Monthly Meeting & Carve In Saturday October 20th

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1 OCTOBER 2018 THE PIEDMONT WOOD CARVERS CLUB CARVING THROUGHOUT THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Monthly Meeting & Carve In Saturday October 20th Join us on Saturday October 20th for our monthly meeting and carve in. Doors open at 8:30 and you may stay as long as you like. Come carve, enjoy a cup of coffee and share in a community of great people who are passionate about carving. There will be a short business session at 10:30. A drawing will be held for door prize(s) via a drawing. Tickets are earned by wearing your name badge, club logo/shirt, having a carving for show and tell, or by a donation of a completed Angel of Hope. You may also purchase a ticket for $1 each. Visitors are always welcome, bring a friend! Jim Hart will be in Greenville this weekend! Wood sales will begin at 9:00 am. Only those assisting in setup should arrive at the wood sale site behind the Cultural Center prior to 9:00am. We ask this to not impede Jim s set-up. Carving Knife Collection for sale this Saturday, see page 9 for details. PWCC welcomes the Atlanta Wood Carvers this Saturday! Club Seminar Announcements Cypress Knees with Carole Jean (Boyd) Singleton, registration details inside. Register now! The Piedmont Carver Official Publication of The Piedmont Wood Carvers Club PO Box Greenville, SC E. Butler Rd. Mauldin, SC 29662

2 Page 2 Presidents Desk By Dave Fisher There is a chill in the air, pumpkins for sale at every market, stores setting up Christmas displays and we all know where this is going.. yes, it show time. Next month we be presenting the Sculptures and Designs in Wood, our 31 st Annual Wood Carving Competition and Show. Plus the 2 nd Annual Artist Craft Fair. I hope everyone is busy working on their entries and working with their committees to help make the show a great success. Big thank you to all the folks that have stepped up and volunteered to work at the show. Without your efforts the show would not go on. The more people that participate the more fun well all have. And, since the October membership meeting is the last general membership of the year and the nomination process has completed, we will be asking for approval for the following people to be accepted to the PWCC board for Tanya Hammond Gay Greer Heyward Davis Diane Bagwell Remaining on the board, approved in 2018 will be Jim Hayes, Lila Gilmer, Charlie Arnold and Ron Steenson. Dave Fisher will be past president. Executive board will be as follows: Tanya Hammond, President Gay Greer, Vice President Jim Hayes, Treasure Ron Steenson, Secretary Dave Fisher, immediate Past President It is important to remind folks that the board alone, does not operate the club, but it is the efforts of the many that contribute the greatest of any organization. Final Show Planning meeting will be held Thursday Nov, 1 st in the club room. It has been a busy year, the year end calendar is full of fun carving events. Keep Carvin Dave Fisher

3 Page 3 Angels of Hope 4 more Angels of Hope have been distributed from members to friend and relatives in need. This makes our total for the year up to 70 Angels. Well done PWCC! 13 more Angels have been carved and turned in. just in time for our show demonstrations around the area. Angels of Hope are carved of wood, with an uplifting pose, small for young hands to easily hold, and finished smooth to the touch. We have planned a big push for Angels of Hope at the Show. Angels collected at the show will be, scheduled for distribution to Children s hospital and Ronald McDonald House of the Carolinas in December of ways to participant in the Angel Project at the show. 1. Bring your completed (or near completed) Angel of Hope to the show and add it to the Angel of Hope collection/display. As a benefit to our out-of-town carvers, here is an Angel of Hope pattern, any wood type is acceptable. 2. Grab an angel cut out and carve it during the show. 3. Participant in the Angel of Hope carving contest. This is Robert Bob Davison, our club librarian, BIG Angel of Hope carver and the registration guy for the Angels of Hope carving contest at the show. He will assign your numbered angel cut out for the AOH carving competition. (First come - First Served) Take all weekend to carve your unique design and personality into your Angel of Hope. Remember, to place your carvers mark on the bottom. It is the carvers mark that tells the final recipient that a special wood carver, cared enough, to carve something special just for them. Return your numbered carved Angel of Hope back to Robert on Sunday, at 2:30 PM for judging. We do not expect angels to have a final finish sealer on them at the time of judging. The Contest winner will receive a ribbon and $50. However, the biggest winner will be those in our community who receive these gifts. Such as critically ill children, cancer patients or persons/families in crisis at area hospitals and care providing agencies. It s Show Time! Dave

4 Page 4 Club Seminar Announcement Carving a Santa Face in a Cypress Knee with Carol Jean (Boyd) Singleton Carol Jean is the premier carver of cypress knees for over thirty years. You are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to learn from the best. Subject: Santa Face in a Cypress Knee Class size: minimum 6, maximum 10 Skill Level Required: Intermediate to advanced Date/Time: November 13, 14, , 9am - 4:30pm each day Location: PWCC club room, Mauldin Cultural Center, 101 E. Butler Rd., Mauldin, SC Seminar Cost: $ 165 Payable to Piedmont Wood Carvers Club, noted with Seminar Title Estimated Material Cost: $ payable to instructor at seminar Tools/equipment: Knives, gouges, rotary tool and dust collector required A power chisel would be useful. Registration Period: Registration opens April 4, Please be sure your registration is postmarked April 4, 2018 or later. Registration: Completed and signed Seminar Registration Form and your Check mailed to Charles Arnold, 1212 Ravenswood Dr., Anderson, SC, are required. Successful registrants will receive a confirmation . Your registration obligates you for full Seminar Cost. No refunds. In the event you can not attend, you may assign your reservation to another person subject to completed Seminar Registration Form and approval of Education Chairman. Check wait list for potential students.

