[Woodcarver] Am freed am finnaly on mx way home

[Bill Smith]

Hi gang am finally freed n on my way home from rehab.
Will be out of work just got my walkin stick, and my
patterns for the country char band. Which l have the
lay out just got to fine tune it. The do some more
platterns. So if anyone has anythin that they like to
send me to keep busy with. Bill T. Smith box 139,
Parrish, Florida 34219 phone 813 928 5099
--- woodcarver-bounces at six.pairlist.net
<carve at whillock.com> wrote:

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> >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

> The cuckoo clock was invented in the Black Forest

town of Schönwald,

> Germany, by Franz Ketterer in 1738. Ketterer

designed the system of small

> bellows and whistles that imitates the Cuckoo's

call, and added them to a

> standard Dutch clock. Later refinements of the

design changed the clock's

> shape to the familiar birdhouse or chalet. The

centre of their production

> continues to be in the Black Forest region of

Germany, in the area of

> Triberg and Neustadt. The cuckoo clock is often

wrongly associated with

> Switzerland, as in the movie The Third Man. This

error is probably due to a

> story by Mark Twain in which the hero depicts the

Swiss town of Lucerne as

> the home of cuckoo clocks.

> ----- Original Message ----- 

> From: "Doris Briggs" <roadend at shaw.ca>

> To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>

> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 12:37 PM

> Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Black Forest definition...

> 

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> > Hi Sally,

> >

> > I found this info on a Google search, so there is

a definite

> > geographical region.  Most of the history seem

centered around the

> > cuckoo clocks, but they did other carving as well.

 It is a very

> > interesting area to research.

> >

> >   "The Black Forest, or Schwarzwald, is a section

of Southwestern

> > Germany that borders on Switzerland on the south,

on the Neckar River

> > to the East and on France to the West. The

Northern gate to the Black

> > Forest is Pforzheim.

> >    The Black Forest is named for the beautiful

mountain landscape with

> > its dense population of pine trees. It is a region

of incomparably

> > unspoiled nature with its forests, mountains and

meadows.

> >

> >   The Black Forest is known for its half-timber

houses many of them 300

> > years old. The craftsmen of the area are well

known around the world

> > for their cuckoo clocks and the Christmas season

is never complete

> > without a nutcracker from this region. Castles,

vineyards and orchards

> > dot the hillsides."

> >

> > TTYL,

> > Doris

> >

> > On 19-Jul-05, at 9:44 AM, sally nye wrote:

> > >  Hello list,

> > > Is there a description/definition for Black

Forest wood carving?  If a

> > > test was given for a Master Wood Carver Guild to

give a specific

> > > definition for chip carving, high relief etc. 

How would the correct

> > > answer read for Black Forest?

> > >

> > > Does  Black Forest wood carving have a specific

geographical region?

> > >

> > >

> >

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