THE PIEDMONT CARVER. Monthly Meeting & Carve In Saturday June 16th

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1 JUNE 2018 THE PIEDMONT WOOD CARVERS CLUB THE PIEDMONT CARVER CARVING THROUGHOUT THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Monthly Meeting & Carve In Saturday June 16th Join us on Saturday June 16th for our monthly meeting and carve in. Doors open at 8:45 and you may stay as long as you like. Come and 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 11:00. A drawing will be held for door prizes via a raffle. Tickets for the raffle are earned by wearing your name badge, club logo/shirt, having a carving for show and tell, 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! Club Ed June mentoring session is with Dave Fisher. We will be carving an angel for the Angel of Hope outreach project. If you are interested in leading an informational carving session during a Wednesday Carve In or during a Saturday monthly meeting, please contact Richard Card at richcard@charter.net. Club Seminar Announcements Chip Carving Fundamentals with Bill Johnson and Cypress Knees with Carole Jean (Boyd) Singleton, registration details inside, be sure and take a look! 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 At the recent board meeting, Jim Hayes our membership chair, announced more new members, making our current membership at 103 carvers! Indeed, these are exciting times for the PWCC. Special thanks for all the members who give back to the club, by serving on committees, mentoring, teaching classes, show and tell, providing donations of snacks and wood etc. etc. etc. Attendance at Wednesday carve-ins has reached the attendance numbers of our monthly meetings. All good news. Bob Davison has reorganized the library resources. His efforts will make these valuable resources more available to members. Most will be surprised at the amount of information PWCC has to share. Thanks Bob for all your hard work! Also, you will notice that we have rearranged the club room to better utilize our space. This will allow more flexibility and provides space for two additional tables for carving. More room for more fun! The first night of the Mauldin Farmers Mark was an enormous success. The Market has a larger number of vendors, food trucks, live music and a cooler more comfortable climate than previous years. This resulted in a large public turnout. I think the staff at the Mauldin Culture Center have created a special new event for Mauldin. I expect the event will continue to grow, and PWCC is right in the middle of the action. I had such an enjoyable time. It was pleasurable to see our tent well-staffed with members, proud to share the art of wood carving and promoting the club. Carving, laughing and sharing. There was much interest demonstrated by the market visitors. Spreading carving arts: Gay Greer has been out promoting the club, which has resulting in Lila Gilmer being booked to teach soap carving to Girls scouts in Anderson and Spartanburg. Also, I will be introducing wood carving at First Baptist Church of Mauldin. They have a group interested in carving Angels of Hope. What is behind the curtain? Glad you asked, as a reminder, behind the curtain on the shelfs in the back of the room are carving cutouts for Christmas ornaments, etc. We are planning again this year to have Christmas trees as part of the Show Raffle. So, we need ornaments carved and donated for the tree(s). Drop a couple dollars in the donations jar to help fund the purchase of more wood. Thanks So, help yourself, and keep laughing and keep carving! Dave

3 Page 3 June Club Ed Angel of Hope Outreach Project & Update We will be carving Angels of Hope at our June 2018 monthly meeting. In our February 2017 monthly meeting we kicked-off the Angels of Hope project. And since then we have delivered 135 Angels of Hope. For experienced/intermediate carvers, this stylized angel is an opportunity to be creative and to experiment. This also, happens to be a perfect starter project for new carvers too. So, bring that friend who has always wanted to try carving. As part of our Show in November, we will be having a weekend long carving contest featuring Angel of Hope. Carving Participants will register and pick up their angel cutout at the membership table. The completed angels will be judged Sunday afternoon. The June meeting will be good practice run for the show carving contest as well as producing Angels of Hope for our charitable organizations. Thank you so much for your Angels of Hope Donation. We Thoroughly enjoy providing them to our families as they are and offer a beacon of hope during a very difficult time in their lives. Please know the work you do and gift you provide is so special. Kate V. Sanders Director of Administration and Development Ronald McDonald House of the Carolinas 2017 Ronald McDonald House of the Carolinas 411 Families served Saving Families $767,000 Provide 3,377 nights, average 10 nights per family Longest Stay 156 nights Longest Distance traveled 2,134 Miles Families came from 11 States and 4 Countries 7 Partner Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities 3,444 Volunteers 260 Groups baked 6,240 Cookies 41 Angels of Hope have been provided to Ronald McDonald House of the Carolinas from the Piedmont Wood Carvers Club

