Show Date Changed

Please note the Artistry in Wood show has been pushed back one week.  Details have been corrected on the calendar.

Artistry In Wood Juried Competition & Show
When
Mar 21 – 22, 2015
Where
Tri-Tech Skills Center, 5929 W Metaline Ave, Kennewick, WA 99336, United States (map)
Description
Mar 21 – 22, 2015
Tri-Tech Skills Center, Kellogg at Metaline, Kennewick, WA
Entry registration - March 20th (4:00-8:00 pm), Tri-Tech
Show dates: 21st (9:00 - 5:00) and 22nd (9:00 - 4:00)
Entry registration fee - $3.00 per item. Admission:$3.00-Adult,
Children 12 and under Free, Exhibitors Free.

Yogi the STOLEN BEAR

Cropped from a much larger photo, this is the best picture we can muster of Yogi Bear which was STOLEN from a Kennewick, WA home.  Please contact Butch Elrod if  you see Yogi or know who has him.

Wood Caliber

A CNC machining company is making a *functioning* replica of the 1911 pistol using exotic woods.  These beautiful wood carving are made in pieces then assembled resulting in art  that partially functions like the real thing.  The slide, trigger, hammer, magazine release button, break-down pin all work.  It can be disassembled including removing the barrel.

The ebony model is difficult to distinguish from a genuine 1911.

Wood Caliber

Yogi Bear was stolen!

STOLEN CHAINSAW CARVING
No photo available but a Yogi Bear carving (w/ hat and tie, about 3-4 feet tall, not painted colors) was stolen from a home in Kennewick, WA last night.  The thieves took Yogi, the chain, stake, and some garden gnomes :(  Contact me with any information if you spot him.

Calling All TCWCA Members

The annual Christmas party is December 11th!
FOR DETAILS CLICK HERE.

Artistry In Wood - DATE CHANGE to 21-22 March

March 21 – 22, 2015

Tri-Tech Skills Center, Kellogg at Metaline, Kennewick, WA

Entry registration - March 20th (4:00-8:00 pm), Tri-Tech

Show dates: 21st (9:00 - 5:00) and 22nd (9:00 - 4:00)

Entry registration fee - $3.00 per item. Admission:$3.00-Adult, 

Children 12 and under Free, Exhibitors Free. 

September 2014 Newsletter

The Tri-Cities Wood Carving Association newsletter for September 2014 is now available online. Read about the history of pumpkin carving and how to choose the best wood for your project.

http://woodhacker.com/pdf/tcwc/TCWC_September2014newsletter.pdf

August 2014 Newsletter

In our August 2014 Newsletter, you can read about club members as featured artists at WSU :)

http://woodhacker.com/pdf/tcwc/TCWC_August2014newsletter.pdf 

July 2014 Newsletter

The July issue of our Tri-Cities Wood Carvers Association newsletter has several photos from the Rendezvous and a list of upcoming wood carving events.

http://woodhacker.com/pdf/tcwc/TCWC_July2014newsletter.pdf

Initiative 594 and "persons"

Section 2 (17) "Person" means any individual, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, club, organization, society, joint stock company, or other legal entity.

What would it mean if the wood carving club were to suddenly become a legal "person"?  How does making our wood carving club a "person" keep guns out of the hands of criminals who are already forbidden from buying guns???
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Spokane Carvers Artistry in Wood 2014

Urging all carvers to get entries ready for this show.  We need to have a strong representation at the Spokane show and hope they reciprocate.

When:
 Sep 27 – 28, 2014
Where:
 Spokane, WA
Description:
 Spokane Carvers Artistry in Wood Show.
Salvation Army Gym, 222 E Indiana, Spokane, WA
Contact:  Tim Rahman 509.244.3467
or http://spokanecarvers.com

Meeting

Mark your calendars for the Tri-City Woodcarvers meeting on Saturday 7/19 at 1:00 pm at the Pasco Senior center.  After a short business meeting, Jerry and Judith Dilley will be doing a show and tell of some carvings they saw and collected on a recent vacation followed by open carving until 3:00pm.

Connie will be out of town.  Would someone please take minutes for her?

Calendar Update!

The calendar (link is above) has been updated to show the Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday wood carving sessions in Kennewick and Pasco, WA.

New Newsletter :)

The June 2014 Newsletter can be viewed online HERE.

I hope everyone had a safe and fun Independence Day! 

