[Woodcarver] What are you working on?

[Donna Menke]

Joe, et al-

Tomorrow I'll be starting a new commission. A woman contacted me to carve two infant boys in an almost flat-plane style. No details. She sent a photo of the sort of thing she wanted and I agreed that I could do a similar carving. I have the wood- 5" tall basswood blocks, and will start on the drawings now.
She bore twin boys in August of this year and they died of a rare and often deadly twin condition. I told her I would carve them separately, but in relation to one another. One will have his arm around the other, and the other one will have his hand on the knee of his brother. She likes that composition.
Such a sad occurrence, nobody should have a child die. 

Donna Menke
http://www.woodworks-by-donna.com



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> From: Joe Dillett <jdillett at thecarvingshop.net>

>To: [Woodcarver] <woodcarver at carverscompanion.com> 

>Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 11:30 AM

>Subject: [Woodcarver] What are you working on?

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>Joe what are you working on now?

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>pat

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>Hi Pat,

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>Today I'm working on a Christmas ornament pattern that I'll be teaching at our carving club meeting next Tuesday. This is an annual tradition for our club's October meeting. I'll have to post the pattern when I get it done.

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>I'm also finishing those two 1/4 life-size crucifixes that I started a few weeks ago at the Sandwich Fair. There are almost done.

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>The two large stain glass windows, that my brother and I worked on, are installed in the church. I'll get some pictures at the dedication and post them. I'm still learning the process of fusing paint on glass. I'll get some more pieces painted and load the kiln the end of this week. My brother is looking to take more orders for church windows where my involvement will be doing the design and fusing the painted pieces. He cuts, foils and solders it together which is 80% of the work.

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>I'm excited about taking a figure drawing class starting this evening at Northern Illinois University. Drawing is my recreation.

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>What are you all working on?

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>Joe Dillett     KC9VAU

>The Carving Shop

>645 E. LaSalle St. Suite 3

>Somonauk, IL. 60552

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>(815) 498-9290 phone

>(815) 498-9249 fax

>http://www.thecarvingshop.net [business web site]

>http://community.webshots.com/user/joe_dillett

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