[Woodcarver] Only a little more than 5 weeks until our FESTIVAL!

Sat Feb 22 05:12:52 EST 2020

Hi Pete,

I would love to attend if I was a little bit closer.

Best Regards,

John Carriere, Darwin, Australia

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Subject: [Woodcarver] Only a little more than 5 weeks until our 
FESTIVAL!

REVISED and EXPANDED INFO!
Lancaster County WoodCarvers’
47th Annual Woodcarving & Wildlife Art Festival
Student Memorial Center, Millersville University,
opposite side of street from 101 Shenks Ln, Millersville, PA 17551
March 21&22, 2020.
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
                        & Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Free Parking
Festival Admission: $5.00
Free Admission for those with Military ID!
Free Admission for Students with High School or Post High Student ID!

“Spring to Life!”

Featured / Guest Carver will be Mike Dieter, Bird, Decoy, and Santa 
Carver. See biography at the end of this document.        
DieterRetreater at yahoo.com <mailto:DieterRetreater at yahoo.com> , (717) 
653-4839

Exhibits and Displays of Wood Carvings and Wildlife Art are hosted by 
the artists.
This year we have a record of 63 different exhibitors and three or four 
vendors attending.

Sister Clubs Exhibiting:
American National Cane Club (ANCC), a sister club that focuses on canes 
and walking sticks and meets monthly in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Conewago Carvers, a sister club which is very active west of the 
Susquehanna River, meeting in East Berlin, Pennsylvania.
West Shore Woodcarvers, a sister club which is very active west of the 
Susquehanna River, Mechanicsburg (Hampden Township), Cumberland County, 
Pennsylvania.
Yorkarvers, a sister club from the York area of Pennsylvania.
PA Delaware Valley Woodcarvers, a sister club from Bucks County, 
Pennsylvania.
            William Rush WoodCarvers, a sister club in Media, 
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Gourd Society, a sister club will be present with a display 
of their art on / with Gourds.

Woodcarving Illustrated and Fox Chapel Publishing are planning to host 
an area called “Spit and Whittle” for carvers and attendees to sit and 
share information and to carve and to watch demonstrations.

Demonstrations / Lectures / Presentations of one hour duration will be 
given every hour starting on the half-hour by various carvers including 
our featured carver and other local carvers. Schedule follows.

Saturday’s Demo Schedule

10:00 to 11:00             PA Gourd Soc.  Introduction to Gourds
11:00 to 12:00             Chris Lubkemann Whittling and Carving
12:00 to 1:00               Dennis Thornton, CCA Caricature Carving
1:00 to 2:00                 Susan Thornton Painting Carvings
2:00 to 3:00                 Joe Savarese Woodcarving Basics
3:00 to 4:00                 Ken Kuhar Caricature Head Bottle Stoppers
4:00 to 5:00                 George Basehore   Canes and Walking Sticks

Sunday’s Demo Schedule

10:30 to 11:30             Breanne Funk  Rooster Carving from twigs
11:30 to 12:30             Dick Snyder Bird Basics Feathers Stoning
12:30 to 1:30               Jim Hiser, CCA Caricature Carving
1:30 to 2:30                 Christa Roser Introduction to Intarsia
2:30 to 3:30                 Jim Feather Caricature Carving         

Carving “5 Minute” Owl or Hedge Hog – hands on carving for beginners, or 
new carvers, or those who just want to try carving. All supplies and 
tools will be available for use with basic safety and techniques shared. 
Instruction and guidance will be provided by club members. Each session 
will take about an hour and will start on the hour and on the half-hour. 
At the end of the hour most will leave your own owl or hedgehog. Must be 
at least 18 years old and everyone must sign a waver to participate in a 
session.

Woodcarvings and Wildlife Art are available for purchase from many of 
the artists and carvers. Many pieces of original work by carvers and 
other artists will be available.

Friendship Cane Raffle: Our club has created two friendship canes made 
up of about 13 individual carvers who made a block for each cane. 
Tickets will be available at the Festival and drawing will be Sunday 
afternoon.

Vendors expected this year will also be selling carving and art tools, 
supplies, books, wood, etc.
Hillcrest Carving, Don Swartz, proprietor / carver, from Lancaster 
County, PA
                                                John Dunkle Knives, John 
Dunkle, proprietor / knife maker from Archbold, OH (If he is recovered 
enough and can make enough knives for sale.)
            Ritter Carvers Inc, Barbara Ritter, proprietor from Colmar, 
PA
            Stadtlander Woodcarvings, Bob Stadtlander, proprietor / 
carver from Mantura, OH

Silent Auction will be held for a number of carvings and wildlife art 
donated by exhibitors and club members, as well as a variety of other 
items. Proceeds from the Silent Auction will be split evening between 
the club’s Beginner Carver Fund and then split between two local 
non-profit organization.