TCWCA’S 17th Annual Rendezvous

THURSDAY JUNE 5, 2014
9:30 Set‐up Setup, registration, camp site selection, miscellaneous carving projects, introductions and renewing old acquaintances. As always there will be open carving. When you register, pick‐up a Golf Ball for our carving contest. Attendees will vote for the best carving. Prizes will be awarded on Sunday morning.

CLICK HERE FOR SCHEDULE.

Rendezvous is this week-end

As most of you know, the Rendezvous is this week-end. We are hoping to see all of you there!

Don't forget the potluck on Friday evening.  We would like to ask the members to please bring cases of water and or soda and treats for the hospitality table.  We have approx. 12 instructors and know this will be a great carving week-end.

Attached is the schedule {click here} but please note that it is not cast in stone.  There may be a few changes along the way so please be patient with us.

Looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones!

Lanny and Gordon

NEWSLETTER for May 2014

Click Here to view the newsletter for May 2014. Rendezvous information, history of chip carving, a Memorial Day reminder, and other information is waiting for you in the newsletter :)
http://www.woodhacker.com/pdf/tcwc/TCWC_May2014Newsetter.pdf

NEWSLETTER for April 2014

The April 2014 newsletter is now available online.  
Points included:
Membership "dues are due" June 1.
Article on ebonizing wood.
Tri-Cities Woodcarvers Rendezvous is June 7-8
6th Annual Carvers Academy in in July
and more...

Click Here.

Spoon Carving Knives

Carve a Cowboy Boot.

The Woodcarver's Cabin website has plans, patterns and step by step instructions for wood carving projects.  Their "Cowboy Boot" project doubles as a toothpick holder.

The article is spread over 3 pages so don't stop on first page or you'll be disappointed :)

http://thewoodcarverscabin.com/workshop_cbboot.html

NEWSLETTER for March 2014

The March 2014 Newsletter is available by clicking here.

Take the 'yearly dementia test', read up on the Easter Bunny, hone your stropping skills :)

Rendezvous and Carvers Academy are coming up!

Wood Carving News Video

In the wake of our wood carving show, "someone" (me) leaked information to the Press about my newest tree stump carving project.  I will be finishing this one today at the intersection of S. Olympia and 37th, in Kennewick, WA.

by Vi Hiltwein

THIS WEEKEND in Kennewick! 
20th Annual Artistry in Wood
with Juried Show and Sale

Sponsored by the Tri-Cities Wood Carvers Association
Tri-Tech Skills Center
Kellogg at Metaline, Kennewick, WA.

Lunch will be available each day :)

Exhibit and Sale
Saturday March 15, 2014 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Sunday March 16, 2014 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Lunch by Tri-Tech

Show Promotion and Raffle Tickets!

This weekend, the Rattlesnake Ridge Riders hosted their 28th Chili Feed and Ride at Horn Rapids Park. Representatives from the Tri-Cities Woodcarving Association attended, as vendors, to promote the Artistry  in Wood show and to sell raffle tickets for the smoker.

The day started off with a little rain and the occasional breeze but eventually the weather turned more friendly. :) Ticket sales were good and quite a few people learned about the up coming show.

If you are interested in attending (or becoming a vendor at) this event next year, contact Joe Gauthier through their website here.

February 2014 Newsletter

The last newsletter before the wood carving show is now available here.
Next Meeting is Thursday, 13 March  at 7:00 p.m.

Among other things, Rendezvous information is in this newsletter issue.

by Jerry Dilley

Tri-Cities Woodcarvers Rendezvous Benton Co. Fairgrounds, Kennewick, WA. RV sites and restrooms: $10 per night with water & power, $6 per night for RV’s and Tents with no hookup. Free (3-4 hour) woodcarving classes; instructors normally charge for supplies and cutouts, bring your own carving tools and woodburners. Contact Gordon Forsha 509.586.8738, email leo.forsha@gmail.com or Lanny Dagley 509.586.5587, email: lkDagley@charter.net

Click Here for Newsletter.

Ten More Days!

by Betty Pitzer

 Counting Down to the

"Artistry in Wood"

Show and Sale

in Kennewick, WA. 

by Wally Walters

13 Days Until Artistry In Wood 2014

by Barb Pentacost

If you're not ready yet, time is getting short! 

Artistry in Wood 2014 is almost here.  Now is the time to rub in that last coat of oil, inventory your tools & supplies to see what you need to buy, and PLEASE invite all of your friends :)

Be sure everyone knows the show is at Tri-Tech Skills Center at the corner of Kellogg and Metaline in Kennnewick, WA.

by Ivan Brown

NEWSLETTER for January 2014

The New Newsletter is here! (Now I am somebody.)

by Bob Gough

Click the link below to read meeting minutes, new business, old business, resources for gourders, learn how to make your own bow sander, and find out how to participate in a month long carving display at T & L Office and Art Supply in downtown Kennewick. :)

NEWSLETTER for January 2014 is here.

