[Woodcarver] Lancaster Carve Around Update

[Jeff Pretz]

With the List Owner's approval:



The Lancaster County WoodCarvers is pleased to announce a Carve  
Around, a 2 day seminar with four top carvers on Monday and Tuesday,  
June 1 and 2, 2009 following the 36th Annual Woodcarving & Wildlife  
Art Festival / Competition, May 30-31. The seminar will be held at  
Pavilion 22 of the Lancaster County Parks, south of Lancaster City.

One can register to spend the two days with one of the four carvers:  
Pete LeClair, Jan Oegema, Bob Stadtlander, or Don Dearolf.

Pete, author of three books, Carving Caricature Heads & Faces, Carving  
Caricature Figures from Scratch and Carving Caricature Busts, is a  
retired Operating Engineer, living in Gardner, Massachusetts. He began  
carving caricatures in 1973. In 1978 he started teaching carving in  
the adult education system in the city of Fitchburg, MA. In 1990 he  
started showing his caricatures at woodcarving shows, which led to  
requests to teach seminars throughout this country and Australia.

Visit Pete at the CCA website: http://www.cca-carvers.org/leclair.html

Peter will be leading a seminar on Bottle-Top Caricature

Jan is from Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. Jan is a wonderful teacher -  
he's talented, patient, and has a great sense of humour.

Jan’s website is www.janscarvingstudio.com

Jan will be leading a seminar on Lawn Chair Carving

Bob Stadtlander, a resident of Wellsville, New York, has been carving  
since 1990. He is mostly self taught, but has taken several courses  
offered by other well known carvers. He specializes in relief carving,  
mostly in wood 2" thick or less. Robert’s fascination for woodcarving  
started at a very young age, however after being influenced by his  
family’s participation in the woodcarving world, he started carving as  
a hobby. After carving for approximately fifteen years, Robert now  
specializes in scenic relief carving relying on shadow, light, and  
perspective to give his carvings a life-like feel.

Bob’s website is http://www.stadtlandercarvings.com/index.htm

Bob will be leading a seminar on Relief Carving.

Don is a member of the Lancaster County WoodCarvers. Don has been a  
Caricature Carver. Over the last two years Don has lead several  
seminars for the Lancaster County WoodCarvers and at the Cherry Ridge  
NorthEast WoodCarvers Round Up. These seminars have demonstrated his  
teaching skills on top of his carving skills and his creativity.

Don will be leading a seminar on caricature carving of perhaps a Amish  
man.

Pre-Registration is required since there is limited openings for  
personal carving attention by the instructor. Registration form and  
the costs will soon be announced. Check our website for more details  
as we make them: www.lancarvers.com. Registration forms will be  
available to download from our website.

The Cost will be determined soon and will include the cost of the  
blank / material for the two days with one of the carvers.

Information and registration form are also available by contacting  
Lancaster County WoodCarvers, Attn: Nancy Kovarovic, P.O. Box 10012,  
Lancaster, PA 17605-0012 or emailing: Woodchips624 at comcast.net.

Take a long weekend and perhaps longer vacation in historic Lancaster  
County, Pennsylvania and enjoy the 36th Annual Woodcarving & Wildlife  
Art Festival / Competition and Lancaster County WoodCarvers’ Carve  
Around this coming spring. May 30-31 and June 1-2, 2009.
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