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"there" was a no carving zone.. or limited carving.. but now.. I think I'm back again.  I managed to finish Keith's cowboy for Dad - though it required an amputation (cente r of back to top of shoulder down the front to just into the pocket and still in the pocket around to the center back) The arm I had to rid him of looked like an empty sleeve.  I just couldn't live with it.. non carvers of course said "it doesn't look that bad" to me however, it looked like what Trudy wou... Read More

Here are some clean thoughts on a wood wall.   Well at my age all this new stuff on computers are a bit new. I made up this blog to show pictures of my carvings and perhaps I should now post some words of wit or perhaps some carving ideas. I will try to perhaps cover some things about Wood Carving then.     Carving a piece of wood can and is for me a great way to get away from the junk and troubles of everyday life. When I was working and came home uptight I would tell San... Read More

This past weekend the carving club that I belong to, "The Belleville Area Holzchnitzers" held their 39th annual show.  A lot of hard work was put in by the people who organized it and they should be commended.  It was a great show.  The attendance wasn't like we would have liked it to have been but it was still good.  The weather had a great deal to do with the lack of having great attendance.  The temperature was in the mid seventies and it was a beautiful sunny weekend... Read More

If you are like me, you have quite a few woodcarvings books that you have purchased.  I have a fairly good library of books that if I would apply the knowledge that could be learned from them, I would be a PRO.  However, I mostly like to look at the pictures and wish that I could carve as well as the authors of these books.
I have been recently informed that any member of our club can now purchase woodcarving and/or woodworking books from workingwithwoodbooks.com&nb... Read More

I belong to the Belleville Area Holzschnitzers carving club in Belleville, Illinois and have for about the last 4 years.  The club was formed back in 1967 and has put on a carving show since 1970. I started going to the show sometime in the late 70’s.  It is held in the fairgrounds exposition building, which is a fairly good size building.  It has one large room and two smaller rooms.  When I first started going, the show encompassed all three rooms and the building... Read More

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