JULY

2011 Issue

PO Box 6092

Federal Way, WA 98063

Chips From The Prez NORTHWEST CARVERS

2011 OFFICERS

President ~ Dale Goebel

253.531.6863

teawood54@comcast.net

Vice Pres ~ Loyd Case

253.833.1401

lcasesr@comcast.net

Secretary ~ Kay Lang

253.952.2152

Treasurer ~ Vicky Rowe

206.841.6238

winkin1wa@hotmail.com

Show Chair ~ Bob Harkness

253.833.4626

c.l.harkness@att.net

Membership ~ Greg Hammock

253-347-8105

greghammock@hotmail.com

Librarian ~ Brian Hogan

253.839.2923

Bphogan1@ aol.com

Newsletter ~ Betty Miller

253.848.8495

bzmiller@comcast.net

Historian ~ Dottie Moody

253.604.4875

moodye@comcast.net

Sunshine ~ Marylu Chico Ti-

glao

Hospitality ~ Richard LaPlante

253.569.2140

Bob Harkness

253.833.4626

c.l.harkness@att.net

Webmaster ~ Betty Miller

253.848.8495

webmaster@woodcarvers.org

Steering Committee Members

Evelyn Templar, John Tem-

plar, Richard Mazza, Larry

Smart, Dave Thompson, Caryn

Templar

Steering Committee meets 6:30

1st Friday of each month

at the Sumner Public Library

NORTHWEST

CHIPPINGS

Omitted :

Diane Putts phone (253) 927-7432

New Member:

Darwin Tranholt

7431 143rd Ave Ct E

Sumner, WA 983990 (253) 862-7201 trandholt@gmail.com

New Address Only:

Larry Smart

9920 S. 216th St

Kent, WA 98031

Directory Additions or Corrections

Well, we had a great turn out for our annual picnic,

there were close to 50 people who attended . We had a

good response to our raffle table and the food was great

also .

Richard LePlante had a great amount of cut-outs available and the

carvers were eager to lighten his load by getting a cut-out to work on.

Thanks to Richard. All moneys collected went to help offset the cost

put out for the picnic. Some of the supplies will be used later on for

club functions.

July is coming up fast so I hope we will have summer by then.

Some members are signed up for the Ellensburg Carving Academy. I

would like to go some time to see first hand what this is about.

Keep on getting something ready for our show in November. This

is the time of year to take time out and work on a project--for only

YOU can help make our show a great one again this year.

Well keep the chips flying.Well keep the chips flying.Well keep the chips flying.Well keep the chips flying.

Dale Goebel Dale Goebel Dale Goebel Dale Goebel

PONDERISM:

I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.

Internet News

Some Carving Class Schedules

I have a wonderful website for you to visit this month sent to us by Will Hay-den. Sumner Misenheimer is a carver from Massachusetts who specializes in carving found wood, mainly Red Cedar. He’s very lucky as he is near a Federal Reserve Wildlife Area where he can search for his materials. The carvings are superb as you can witness by studying the pieces and also by seeing the prices commanded. There is also an excellent article in PDF form from Woodcarvers Illustrated in which he instructs you on carving the Otter. I would download that for reference before it is removed from the site. If you can’t download it I’m sure you can print it. There are 10 pages which includes all views of the Ot-ter pattern and the materials needed. Be sure to look at all the pages in the website index and that way you won’t miss the delightful bear that is enjoying a recent catch. He’s looking very contented. For you newer carvers--this carver is not using found beach wood. Remember that any wood from a beach is going to be impregnated with SAND and that is very hard on your tools.

http://www.wildlifeartisan.net/home.html

Following up on this site is the website of J. Christopher White who also cre-ates his sculpture from found wood and who is also a poet who creates a poem with the sculpture. Be sure to read about his creation of what he calls “bronzewood”, a combination of bronze and wood and visit all the galleries. When you click on each image in the sculpture gallery it takes you to a bigger gallery of images, none to be missed. If you look at “Riderless” and “Absolute Way” in the Works in Progress you can see how he takes a found piece of wood and creates a stunning sculpture from it. J. Christopher White is truly a great artist. Follow his Links to more wonderful carving sites including the Olympic

