[Woodcarver] Carving Contest Ideas

[Larry Yudis]

Hey Chris,

That sounds like a really neat idea with whittlin' the squares round.  Kinda
puts everyone on an equal basis.

First and last contest, eh?  Didn't roll too far???  LOL!

Larry (BIG DOG) Yudis, Owner
The Woodcraft Shop
2724 State St.
Bettendorf, IA 52722
800-397-2278
thewoodcraftshop at mchsi.com
www.thewoodcraftshop.com 

Carol and Larry Yudis, Show Chairs
International Woodcarvers Congress
Affiliated Wood Carvers, Ltd.
PO Box 104
Bettendorf, IA 52722
563-505-2700 (Carol's cell)
563-676-8264 (Larry's cell)
congress at mchsi.com 
www.awcltd.org 


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Larry,

Love it ... I have one to add also ....

In Oklahoma they handed out 1" or maybe 1.5" basswood blocks and you  
had to use (only a knife) to get it as round as possible (couldn't  
remember how long we had, most likely an hour). At the end of it ...  
all of the balls were dropped through an angled pvc pipe (one at a  
time) and the one that went that farthest was the champ. The winner  
was perfectly round (how he did it I don't know). I was given a piece  
of butternut ..... my first and last contest.

Thanks for the prizes ..... I am sure we'll be in touch.

Chris






On Jul 8, 2010, at 12:04 PM, Larry Yudis wrote:


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> Hi Chris,

>

> Here's my 2 cents worth:

>

> 1.)  It's difficult to have different skill levels.  How would you  

> monitor

> that?  Most carvers who get into a whittlin' contest are somewhat

> accomplished anyway.  A contest like that generally scares off the  

> beginner

> or novice.  Besides having a First, Second and Third Prize or  

> Ribbon, you

> can have a special "Most Gutsy Performance" or "Honorable Mention"  

> type

> award for someone not so accomplished but gave it one helluva try.

>

> 2.) It's really difficult to get much of anything done in less than  

> 2 hours

> regardless of the subject matter; definitely nothing less than an  

> hour.

>

> 3.) Over the past 30 years, we seen all sorts of whittlin'  

> contests.  Most

> seem to go with the same ol' boring chunk of wood (eg. 2 x 2 x 6)  

> and the

> contestants are told to do whatever they want with it.

>

> Some other more exciting contests we've seen are:  giving everyone  

> the same

> obvious looking cutout (let's say one of bird or a fish or  

> whatever) but

> telling them to make something totally different than what the cutout

> represents; another contest had the contestants reach into a box of  

> scraps,

> without looking, and pull out a piece to work on (these scraps  

> would be

> off-fall from cutouts done on a band saw, odd shapes and sizes);   

> another

> contest had TEAMS of two or three carvers who would hand off the  

> piece to

> their teammate after an allotted amount of time.

>

> There are all sorts of variations that can be done with a little  

> creativity.

> A lot of the contests allow the carvers to use only 2 or 3 tools  

> plus a

> strop.  I always like to see them be able to use whatever they want  

> in the

> way of tools; what difference does it really make?

>

> In addition to my 2 cents worth, Carol and I would like to offer a  

> $25 Gift

> Certificate for the First Place winner, a $15 Gift Certificate for  

> Second

> Place and a $10 one for Third Place.  They will be good until the  

> end of

> Carv-Fest 2010 and can be redeemed with us when we arrive Friday  

> morning to

> set up our displays.

>

> Looking forward to our trip to Faribault again this year.  Don't  

> forget, you

> promised it will be nice and cool while we're there!  :o)

>

> Take care, Chris and thanks to all the Whillocks for making Carv- 

> Fest such a

> wonderful carving experience for so many years.

>

> Larry (BIG DOG) Yudis, Owner

> The Woodcraft Shop

> 2724 State St.

> Bettendorf, IA 52722

> 800-397-2278

> thewoodcraftshop at mchsi.com

> www.thewoodcraftshop.com

>

> Carol and Larry Yudis, Show Chairs

> International Woodcarvers Congress

> Affiliated Wood Carvers, Ltd.

> PO Box 104

> Bettendorf, IA 52722

> 563-505-2700 (Carol's cell)

> 563-676-8264 (Larry's cell)

> congress at mchsi.com

> www.awcltd.org

>

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> Hello,

>

> I have a question for the group .... next month we will be holding

> our Minnesota carving festival (www.carv-fest.com) ... and we are

> running a carving/whittling contest on Thursday evening ....

>

> I need ideas for a contest .

>

> 1- I'd like it somewhat fair, either different skill level prizes or

> a contest that everyone would be equal

> 2- how long ... hour, 1/2 hour

> 3- what has worked, what hasn't ... favorites?

>

> Thanks for your input ..

>

> Chris

>

>

>

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