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6 Page 6 It s (almost) Show Time!!! Show Help Needed We are looking for smiling faces for both Greeters and Walkers for the show. These people provide both directions and information to guests throughout Saturday and Sunday. Friday afternoon around 2pm, we being show set-up. Help needed setting up both competition and members/guest/vendors tables and chairs. Sunday evening break-down requires many hands. Any help would be appreciated. Join the last planning show meeting on November 1st or talk to a board member if you are willing to assist in any area.

7 Page 7 Show Table Information Exhibition tables are available for carvers to show off and/or sell their carvings. A Best Dressed Exhibit Ribbon will be award Saturday morning to the finest exhibit table at the show. Tables are assigned on a first come first served basis. A single table is free to members and $25 for non-members. Additional tables may be allowed based on availability. Black table covers rentals are $9. You can team up with other carvers and share a table. Represent your club at the PWCC show by having a club table. Combine your items, share in the fun and collaboration of our show exhibition area. Table items can be old or new carvings, in any style or construction. Or present other objects of interest and related to wood carving. See the Exhibit Table Registration Form (available on our web site) for additional rules and guidelines. But right now, we need a table count so we can finalize our table rental order and prepare the table name cards. See Betty to sign-up for a table in the club room. Or see the web site for mail-in registration instructions. We would like to complete registration by November 7, Do not wait, tables are assigned first come first served. Submitted by Betty Card aka the Dancing Wood Carver :) Best Dressed Dave Fisher

8 Page 8 Carving Community Wisconsin River Wood Carvers Show & Competition By Charlie Arnold Recently I participated in the Wisconsin River Wood Carvers Show & Competition held in the Holiday Inn, Stephens Point, WI and thought some photos and comments on their show would be beneficial to our club and members. The WI River club is about our size and draws members from a number of small towns in the area, tables cost is about the same as ours and you must have a table to enter competition. The show, among the best in the east, offers the opportunity to display your work and enter competition in an environment of mostly of hobby carvers and some very good ones at that. Visit the website to see photos of some of the 300+ carvings entered by 186 carvers displayed on over 140 member tables. Click the Annual Shows button to see numerous photos and table displays. The Catawba Valley Woodcarvers Club 17th Annual Wood Carving Competition and Exhibition in conjunction with Klingspor s Woodworking Shop Extravaganza will be October at the Hickory Metro Convention Center, Hickory NC. Hours are 9 am to 4 pm. The 2018 show theme is Pond Life. Any figure depicting a freshwater pond, life or activities around. More info: catawbavalleywoodcarvers.webs.com Western North Carolina Carvers 2018 Annual Woodcarving Competition and Exhibition, Folk Art Center Folk Art Center, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 385, Asheville, NC Dates: Open to the Public: October 27th (Saturday) 9-5 and October 28th (Sunday) 9-5

9 Page 9 Member News Knife Collection for Sale Submitted by Heyward Davis Welcome new PWCC members!!! Marie Barker Craig Hamilton Bill Lovett Jim Sullivan, a long time member of PWCC passed away earlier this year. His wife, Mary Ellen is selling his collection of carving knives. At this month s monthly meeting, Dick Long and John Lupisella will be at the Cultural Center with his collection of knives. Don t miss this opportunity to purchase some great knives to add to your collection. These knives are reasonably priced and are in great condition. Dick and John will be outside with Jim Hart and his load of desirable wood for purchase. Put this on your calendar now so as not to forget these great opportunities at the Cultural Center. Deer Antlers Submitted by Rosemary Victory Do we have a knife maker in the club that would interested in a couple of deer antlers for knife handles? If so, Rosemary will be bringing the antlers to the monthly meeting this Saturday. Be sure to pick up your PWCC T-Shirt or Hat this Saturday!

10 Page 10 Member News Show and Tell at Local Libraries Friday Oct. 26, Show and Tell Travelers Rest Sargent Branch Library 17 Center Street Travelers Rest, SC Saturday Oct. 27, Show and Tell Spartanburg Main Library 151 S. Church Street Spartanburg, SC Saturday Nov. 3, Show and Tell Mauldin Library 800 W. Butler Road Mauldin, SC Saturday Nov. 10, Show and Tell Simpsonville Library 626 NE Main Street Simpsonville, SC 29681

11 Club Calendar Page 11 Member News Show and Tell this Saturday!!! Bring a carving to share! PWCC Officers

12 Page 12 Carve-in Fun