Door prizes of carvings done by the Lancaster County WoodCarvers will be 
awarded regularly throughout the Festival.

Competition is open to exhibitors and club members only. Entries must be 
entered Friday between 4 and 8 p.m. or Saturday between 7 and 8 a.m.. 
Competition pieces must remain in the show for the duration of the show.

See our Website for more information: http://www.lancarvers.com 
<http://www.lancarvers.com/>

Festival & Club information contact: Pete Kovarovic, (717) 392-4814, 
Woodchips624 at comcast.net <mailto:Woodchips at comcast.net>
Exhibitors information contact:          Bob Hershey, (717) 951-5569, 
LancCarvers at gmail.com <mailto:LancCarvers at Gmail.com>
                                                               Andy 
DiPace, (717) 394-2262, LancCarvers at gmail.com 
<mailto:LancCarvers at Hotmail.com>
Competition information contact:      David Parker, (410) 867-2214, 
daveparker1000 at gmail.com <mailto:daveparker1000 at gmail.com>
Silent Auction information contact:    Tom Longenecker, (717) 468-2556, 
thomasclp at comcast.net <mailto:thomasclp at comcast.net>
Publicity information contact:             Jeff Pretz, (717) 940-3311, 
jefpretz at ptd.net <mailto:jefpretz at ptd.net>

Lancaster County WoodCarvers meet monthly on the 3rd Tuesday evening 
from 6:00 to about 8:30 p.m. at the Community United Methodist Church, 
130 Tennyson Dr., Lancaster, PA 17602. June’s meeting is a picnic at 
Lititz Springs Park. Open Carve Session on the first Thursday of the 
month at 9:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Community 
United Methodist Church, Lancaster.

The Lancaster County WoodCarvers is a Pennsylvania Non-Profit 
Corporation for educational and charitable work especially to promote, 
foster and encourage the arts of woodcarving, whittling and sculpturing.

Our Featured Carver for 2020 is our own Mike Dieter. Here is a brief 
biography of Mike.

            Mike Dieter began carving back in 1980 as a way to be able 
to have some decoys for waterfowl hunting. At the time, finances were 
limited, as he had a growing family to support. This served as an 
alternative to buying them outright. He was invited to some Lancaster 
County Woodcarvers meetings by fellow member and friend, Galen Shelly, 
that were held at the “old” rec center in Lititz. That was it…he was 
bitten by the carving bug!!
            He enjoyed the comraderie of the guys in the club, and they 
were very helpful in teaching what they were skilled at. As time went 
on, he started making more detailed, decorative pieces for show and to 
sell. Using patterns gleaned from the few books available on the subject 
matter at the time, he began experimenting with poses of the birds. He 
starting making his own patterns, as he continues to do today. Being a 
traditionalist, he prefers using knives as opposed to power carving. He 
has used many different brands of knives over the years, even including 
a pocket knife owned by his father. But for now, his favorite knife is 
one by Mike Shipley.
            Some of the different woods used for carving are jelutong 
(from the latex tree), basswood, white pine and cypress knees. The 
internet is an invaluable tool in providing reference materials for 
different aspects of the birds’ anatomy as well as feather placement and 
coloration. He tries to have as many pictures as possible before 
starting a new subject. His painting style is also traditional, as he 
paints with brushes. He has mastered the skill of making them realistic 
looking without the use of an airbrush. He uses acrylics to do his 
painting, as they dry fairly quickly.
            Shorebirds are his specialty, but other things he has done 
to date include: duck decoys, songbirds, birds of prey, fish, Santa 
Claus, and many other subjects too varied to list individually. He’s 
always up for a challenge. Mike has won hundreds of awards over the past 
40 years. He’s done group demonstrations on how to carve; he’s 
participated in club projects; he’s participated in and won numerous 
decoy competitions, including the Ward Foundation World Competition in 
Ocean City, MD. He has taught classes on the subject at several clubs, 
and will be offering some new classes in 2020. Watch for more details in 
the near future.
            Thousands of pieces are out there that have been lovingly 
crafted by his own hands. No two pieces are alike. They may be similar, 
but each is a one-of-a-kind project – no duplicating machine used here. 
He starts with a single block of wood, then proceeds to bring out the 
inner piece from there. 
            Mike had an article published in Woodcarvers illustrated 
entitled “Folk Art Santa”,  Holiday 2013 edition - issue 65.
            As his  love of carving moves into the future, you’ll 
usually see him with a block of wood in his hands and a knife at the 
ready.
            (Please note that while he has created many carved pieces in 
his lifetime, he still has not accumulated that first set of decoys to 
hunt over.)
            Contact information: DieterRetreater at yahoo.com 
<mailto:DieterRetreater at yahoo.com>    (717) 653-4839

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Lancaster, PA
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Ephrata, PA 17522-1310
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