[Woodcarver] What have you been working on?

[Marcia Berkall]

What a great project, Joe!!!  There's nothing like working on 
something that has history and meaning!  It'll be nice to see the 
progress you make on it!

I, too, have been getting ready for the GOW.  I'm looking forward to 
seeing my old friends and to finally meet in person those I've only 
met online. This year our chat gang decided to hold our 11th 
Jackstock at the GOW.  We'll miss those who are unable to make 
it.  Right now I'm finishing up my cane segment to bring with me and 
working on putting together what I'll need to bring for the classes 
I'll be teaching.  I suppose I ought to think about packing! :)

I've been commissioned to carve a life size Maine Coon Cat for a 
private collector.  I love those commissions....I would otherwise 
never have even thought of this project.  To keep my client 
up-to-date on the progress, I set up a blog at 
http://cahvah.wordpress.com/ if anyone wants to check it out.  I'm 
also trying to keep all the galleries supplied with carvings, and 
have been working on Veterans' Eagle Canes.  Too much to do, too little time!

Marcia (aka Mush)
South China, Maine
At 09:09 AM 9/11/2008, Joe wrote:


>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>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 

>


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