[Woodcarver] Web Site UpDate

[Donna Menke]

Thanks, Corey. I like to carve quietly by hand. Most of my bird carvings are done with tupelo and power- noisy and dusty, but I learned this hummer with basswood so I can use hand tools. The books about carving hummingbirds are really good- but they focus on power, not hand tools.

I made the kit up as I would like to buy something- all together in one package. It is easier for me to buy a bunch of 3mm eyes than it is for others to buy just a couple at a time. In theory one could buy the kit, booklet, and video and have everything needed to duplicate my hummer. It wouldn't be too expensive if one did the booklet download. 
Donna Menke
http://www.woodworks-by-donna.com 
Author: The Ultimate Band Saw Box Book



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> From: Corey Hallagan <iowawoodcarver at gmail.com>

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> Donna, I was glad to see they were done without power tools and just carving 

> tools. I also like the fact you sell the whole kit. Nice!

> 

> Corey

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> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Donna Menke wrote:

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> Corey- you would find it a lot easier to carve the hummer than your figure 

> carving. I haven't carved many figures, but I can appreciate how difficult it is 

> compared to my birdies and small animals. Putting character in a human is more 

> difficult than getting the lay of feathers or fur correct. Unless we 

> anthopomorphize our animals they usually are lacking in character.

> 

> I'm not going near Iowa soon, but I will be in Massachusetts for the NEWA  in 

> June and Minnesota for Carve-Fest in August. Then Kerrville, Texas in October 

> for the TWG. No rest for the wicked- eh? Then again, they are available on my 

> web site if our paths don't cross.

> Glad you liked my little excerpts video. It took a lot of time to figure out how 

> to do that- but I wanted to give people an idea of what they were getting before 

> they bought it.

> Thanks-

> 

> Donna Menke

> http://www.woodworks-by-donna.com

> Author: The Ultimate Band Saw Box Book

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

> > From: Corey Hallagan 

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> > Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 6:37:42 PM

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> > Hi Donna, man that looks like a very well done video. Nice job to you and your

> > husband. I may have to pick the video up in the future, sounds like a neat

> > little project for when I am tired of carving santas, cowboys and what not!

> >

> > Corey

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> > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Donna Menke wrote:

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> > Hi there boys and girls- Well I've gone and done it again. I've added some

> > things to my web site that may be of interest to y'all. I hope it isn't too

> > commercial-

> > The Making the Hummingbird DVD video that hubby and I have been slaving over 

> for

> > months is finally done and ready to go. I played it at the last show and sold 

> 3

> > even though they hadn't been burned yet. Trusting souls. I did get them to 

> them

> > asap-lol. I have made a 5 minute video of excerpts from the 2-hour video that

> > you can see here:

> > http://www.woodworks-by-donna.com/DVDYouTubeEmbed.html

> > below that is the DVD cover with contents listed.

> >

> > The other new listing is for a travel lamp that seems to be custom made for us

> > carvers- especially if we travel. It is by Verilux- the natural light people-

> > runs off a regular cord, and has a rechargable built-in battery that goes 4

> > hours off cord, and even a USB connector to run off your computer. I was so

> > impressed that I've become a bonafide distributor for Verilux and I'll be

> > hawking them at shows, seminars, and on my web site. Last show I sold 9 and 

> only

> > had brought 6- so had to get more and ship them. See the page with items for

> > sale for details on these kool lamps:

> > http://www.woodworks-by-donna.com/Items_for_Sale.html

> > The only other thing to mention is that I still have 25 pages of free carving

> > plans and instructions on my site on the Jewelry page:

> > http://www.woodworks-by-donna.com/JEWELRY.html

> > TTTTHHHHats all folks-

> > Donna Menke

> > http://www.woodworks-by-donna.com

> > Author: The Ultimate Band Saw Box Book

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