Driftwood Associations site. (See their gallery) J. Christopher White is at

http://www.jchristopherwhite.com

If you follow up on White’s links, that will keep you busy for awhile. So until

next month Happy Carving

Websites courtesy of Will Hayden

webmaster@woodcarvers.org

Summit Library

5108 112th St E, Tacoma, WA

253.536.6186

July 9 12-4

July 23 12-4

Kent Sr Activity Center

600 E. Smith St.

Kent, WA 98030

Every Wed. 9:30 to 11 am

Sumner Senior Center

15506 62nd St E, Sumner,WA

253-863-2910

Every Friday 12 to 4

Puyallup Senior Center

212 W Pioneer, Puyallup, WA

253-841-5555

Every Thursday 9 to 12

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OBITUARY

CARL BOE

We send our condolences to the family of Carl

Boe, a Charter member of NWCA (1970) and a long t ime membe r an d supporter of the club who recently passed away. Although it’s been awhile since he has attended our meetings, he will be missed. A Memorial Service was held on Friday, June 3rd, at the Steel Lake Presbyterian Church, 1829 S. 308th St., Federal Way, WA. Carl died of pneumonia after having by-pass surgery.

2011 Issue

Algona/Pacific Library

255 Ellingson Rd PacificWA

253-833-3554

July13 5 to 8

Aug 15 5 to 8

Aug 29 5 to 8

Enumclaw Sr. Center

1350 Cole Street Enumclaw, WA 360-825-4741

Every Wed. 12 to 3

New Wood Carving

in Area

by James & Judy Collins

There is a great wood

sculpture at the Dumas Bay

Center located at 3200 SW

Dash Point Rd in Federal

Way. It might be good des-

tination

for a

s u n n y

d a y

drive.

No Meeting Due to Picnic June 11

Picnic Highlights by Kay Lang

Woodcarvers Tech Tip

started. Sorry I did not

catch you and get your

name in here.

Dale Goebel set up,

sold tickets and called

the winners for the Raf-

fle which helped pay for

the picnic and Richard

LaPlante brought cut-

outs he made of dogs,

bears, an angel, and a

fish which also helped

pay for the picnic.

Betty Miller helped

Richard LaPlante take

things down in the

kitchen. I don’t think

Betty gets enough rec-

ognition for what she

does. She’s our web-

master and anything to

do with the web, she

does it.

Bob Harkness an-

nounced he needed vol-

unteers for the King

County Fair in Enum-

claw and he got all but

one volunteer before I

left. Also needs demon-

strators for the Carr

Pioneer Festival in Ta-

Although weather-

wise it was a rather

gloomy overcast day, the

Woodcarvers Picnic

made it a bright sunshiny

day. I counted 49 people

but I’m not positive as

everyone was carving,

walking around, getting

food, or talking with

someone else. Richard

LaPlante brought a

truckload (literally) of

things for the picnic and

set-up. I wasn’t there yet

but I’ll bet you he was

first to arrive and do this.

He is always so good

about doing this (note

from editor--he was there

at 7:30).

Larry Smart barbe-

qued the hamburgers and

hot dogs. There was a

very long line as soon as

he started. It was a big

job cooking for everyone.

Judy Collins also helped

set up and was busy help-

ing for a long time before

she sat down and relaxed.

