[Woodcarver] Carving Contest Ideas

[cjw]

Can't get butternut as smooth as basswood ..... it made it through  
the hole at least.

cjw





On Jul 8, 2010, at 1:28 PM, Larry Yudis wrote:


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> Hey Chris,

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> 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

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> Larry,

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> 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

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

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>> Hi Chris,

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>> 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

>>

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

>> From: woodcarver-bounces at carverscompanion.com

>> [mailto:woodcarver-bounces at carverscompanion.com] On Behalf Of cjw

>> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 7:57 AM

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>> Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Carving Contest Ideas

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>> Hello,

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>> 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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