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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

Hi everyone,
If you’ve checked your email lately, you may have read the note from my father, Dennis Gordon, stating that he is taking over the site. There really isn’t much that can be added to his email, but I’d like to discuss what’s happened in my own words and recap a few events that got us to this point.   This website took about eight months to develop, at a great expense of not only my money but hundreds of hours of my time, plus the time of several software d... Read More

 for 2009, May everyone have a year filled with many wonderful unexpected surprises!  May all your carvings be masterpieces; may your knives gouges and chisels never get dull; and all your your finishing work be just as you want it to be the first time!   Denis    ... Read More

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