Black Walnut Log For Sale?

What is that black walnut tree in your yard worth?  This video is "spot on" and I'd appreciate it if everyone who has a walnut tree for sale would watch this.
:)

Dead Man's Hand

"Dead Man's Hand" 
by Bob Gough

What is considered the dead man's hand card combination of today gets its notoriety from a legend that it was the five-card draw hand held by James Butler Hickok (better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok) when he was shot in the back of the head by Jack McCall on August 2, 1876, in Nuttal & Mann's Saloon at Deadwood, Dakota Territory. Reportedly, Hickok's final hand included the aces and eights of both black suits.

Featured Artist

Tim Rahman

Featured Artist at the 
TCWCA 20th Annual Show

Tim Rahman, a Spokane resident and expert carver, will be the featured carver at the TCWCA 20th Annual Show and Sale on March 15 and 16, 2014.

He has received 42 Best of Division ribbons, seven Best of Skill Level, three Best of Show, five Carver’s Choice and five People’s Choice.

by Tim Rahman

Extremely creative, you will be amazed at how real his carvings are:  a carved quilt that looks like a real quilt or a half eaten candy bar that a judge wants removed--his creativity and realism are what all wood carvers strive for.

by Tim Rahman

Support Our Vendors at the show in March!

Our vendors support the Artistry In Wood show and we need to support our vendors.

Blue Ribbon Woodcarving Supplies
The Finest Carving Wood Available

Wood, Tools, Bird Feet, and more can be see on their website by clicking here. Contact them before the show if you want a special piece of wood.
http://www.blueribbonwoodcarvingsupplies.com/

Order at 503 884-7905.

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Cascade Carvers Supply
We Have It In Stock; We'll Ship It Today!

Hand Tools, Power Tools, Dust Control, Books, and more. Products and Carving Academy information are available on their website by clicking here.
http://www.cascadecarvers.com/

Order at 800-828-5576.

Artistry in Wood Prospectus

20th Annual Artistry in Wood

with Juried Show and Sale

Sponsored by the Tri-Cities Wood Carvers Association
Tri-Tech Skills Center
Kellogg at Metaline, Kennewick, WA 99336

Exhibit and Sale
Saturday March 15, 2014 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Sunday March 16, 2014 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Prospectus - Click Here. 

Get to making chips!

How many carvings have you made?

Rocking Chair by MatthewTim

Timeless Sculptures

I have been working on a new website layout for a wood sculptor named Matthew G Welter.  Matthew has been a full time professional wood carver for over 40 years.  A few of those years were spent running his art gallery at Lake Tahoe, CA and his current studio (along with open air gallery) is in Carson City, Nevada.

Timeless Sculptures, as Matthew calls his company, is a primarily commission business.  Very little is carved for inventory and in recent years, much of his work requires heavy equipment to move or transport. Prices are equally weighty.

The question comes to mind, "What does a professional wood sculptor of this caliber do about cracking wood?"  The answer is found in his biography.  He SELLS them!  Matthew explains...

Contemporary Sculpture

"Wood, with its trade-mark warmth and innocent beauty doesn’t even have to try; not with all those knots, grains and glorious cracks. Yes, glorious! Cracks are at once the markers of imperfection and a welcome, random release of tension in an otherwise well-ordered reality. Cracks are justification for, and acceptance of, forces we cannot control."

Not only does he accept and celebrate cracks in wood, he also burns it.  Not for heat but for art!  He has burned the surface of his Statue of Liberty to give it texture and patina.  He has developed a method of using fire to hollow sculptures which he used on a life size Liberty Bell and a 10' tall Easter Island Moai.

Where can you see his works?  Well, there are 4,972 photos of just about every angle and every type of wood sculpture you have ever seen in his new photo gallery at Timeless Sculptures.

Of all the tools you may have considered...

This incredible piece of furniture is a single piece of wood!  The smooth lines and aesthetic curves were achieved not with carpentry or cabinetry but rather by the creative use of a sawmill and some steam bending fixtures.

Other contemporary furniture my Mike Jarvi can be seen in the slideshow on his website at http://www.mikejarvi.com/

Watch Mike Jarvi create his wooden masterpiece, the Jarvi Bench, in this 15 minute video.

Wood Carving Humor :)