4 Page 4 Club Seminar Announcement Chip Carving Fundamentals with Bill Johnson August 10-12th 9am - 5pm Piedmont Wood Carvers Club - Mauldin Cultural Center Skill Level: Novice Beginner Class Size: Eight (8) students minimum; Ten (10) students maximum Prerequisites: No woodcarving experience needed. Individuals with prior training and/or experience wanting a refresher on chip carving fundamentals will also benefit. Description: Students will learn or refresh prior learning on the foundational skills & techniques of this decorative art form. People often say I could never do that when seeing a Chip Carved piece. Arguably, many feel that it s the easiest of all styles to learn. History: Chip Carving has been done for centuries, originating in Northern Europe, as a way to add beauty to personalized handmade wooden objects ranging from architectural building components to kitchen cabinet doors and other household items like cookie presses, decorative plates and bowls even wooded shoes. Accomplishments: Each student will learn proper knife sharpening and holding techniques, and how to read grain direction. Using the included basswood Study Board, we ll carve two-sided (canoe-shaped) and threesided (triangle-shaped) chips. By the end of the first day, each student should be ready to move on to additional shapes as parts of larger patterns, borders, rosettes, and more. As time allows, students can choose to add more challenging forms of Chip Carving, including Free form designs such as: 1)leaves, flowers,animals, etc., along with 2)Grid work, and 3) Lettering. To incorporate these new skills into a single piece, each person will begin working the second day of the class on a 8 Square diamond shaped Ready-to-Carve Four Seasons Trivet. Other options will be available for anyone who prefers to carve another Ready-to-Carve piece. Tuition: $155 including facility fee (includes Study Board) Full payment $155, Deposit $75 Project: Ready-to-Carve 8 x 8 Four Seasons Trivet; $20.00 Registration: Registration by mailing check ($155 full payment) and registration form to Charles Arnold, 1212 Ravenswood Dr, Anderson, SC You will receive an confirmation. No cash or transactions at meeting please. Materials and Supplies: Instructor will provide everything needed for class use including 1) Wayne Barton Premier Cutting Knife and Premier Stab Knife 2) Measuring, design, and layout tools 3) Pattern transfer paper, pencils, and erasers 4)Finishing products as needed. Wayne Barton Chip Carving Knives will be available to purchase if so desired.

5 Page 5 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.

6 Page 6 Member News Welcome new member Cindy Shivers!!! A huge THANK YOU to John Moore! John led the May Club Ed session. The club carved a Cowboy/Cowgirl boot. The club mentoring sessions have been a tremendous success. John is one of the original members of PWCC. It s a pleasure for to have the opportunity to host a class where John shares his insight, experience and talent. Coming Soon Club Ed Mentoring / Teaching Session July 11th Buddy Amos with Free Form Chip Carving July 25th Lila Gilmer with a Dove ornament

7 Page 7 Library News Shortly after the June monthly meeting the Library will be functional for use by the members. On behalf of the newer members of the club, we want to thank all those who had the idea of a library, who donated books and magazines, and had it operating. It is a great resource to get ideas and learn from the expertise of experienced carvers. Before we get started there are a few items that need to be decided. Please think about these and we can vote at the June meeting and get started. 1) Use of Club magazines and books A. only at the club meeting room B. take home after checking out with library committee member C. take home after self check out by the honor system 2) If checked out, how long to keep? A. one week B. two weeks C. one month 3) How to return books and magazines? A. check back with Library committee member B. self check in with honor system 4) What to do if not returned in allowed time? A. nothing B. call person to remind C. request a fine similar to public library 5) Making copies with club copier A. no charge B. charge similar to the public library Let s use the resource and get carving for the November show. Thanks, Bob Davison One last item. What should we do with the 200 plus duplicate magazine items that we have? A. keep to replace lost magazines B. bring in for members to take C. give to carving teachers for their students D. bring to November show to give to new members

8 Page 8 Community Mauldin s Farmers Market Tuesdays, June 5 August pm We need help. Mauldin s Farmers Market will be held on Tuesday night this summer. And PWCC will again have a table to show carvings, demonstrating wood carving and generally talk up the club. This is a fun event. The occasion supports the Mauldin Cultural Center and promotes the club and wood carving. Heyward is working on a sign-up list, please let Heyward know if you can help. The sign up sheet is posted on the bulletin board in the carving room.

9 Page 9 Member News Show and Tell this Saturday!!! Bring a carving to share! Club Calendar PWCC Officers

10 Page 10 Carve-In Fun