[Woodcarver] What have you been working on?

[Joe Dillett]

I've been getting ready for the GOW which startes on Monday. It will be different not having it here at my shop. It's growing larger every year. This year we have 17 awesome instructors plus myself. There's a lot of stuff I have to take to the Sandwich Fair Grounds, where we moved the GOW. We still have room for more. Come and join us. You do not have to sign up early, just come, register and jump into a class. Check it out at http://www.camperjohn.com/GOW08_main.html .

Last week was the Sandwich Fair. My apprentices and I had a large display booth where we demonstrated from Wednesday through Sunday. I began working on a large relief (24 X 60) of the Last Supper. It is all one piece of mahogany that was lumbered out by hand with a chain saw about 20 years ago. The fellow who lumbered it out was very skilled. The thickness ranged only from 2-1/4 to 1-3/4 over the entire 76-inch length. A missionary brought it back from Guatemala and gave it to me about 5 years ago. It had only a slight bow before I began. Carving the background from the heart side, to about a 1-inch depth, has removed all the bow. I plan to keep the chainsaw marks on the back to preserve the history of the board.

Normally my Last Supper scenes include the backdrop of the upper room. On this one the figures are raised from the background about 1 inch and I plan to carve faces of modern-day saints and modern-day people in shallow relief throughout the entire background.

Joe Dillett
The Carving Shop
645 E. LaSalle St. Suite 3
Somonauk, IL. 60552

(815) 498-9290 phone
(815) 498-9249 fax
http://www.thecarvingshop.net [business web site]
http://www.carvingmagazine.com ['Ask Joe' column]
http://community.webshots.com/user/joe_dillett
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  Weather to nice, I guess people are working in the yards.  I'm learning to chainsaw carve, got a Makita 12" chainsaw made of carving and having lots of fun making chips.  Getting ready to do my first crafts fair in 10 years, building up carving and scrollsaw crafts inventory.


  Arthur
  carving in Oregon

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    are the boards really this slow or have I been having trouble receiving messages.   I am really beginning to wonder.  

    Maura Carving in NYC
    www.carvinginnyc.com
    http://mycarvingclub.com/mauramacaluso












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