Of the 49 people who I

know attended I took

down the names of the

following: Bob Harkness,

Richard LaPlante, Loyd

Case, Larry Smart, Rich-

ard & Norma Mazza, Jim

and Judy Collins, Betty

Miller, Dale Goebel,

Irene & Jim Corbin, Bill

& Carol Read, Jim Gil-

lespie, Dave & Marlo

Thompson and their little

dog, Bob Winegar, Cla-

rence and Rose Poppe,

Chris & Patty Johnson,

Alton Cuplin, Nelson &

Peggy Kiteley, Meredith

Doll, Tom & Lin Flora,

Jim & Beverly Cotter,

Francie Nations, Patrick

O’Reilly, Elisia, Deanna,

Marilu & Jim, Lisa Gol-

linick, Shelia Malbrain,

Colleen Stern, Diane

Putts, Greg Hammock,

Jack and Barbara La-

Fond, Billy Wilson (with

his own carving booth),

Art & Dorothy Olver,

Dottie Moody, Stephanie

Lane, Jan Wee and my-

self (Kay Lang) . A few

people left before I

keeping the knife flat,

slowly draw the knife

backwards across the

strop. Turn the knife over

and repeat. Keep repeat-

ing the process of stroking

your knife until a super

sharp edge is produced.

Are your tools really

sharp?

Honing is the final

process which removes

any fine scratches or wire

edge that may have been

created during the sharp-

ening process. Using a

strop often and correctly

will produce a super

sharp edge.

Using a simple strop,

leather attached to wood:

1. Apply a polishing abra-

sive to the leather.

2. Lay your knife against

the strop surface, lift the

edge so that the side and

the edge of the blade is in

contact with the strop.

3. Apply firm pressure and

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coma July 16.

Glad you all came and

thank you for all the

good food you brought to

eat.

Kay Lang, Secretary

Are these two guys just side-walk superin-tendants???? Loyd &

Bob

Bob is still just talking -- to Dorothy Olver

Is Judy telling Dottie

a good joke?

Tips on Carving a Realistic Feather by Bob Harkness

NWCA Volunteers to Demonstrate

length of the feather.

Draw around the pat-

tern. Cut out the

Feather with your saw.

Next you want to

shape your feather.

Look at your Hawk

feather. Study the curve

of the feather. You want

to shape the top surface

first (don’t forget the

quill). After the top sur-

face is shaped to your

satisfaction, hollow out

the underside of the

feather (remember the

quill). I like to do a light

test at this point. Hold

the feather up to a light.

If you can see light

through the length of the

wood, you’re thin

enough.

Work as smoothly as

you can so you don’t

Hi (Carver),

I got your e-mail

from our Webmaster

and since I’m a Duck

Carver, I think I can

help you with your

feather.

You are very lucky

to have a Red-tailed

Hawk to use as a Go-By.

As for wood, Basswood

or Aspen would work

well. I think the Aspen

would be the better of

the two. The Basswood

has a tendency to fuzz

up. As for tools, there

are many online at

woodcarving tool outlets

(this was written to

someone with no tools).

I would think a good

detail knife and shallow

gouge and a sharpening

strop would do. If you

have a power tool like a

Dremel, it can be used

for shaping your

feather. A wood burner

would be needed for

detail work. You will

need a Band Saw, a

Scroll Saw, or a Coping

Saw to cut out your

feather pattern. I use a

Band Saw.

Use your Hawk

feather (or whatever

feather you have) to

make a pattern by

drawing around the

feather on a light card-

board. Cut the pattern

out of the cardboard.

The wood you use

should be about ½ inch

thick and of a size to fit

your pattern. Lay your

pattern on the wood so

that the grain runs the

July 16

Job Carr Cabin Museum

Pioneer Day Festival

Old Town Park, at the

bottom of 30th Street

Hill. Ruston, WA

A free Family-Friendly

Event

If you would like to vol-

unteer for either of

these activities please

call Pres. Dale at 253-

531-6863 or Bob at 253-

833-4626 to get your

name on the list and to

be able to pick your

time. Enjoy your carv-

ing at either location.

