Official Newsletter of The Regina Whittlers & Woodcarvers club. Issue 168 March Thank you Peter Dielschneider

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1 Photo by J. Bergen President s Message Hello from the Cayman Islands, the weather here is perfect (I ll try to bring some back for us to share)! As far as business and what s up with the club, I d like to see more people come out for meeting nights. What I propose is that we use them as a finishing night or for work on personal projects. When there is business to discuss we can talk about it while we carve. I m sure we ve all had enough of boring meetings, let's make ours fun! Also, we re in need of a project person or group to plan workshops and classes. Please give this opportunity some thought. Forward your nominations or just volunteer, it would be most appreciated. Now I must get back to the business at hand the sun the beach and the beer. Thank you Peter Dielschneider President s Message & Index P1 Club Happenings P6 RWWC Meeting Schedule P2 Our Carving is Missing! P9 Carving Opportunities & Events P3 Editor s Note P10-1 -

2 RWWC Meeting Schedule All meetings including drop-in carving are held at the Neil Balkwill Centre, Elphinstone St. Regina. Regular Meetings Regular meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. on the Second Thursday of the month. These informal meetings offer an opportunity to work on personal projects and discuss general club business. Monthly Carving Nights March 9, 2017 April 13, 2017 May 11, 2017 On the third Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. the club hosts a carving night with a project preselected by our program group. Project blanks are provided for a small fee of $5.00. March 16, 2017 April 20, 2017 ** Free Drop-In Carving ** Wednesday Mornings 9:30 a.m. Noon **No membership is required for drop-in carving** - 2 -

3 Carving Opportunities & Events **New** Red River Valley International Wood Arts Festival - April 7 & 9, 2017 Fargo, ND Shareshop April 8 & 9, 2017 Melfort, SK (see Issue 167) **New** Prairie Canada Carving Championship Show and Competition - April 22 & 23, 2017 Winnipeg, MB Regina Woodworking Show April 22-23, 2017 Tartan Curling Club **New** **New** Wahpeton Carving Weekend - June 23-25, 2017 Fargo, ND Shell Lake Carve-in August 11, 12 & 13, 2017 Shell Lake, SK Red River Valley International Wood Arts Festival Join us for our woodcarving event at the Baymont Inn, in Fargo, ND on April 7, 8 and 9. The show is open to the public, come with your friends and family for lots of fun, classes, social carving and inspiration! Register for classes, additional meals, and exhibit tables by downloading the PDF file registration form using the link below. Class information and agenda are listed in the registration rorm. Mail the completed form with cheque or money order payable to The Red River Valley Wood carvers at the address below. We hope to see you there! Red River Valley Woodcarvers PO Box Fargo, ND

4 Prairie Canada Carving Championship Show and Competition This event will be held on April 22 & 23, 2017 at the Pembina Curling Club, 1341 Pembina Highway Winnipeg, MB. A number of workshops will be presented this year, with opportunities for every carver. We will be taking advantage of our new venue, and will hold workshops at the venue, and during the competition. A full slate of workshops will be finalized by late January. Currently, we are arranging workshops on wood burning, quilting, bark carving, bronzing wood carvings, making habitat, a shorebird decoy and others. Please sign up early to avoid disappointment as space will be limited. Don't miss our annual Celebration Banquet! 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 22, 2017 at Pembina Curling Club, upper level. Join competition judges and fellow carvers in an evening of fellowship and merriment and congratulate Best of Show winners at the awards presentation. This year s event includes the Prairie Canada Carver s Award of Excellence program that honours individuals and businesses that have made major contributions over the years to the art of woodcarving in North America. A delightful dinner will be served at 6:00 p.m. with cocktails preceding at 5:30 p.m. A cash bar is available. Please advise Prairie Canada if you have special dietary requests. Our guest speaker for the evening will be Dr.Randy Mooi, who will be presenting The Passenger Pigeon. Banquet tickets must be reserved by April 12, 2017 and seating is limited. Please reserve your tickets ($35.00) by filling out the Awards Banquet Ticket Request form (page 11) and mailing it individually or with your pre-registration Competition Entry Form to Don Young. Pre-booked tickets can be picked up at the competition registration desk. For further information check their website at Wahpeton Carving Weekend Sponsored by MIN-DAK Woodcarving INC. and held at the North Dakota State College of Science the weekend of June in Fargo, ND. This carving seminar offers thirteen instructor lead workshops covering a diverse range of carving projects from whimsy bark houses to caricatures, wood burning, gourd carving and quilting (something for everyone)! Registration includes meals and accommodations: The cost is $ per person US Funds (Double Occupancy) $ per person US Funds (Single Occupancy) **Registration form is downloadable at the - RWWC website** - 4 -

