[Woodcarver] Evart Roundup...(chat)

[Merrilee Johnson]

Hi Sally
     You are right!  The 8th Evart Roundup was great!  Bill Jaquay had a new 
pattern - tulips to carve! (they were hard to see to lay out but when done 
look great!)
      Laure Dunkel and her husband were there with knives and a neat house 
to make.  John spent quite a bit of time with my 18 year old "student" 
(she's been carving with me for 3 years now)  helping her to purchase a new 
knife.  She is very pleased with it!
     Harold Joesph had cypress knees to work on with power and another lady 
has some that she did without power.
     I was surpised to see Chris from NEWCR  plus several others from that 
area here in Michigan.
    Jack Miller and his wife were here of course but there were others that 
came to learn.
     All in all it was a great success!
     Of course I just went to "talk to everyone"!  But somewhere along the 
way  I did get some great information about a wonderful powder that has a 
translucent effect when painting.  I also am excited to do some wood burning 
on my pins!  This lady from Ohio, Sandy Wilkins(hopefully I got the name 
right!)  gave me a wonderful dragonfly pin (pattern was in WCL recently) 
with burning on it.  I am so impressed!!!  I want to do that!  It really 
added to the pin!  And as I sat tonight trying it isn't easy!  So I will 
keep trying until I get it right! :)
    I am looking forward to Cherry Ridge in July!  I hope I get this wood 
burining done before then!
Merrilee



>Well folks, the 8th annual Wood Carvers Roundup in Evart, MI is history.  

>It was a real "WOW."  I heard a rumor there were 603 registered 

>participants.


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