[Woodcarver] Joe's update chat

[CRaig Watson]

Hi Joe,  CRaig here.  watched your mantle carving    WOW  that was great.
 Nice job.  Looking forward to the GPOR or GOWR  wichever.
 Hi to all

CRaig


On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 5:51 AM, Merrilee Johnson <merrihat at hotmail.com>wrote:


> How beautiful your mantel turned out! I love the way the activities of the

> family flowed so well into space. It was very informative to see how the

> depth was achieved. Wow! That is a lot of wood to remove. Thank you for

> showing how you achieve it!  It was a great video! Glad I had "nothing to

> do" I would have watched your video anyway Joe!  Thanks for sharing.

>

> It is strange how busy you can be when you retire!  I have heard that so

> much and didn't believe but retirement is wonderful! Wish I could come to

> the reunion. Seems like I always miss it. I will be on the road home from

> New Mexico. Maybe next time. You all have fun!

> Enjoy!

> Merrilee

>

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> Fellow carvers,

>

> I finished a walnut mantel for a customer who had me carve one 20 years

> ago. He lost that mantel in a house fire so I carved him another. I shot a

> video of the journey doing the mantel. If you got about a half hour with

> nothing to do here's the link. http://thecarvingshop.shutterfly.com/82 (Also,

> you can jump through it faster.)

>

> I like this new Shutterfly site, so I'm slowly posting more stuff on it

> (link below). And, I just finished a little order carving moldings, which I

> also uploaded the video to Shutterfly. It seems hard to say no to carving

> jobs after retirement.

>

> Other stuff happening here, being between disasters for the Red Cross I'm

> going to school for my CDL. That's to be able to drive semi's for the Red

> Cross. I'm also getting ready for the GOW Reunion here at my shop June 20th

> through the 23rd. For those who don't know about it, the information is

> attached below. You are all invited. We are honoring Ol' Don Burgdorf with

> a Roast for his many years promoting the art of woodcarving.

>

> Other stuff.. I am part of a team of 4, teaching carving to wounded

> veterans in Jackson Hole Wy., for a week in October. If any of you know any

> wounded veterans wanting to learn carving please have them call me. We are

> covering their air fare, room and board and excursions such has Yellowstone

> and river floats etc. The purpose of this week is to help them heal using

> carving as one of the tools.

>

>




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