue Ridge Carving Weekend is set for August 2326, and the class is full! If you are interested in going
and did not get signed up, contact me about the
waiting list. There is no deposit required to get on the
waiting list. It is possible we could get a 2nd instructor
if enough people still want to go, but I would need to
know soon.
This long weekend at Wildacres Resort in Little
Switzerland, NC is sure to be a great get-away for all
those attending. Wildacres is a beautiful mountain
retreat just perfect for a cool escape from the summer
heat in Charlotte. Several spouses are going along,
and I will be getting back to those who have signed up
with a list of possible activities for non-carvers. We
will arrive on Thursday to check in at Wildacres and
have dinner Thursday night. Friday morning we will
begin 3 days of instruction from one of our long time
members, Mitch Cartledge. Mitch is an excellent
caricature carver, and member of The Caricature
Carvers of America (CCA). For a brief biography of
Mitch, view this website: http://www.ccacarvers.org/bio-pages/cartledge.html
Start thinking about next year. We hope to make this
an annual event. If we have enough people sign up
early enough, we can plan for additional instructor(s).
Mitch will have at least 3 different rough outs to
choose from for this class, and will handle the
collection of his fee directly from the carvers when
they get there. I will be contacting those of you who
signed up with a balance due amount in early July. We
hope to have this collected by August 3rd. If you are
signed up and find you will not be able to make it, you
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can still get your deposit back. Please let me know
soon if this happens, as there are already a couple of
people on the waiting list.
This will be a fun weekend! Call me at the number
below if you have questions. Leave a message if I am
not there and I will call you back soon. I will also be at
the Tuesday meetings. The web address for the resort
is: wildacres.org
Rod Gatlin
704-529-1748
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Ray Branch, Bob Warner, Bob Slaughter and Harry Lawrence spent a day with
Tom Wolfe at his Grandfather Mountain Woodcarving Studio in June, 2012.
Inside Tom's Studio with Bob Warner, Bob Slaughter, Ray Branch and
Harry Lawrence
Just a few of Tom's carvings at his
studio
Tom Wolfe sign at his studio.
Bust of Tom at his studio. Carved and
presented to Tom by Art Heisler at
2012 Showcase.
Ray and Tom at his Grandfather Mountain studio.
Ray, Bob Warner, Tom, Bob Slaughter and
Harry.
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June 19, 2012 Charlotte Woodcarvers Picnic. 70 attendees - all winners!
A few of the carvings exhibited at the Picnic.
A few more of the carvings exhibited at
the Picnic.
Rock and Betsy signing them in!
Ron, Art, Carol, Rebecca, Rod,
Joe and Neil
Masses of Woodcarvers waiting to eat.
One of the reasons for coming.
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Rebecca Black's carvings - beautiful. Now, if she will teach one of these classes!
Bob explaining the fine art of finding
found wood!
Steve Sanford along with his son Betsy's daughter, Julie.
Waiting for the raffle.
Stan Witzel picking up a Lee Dukes carving as a winner.
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Pictures of some of the Charlotte Woodcarvers who carved at Davie Park.
Not included are Rock Boyle, Debra Downer, Ron Downer and Ray Branch.
Good time had by all.
Betsy, Neil and Bob demo – eating at Davie Park. They fed us.
Mecklenburg Parks and Recreation - who we were demo
carving for.
Excellent display of carvings at Davie Park by Charlotte Woodcarvers.
Bob Slaughter, Jean Kauffman, Betsy
Peace, Neil Zyp and Bob Warner demo
carving at Davie Park.
Jean, Betsy, Neil and Bob.
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CHARLOTTE WOODCARVING CLUB MEMBERSHIP DUES
Membership dues are $15 annually for club membership, payable on March 1 for one year. Make a check
out to: Charlotte Woodcarvers Club, PO Box 11894, Charlotte, NC 28220.
(or you can pay check or cash at a regular meeting).
Provide name, address, phone number and e-mail address when you pay.
Club treasurer is Tom Kavanagh (803-746-5422) and the Membership Chairman is Neill Zyp (704-847-8377). If
there are questions about your membership status - contact John or Neill.
VENDORS SUPPORTING THE ANNUAL SHOWCASE OF WOODCARVINGS
1.
Smokey Mountain Woodcarving Supply
Townsend, Tn.
Phone 865-448-6350
Website: www.woodcarvers.com.
2. REL Knives. Ralph Long. Kernersville, NC.
Phone: 336-595-4563.
Email at reldpl@embarqmail.com.
3. Little Mountain Carving Supply
Front Royal, Virginia
Phone 800-752-7573. Website: lilmtn@centurylink.net
4. Bob Bart Knives
Jamestown, NC.
Phone 336-292-3263.
Email: bbarts@triad.rr.com
5. Allen Goodman Knives
Email at Agoodman3646@charter.net.
Phone: 865-679-8865
E-mail: agoodman3646@charter.net
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/allengoodman69
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/AllenGoodman1969
6. John Dunkle
Woodcarving Knives, Archibold, Ohio
E-mail: jcdblade@gmail.com
7. Jim Hart
Wood supplier from Turtle Creek, Wisconsin
Phone: 715-268-8713 or (c) 715-768-0204
E-mail at good.wood.etc@gmail.com
8. Tony Erickson
Blanks, Tools, How to’s and carving instruction
Seneca, South Carolina
Website: www.woodakoodashooda.com
E-mail at anton@woodakoodashooda.com
9. Boxes N Such, LTD.
Berlin, Ohio.
Phone: 1-866-311-5686 or 440-237-7122.
E-mail: customerservice@boxesnsuch.com
Boxes, wood, etc. (As they say – “Boxes and more for the discerning artisan and Craftsman.”)
10. Woodcraft of Charlotte
1725 Windsor Square Dr. Matthews, NC 28105
Phone: (704) 847-8300
Fax: (704) 849-2281
E-mail at: charlotte-retail@woodcraft.com
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