Capital City Carvers

Election of club officers will occur at the March 4 Business Meeting. The Officers will take office at the April Business meeting.

CARVING OPPORTUNITIES

February 22-24, 2024, Southeastern Woodcarving School, Wetumpka AL. Instructors are Steve Brown -Caricatures, Bill Johnson - Chip Carving and Mary Harmon - Folk Art Painting. Contact Judy Brooks: 334-414-0952. www.centralalwoodcarving.com

March 18-22, 2024, Renegade Woodcarvers Roundup, Lebanon, TN. Instructors are Gary Falin, Rich Weatherbee, Dwayne Gosnell, Mitch Cartledge, Floyd Radhigan. www.sbrownwoodcarving.com

April 26-28, 2024, Wards World Championship, Ocean City MD. Bird carvings both decorative and working shooting rigs.

If you do not receive Chip Chats, you may want to consider becoming a member of the National Wood Carvers Association. Dues are $20/year. The magazine comes bi-monthly . Send your name, address, and dues to:

National Wood Carvers Association
P.O. Box 43218
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243

We have been listed on the ChipChats web site. To access the site, go to www.ChipChats.org. They have updated their website and include listings for shows and events. You can even join the organization on the site. NWCA has sent forms to us to give to members that wish to join. Adelle would be happy to get one to you if you request it.

Are you on Facebook? Our club Show-and-Tell carving pictures and the newsletter have been posted recently. It makes me happy to see those pictures. Hopefully there are a few folks out there that will appreciate them and maybe decide that carving might be a hobby they might be interested in.

For those of you interested in woodburning (pyrography) check out ParsonsWoodArtistry.com. Michelle is quite the woodburning artist. She teaches classes throughout the US. She has taught at Southeastern Wood Carving School in recent years.

Another source for basswood is fnabco.com. They have various sizes for many different craft applications.

As listed in the previous newsletter you may wish to check out these websites:
Maple and Bass Enterprises: Located in Canada, this company was formed by Cam Merkle, a noted bird carver. Many products related to power carving, paints, brushes, study casts, tupelo, woodburners and much more. Find them at www.mapleandbass.com