July 7-8-9-10

King County Fair

Enumclaw, WA

Various carving times

available

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This is taken from an e-mail Bob sent to a gentleman who wanted to carve a realis-

tic Hawk feather. Perhaps it will be helpful to you also. If you have been coming to

our meetings and watched Show & Tell, you know Bob is doing a fine job with all

his ducks (and their feathers) At the right is a picture of his latest. He will be the

Featured Artist for the 2011 Annual Show.

have to sand too much.

Remember you have a

thin feather.

Next comes the finish

detail. There are many

books on detailing feath-

ers. You will need a

wood burner and/or a

power tool and stones

depending on how you

want to detail your

feather. One of my fa-

vorite books: Blue Rib-

bon Techniques, Burning

and Texturing Methods

by William Veasey.

See Pattern Pg 7

I caught Dave “CARVING” with Marlo,

Beverly, Rose, & Jim

Billy Wilson made a collapsible power

carving station for travel. Note bottle-

style ice cube container for tool holder!

Page 5 2011 Issue

Candid Camera

Barbara & Jack LaFond

Some of our regulars and a couple of newbies

Art, Dorothy,& some Kitsap Carvers

Alton carves a cane (there’s a knife on the table)

These Carvers are busy!

Wood Turned Vase..by husband--Pyrography

by Stephanie Lane (program on Feb.2009)

Are Loyd, Bob, Judy & Chris telling Larry to

hurry?

Candid Camera

Page 6 2011 Issue

Larry Smart, Chief Grillmaster

“In The Beginning”, Table 1 of 5 holding

delicious food. These Carvers look intense as they work

1 Table of 3 for the raffle (Very Successful Raffle) Marilu & Irene, where are your carving knives?

Pattern For The Month

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Ron & Linda Lunde

2008 Fruitland, Kennewick, WA 99337

Carving Tools & Knives: Diobsud Forge, Flexcut Power Carvers: NSK, Ram, Foredom Airbrushes: Badger, Paasche Colwood Woodburners & Tips: Ty-

phoon Burs and Bits

http://www.cascadecarvers.com 1.800.828.5576 (orders only please) Office: 509.585.7787 (for questions and answers)

Gil & Bonnie Drake

128th St NE, Arlington, WA 98223

Handmade carving tools, carving supplies, & accessories http://drakeknives.com/index.htm

GILBERTLDRAKE@aol.com 360.659.6778

THE BARK GUY ~ COTTONWOOD BARK

Art Olver

568 Valentine Ave SE , Pacific, WA 98047

Excellent quality Award Winning bark

For Pricing Call 253.804.3488

John Schmit

908 Cherry Ave. Sumner, WA 98390

Tues – Sat 10 am – 5:30 pm 253. 891.9413

BEAVER LAKE WOODWORKS

Joe McConnell

1919 E Beaver Lake Dr SE, Sammamish, WA 98075

NW Native Style Woodcarving, Classes & Commissions

http://beaverlakewoodworks.org 425.391.0661

beaverlakewoodworks@comcast.net

JOHN TEMPLAR WOODCARVING & ARCHERY

John Templar

Rochester, WA 98579

Woodcarvings Fish Decoys

Private Instruction, Group Activity, Introductory Classes in both woodcarving & archery with instructor certification & coaching

in archery

360.273.0977

DECORATIVE BIRD CARVER

Larry Martin

5716 Timberlane Dr. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98335

Lessons Available, Commissions Accepted

253.851.9478

Ronald R. Hall, Pres

5963 Corson Ave S Seattle, WA 98108

Store Hours: M.,T.,W., & F 9 am - 7 pm

Thurs 9 am - 9 pm, Sat 9 am - 6 pm

From I-5 take Exit 162 (Corson Avenue/Michigan St)