5 Wahpeton Carving Weekend (continued) Also attending the event are Moore Roughouts & Design: Offering the Largest selection of Roughouts in the Country. (Santa, realistic, caricature, human, and animal). All roughouts are made from northern Minnesota basswood. Cottonwood bark also available. Carving woods also available. Call (800) for pre-orders. The main Tool vendor will be Larry and Carol Yudis of the Woodcraft Shop of Bettendorf, Iowa. Remember to check out the instructors that have items for sale in the classrooms. Wahpeton is the home of a restored carousel (three blocks from campus) and the beautiful Red Door Art Gallery, refurbished from a 1915 Bank building (Main street in Wahpeton). very good thing to participate in if one sees something they would like to take. I have participated in this a couple of times as well as Wilbur Feader and Bill Dearborn and we all enjoyed the event. My wife went with me and took the quilting class. It is fairly reasonably priced and a fun time..when we went, we stopped in Jamestown, N.D. for the evening and then continued to Wahpeton the next day. Bob Dawson Shell Lake Carve-in August 11, 12 & 13, 2017 at the Gazebo in the village of Shell Lake, Sask., just north of the junction of Highways 3 and 12. This is open to all those interested in carving as a weekend for sharing and friendship. There will be no formal classes as we want our teachers to be able to relax as well. Bring your own project, tools, etc. (Edge tools preferred) If you re having problems with your project, there will be experienced carvers on hand to help you out. Bring along some brag pieces for display and your own chairs. All woodworkers welcome! On Saturday we re hoping that some of the local volunteers will be firing up the outdoor clay oven to bake bread and cinnamon buns for our consumption (this has not been confirmed ). If you re planning to attend, please give Cal Isaacson a call at (306) woodycal@sasktel.net; or Paul Perron at prperron@sasktel.net

6 Club Happenings Power Carving with Emile Gaudet Photos by J. Bergen A banditry of chickadees - The course lead by instructor Emile Gaudet completed work on some very nice carvings. Participants from left to right, Lee Ann Goerzen, Ross Douglas, Emile Gaudet (instructor), Russell Littlemore, Bill Dearborn & Jack Bergen (behind the lens)

7 Wednesday Drop In A pair of our Wednesday regulars. Looks like that goose is finely/finally balanced

8 Heeeey I never got any of that rice pudding! Thursday Night Meeting We don t need any boring meetings, let s just get carving

9 Our Carving is Missing! If you enjoy walks in our beautiful Wascana Park, you may have noticed that our Totem Pole had vanished for a time this winter. For several weeks my wife and I would stop at the vacant space on our laps around the lake and wonder it the familiar carving would ever return. Then in late December, our carving was back with a fresh new look! J. Bergen, RWWC Newsletter Editor The following article and photo at right have been reprinted with the permission of Wascana Centre. Lakeshore Park Totem Pole The Totem Pole, located in Lakeshore Park within Wascana Centre, was a gift to Saskatchewan from the British Columbia government in It commemorates the centenary of the union, July 20, 1871, of the province of British Columbia with the Dominion Canada. The Saskatchewan totem pole is one of 12 presented to Canadian Centres. British Columbia's gift of a Totem Pole to Saskatchewan was hewn from Western Red Cedar by Mr. Lloyd Wadhams of the Nimpkish Indian Band. It is 16 feet high, three and a half feet in diameter, and weighs approximately 3,500 pounds. In 2016 the Totem Pole was removed and restored after years of aging and damage. Master Carver Lloyd Wadhams Jr., son of the original carver performed the extensive work. Along with restoring the entire Totem Pole, new wings and antennae were also built and installed. The Totem Pole is of the Kwakiutl Nation design. The predominant feature of the pole is the large Thunderbird which in Indian mythology is the noble and omnipotent ruler of the skies and master of the elements. It is the Great Eagle, respected throughout the area by all the coastal tribes. For the Kwakiutl it is particularly a symbol of family solidarity, the supernatural power that helped man build his first house. The human form on its breast signifies supernatural and human attributes

10 Current RWWC Executive Peter Dielschneider Past President Secretary-Treasurer Program / Group Newsletter Website Library Monthly Projects President Linda Anderson Herb Klassen Vacant (seeking candidates, sword fights not required) Jack Bergen Bill Dearborn Dale Wenman Andre Beaudoin (who wishes not to be on the executive) (and sure does a lot of work for us on all those blanks!) Editor s Note Now that my first issue as editor is behind me, I hope to start developing some fresh carving related content. The first idea for features came from Linda Anderson our out-going/outgoing president who suggested that we start interviewing our own club members. Considering our great wealth of skilled and knowledgeable carvers, I thought this was a great idea. So starting in April I plan to feature our first Meet a Carver article (Linda s title suggestion). The second idea was to feature carving art in our community and southern Saskatchewan. The Lakeshore Park Totem Pole being the first feature along these lines. Wondering about content in past issues I did a quick Google search which returned a decade old, Issue 80 of Carver s Corner lurking somewhere on the web. Because I m kinda cheap (site wanted money to download) I only got a couple of low resolution snips but still wanted to share these with you. Please enjoy our current March, 2017 Issue 168 of Carver`s Corner and crank-up the hot tub time machine we re going back to Jack Bergen

11 I thought Herb was so dynamic and hardworking by taking on his dual executive roles. However, given the above I can now see that he s been slacking-off on us (just kidding Herb!)