[Woodcarver] Fwd: Myths and Facts about the "Book"... with permission

[Bill Judt]

From: SantaCarvinLady at aol.com
Date: December 9, 2004 6:24:37 PM GMT-06:00
To: bjudt at sasktel.net
Subject: Myths and Facts about the "Book"



Hi Bill - will you pass this on if you're okay with it?   Thanks, Hugs.
   
I'm sorry I'm not around much lately, I keep getting stuck in piles of 
woodchips....just like snowflakes, you know...each shaped a little 
differently, they distract me easily :-)
 
I've gotten quite a few inquiries from folks around the list about the 
Better Homes & Gardens Santa book that is available on my website.     
I thought it might be a good idea to answer the more frequent questions 
here, so that everyone who might be wondering knows what it is and, 
more importantly, what it isn't.
 
The book available through me is the Better Homes & Gardens Santa 
Collection (Volume 6).   It is a hardcover "coffee-table" type book, 
published by BH&G annually for its subscribing collectors.   It is 
specifically geared toward Santa collectors, and the articles in the 
book feature santa artists, collectors, stories and other Santa-related 
things.
   
It IS NOT a carving-related book - there's an article about my work, 
and the work of Leo & Marilyn Smith, also carvers - the other 
artists featured work in different media.    There are articles about 
santa collectors - with photos of their collections, which of course 
include quite a few carved santas among them.     But there are no 
carving how-tos, no carving patterns, although there are a few 
"patterns" for non-carving related craft santas - there are even cookie 
recipes!  LOL    It's a Santa collector's dream book, and certainly can 
be inspiring to a santa artist, but maybe not quite so helpful to a 
carver looking for instructions or how-tos.
 
Anyway, just thought this explanation might be helpful - I don't want 
anyone to spend good money and not get what they're expecting.    There 
are some great santa carving books on the market chock-full of carving 
ideas and patterns, and they don't cost nearly as much as this 
collectors book. 
 
Thanks, Bill,
 
Teri
 
"Santas for the Soul"
Carvings by Folk Artist Teri Embrey
http://www.teriembrey.com


Bill

W.F. Judt,
46 Harvard Cres,
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
S7H3R1
PH: 306-373-6649
Email: bjudt at sasktel.net
Website: http://www.wwwoodcarver.com
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