From the base of the exit ramp, Woodcraft is on your right, in the

strip mall before the traffic light

woodcraft307@eschelon.com

206.767.6394 Fax 206.767.8034 SUPPORT THESE SPONSORS

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Jul 10-

15

Northwest Carving Academy 3rd Annual Seminar of week-long classes. Contact Gil Drake 360.653.7498, Ron Lunde 509.585.7787 or

online at www.Cascadecarvers.com/academy

Jul 23 Pacific Northwest Wood Artisans (PNWA) 5th Annual Show & Sale, Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Rd, Sequim, WA 98382. Food,

Raffle, Auction. Contact Gale Lawrence-Krum 360.417.3858

glknhevn@olypen.com

Jul 29-

30-31

Quilceda Carvers 11th Annual Spit ‘n’ Whittle, Friday Creek Camp-ground, Burlington, WA. Reservations & fees for camping must be in by

May 30 so contact Gil & Bonnie Drake.

GILBERTLDRAKE@aol.com Spit n Whittle

Aug 18-

21

14th Annual Woodcarvers; Rendezvous at KOA Kampground. West Glacier Montana. Contact Terry or Janice Porter 406.273.4219 tand-

jporter@aol.com KOA reservations 800.562.3313

Sep 10-

11

24th Annual Columbia Flyway Wildlife Show, Water Resources Educa-tion Center, 4600 SE Columbia Way, Vancouver, WA 98684, Contact

Donald Baiar 360.892.6738 or dbaiar@comcast.net

http://Columbiaflywaywildlifeshow.com

Sep 18-

24

Shuswap School of Carving and Arts, Sorrent Centre, Sorrento, BC sponsored by Shuswap Carvers Society. Contact LeRoy Scott,

1.250.554.3552 or nleroyscott@shaw.ca www.bccarvingschool.com

Sep 23 Caricature Carvers of America will be in Boise, ID for its annual meeting and on Saturday the 24th it will host three events open to the public and carvers. To make reservations contact Gene Fuller

efuller@boisestate.edu

Oct 1-2 Spokane Carvers' 22nd annual show/sale in Bldg. 6 of Spokane Com-munity College. Special category "Happiest Holiday." Prospectus avail-

able July 1. Jack Kennedy, 13711 E 42nd Ave, Spokane, WA 99206,

(509) 924-5758; Tim Rahman, (509) 244-3467, email SpokaneCarvers-

Info@hughes.net. Mail-ins: Gloria Strandquist, (509) 924-1186.

http://SpokaneCarvers.com

Nov 12-

13

Northwest Carvers Assn. 31st Annual Show & Sale at Western Washington Fairgrounds, 9th S.W. Puyallup , WA . in the Restaurant Bldg. (Red Gate) Contact Bob Harkness 253.833.4626 or

c.l.harkness@att.net www.woodcarvers.org

Northwest Carvers Association

PO Box 6092

Federal Way, WA 98063-6092

www.woodcarvers.org

MEETING LOCATION:

Lakeland Community Center

4016 South 352nd Street

Federal Way, WA

DIRECTIONS TO CENTER:

From I-5 take Hwy 18 EAST to Weyerhaeuser Way S. exit. Go RIGHT on Weyerhaeuser Way S. and take the first LEFT onto S. 4th Way. It turns into 344th St. Take the first RIGHT onto 38th Ave. S; it winds through a residential area and becomes 37th Ave S. Turn

LEFT onto 352nd St. Lakeland Community Center is on the LEFT (North) side of the street where the

road dips down.

From Military Road S. go WEST on 352nd St. Lakeland Community

Center is on the RIGHT (North) side of the road. NOTE: You cannot exit from Hwy 28 onto

Military Rd S.

GENERAL MEETING

2nd Friday of each month at the

Lakeland Community Center

Doors open at 5:30 pm for set-up, open carving, visiting, showing off, or looking for library items.

Potlucks are at 6:00 pm. 7:00 pm

meeting is called to order.

STEERING MEETING

1ST Friday of every month at 6:30 pm at the Sumner Public Library at

1116 Fryer Ave., Sumner, WA

VISITORS & GUESTS WEL-

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