[Woodcarver] Only a little more than 5 weeks until our FESTIVAL!
Peter A. Turner
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Sat Feb 22 05:59:47 EST 2020
Oh, Come on Mate, Darwin's just a short hop across the pond! I was in Darwin way back in 1968. Very friendly people.
Pete
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> On February 22, 2020 at 5:12 AM "john.carriere john.carriere" <john.carriere at bigpond.com> wrote:
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> Hi Pete,
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> I would love to attend if I was a little bit closer.
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> Best Regards,
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> John Carriere, Darwin, Australia
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> > ------ Original Message ------
> > From: "Jeff Pretz via Woodcarver" <woodcarver at carverscompanion.com>
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> > Cc: jefpretz at ptd.net
> > Sent: Wednesday, 12 Feb, 2020 At 9:40 AM
> > Subject: [Woodcarver] Only a little more than 5 weeks until our FESTIVAL!
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> > REVISED and EXPANDED INFO!
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> > Lancaster County WoodCarvers’
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> > 47th Annual Woodcarving & Wildlife Art Festival
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> > Student Memorial Center, Millersville University,
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> > opposite side of street from 101 Shenks Ln, Millersville, PA 17551
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> > March 21&22, 2020.
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> > Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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> > & Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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> > Free Parking
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> > Festival Admission: $5.00
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> > Free Admission for those with Military ID!
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> > Free Admission for Students with High School or Post High Student ID!
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> > “Spring to Life!”
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> > 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
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> > Exhibits and Displays of Wood Carvings and Wildlife Art are hosted by the artists.
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> > This year we have a record of 63 different exhibitors and three or four vendors attending.
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> > Sister Clubs Exhibiting:
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> > American National Cane Club (ANCC), a sister club that focuses on canes and walking sticks and meets monthly in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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> > Conewago Carvers, a sister club which is very active west of the Susquehanna River, meeting in East Berlin, Pennsylvania.
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> > West Shore Woodcarvers, a sister club which is very active west of the Susquehanna River, Mechanicsburg (Hampden Township), Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
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> > Yorkarvers, a sister club from the York area of Pennsylvania.
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> > PA Delaware Valley Woodcarvers, a sister club from Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
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> > William Rush WoodCarvers, a sister club in Media, Pennsylvania.
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> > Pennsylvania Gourd Society, a sister club will be present with a display of their art on / with Gourds.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > Saturday’s Demo Schedule
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> > 10:00 to 11:00 PA Gourd Soc. Introduction to Gourds
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> > 11:00 to 12:00 Chris Lubkemann Whittling and Carving
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> > 12:00 to 1:00 Dennis Thornton, CCA Caricature Carving
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> > 1:00 to 2:00 Susan Thornton Painting Carvings
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> > 2:00 to 3:00 Joe Savarese Woodcarving Basics
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> > 3:00 to 4:00 Ken Kuhar Caricature Head Bottle Stoppers
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> > 4:00 to 5:00 George Basehore Canes and Walking Sticks
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> > Sunday’s Demo Schedule
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> > 10:30 to 11:30 Breanne Funk Rooster Carving from twigs
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> > 11:30 to 12:30 Dick Snyder Bird Basics Feathers Stoning
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> > 12:30 to 1:30 Jim Hiser, CCA Caricature Carving
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> > 1:30 to 2:30 Christa Roser Introduction to Intarsia
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> > 2:30 to 3:30 Jim Feather Caricature Carving
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > Vendors expected this year will also be selling carving and art tools, supplies, books, wood, etc.
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> > Hillcrest Carving, Don Swartz, proprietor / carver, from Lancaster County, PA
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> > John Dunkle Knives, John Dunkle, proprietor / knife maker from Archbold, OH (If he is recovered enough and can make enough knives for sale.)
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> > Ritter Carvers Inc, Barbara Ritter, proprietor from Colmar, PA
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> > Stadtlander Woodcarvings, Bob Stadtlander, proprietor / carver from Mantura, OH
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> > 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.
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> > Door prizes of carvings done by the Lancaster County WoodCarvers will be awarded regularly throughout the Festival.
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> > 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.
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> > See our Website for more information: http://www.lancarvers.com http://www.lancarvers.com/
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> > Festival & Club information contact: Pete Kovarovic, (717) 392-4814, Woodchips624 at comcast.net mailto:Woodchips at comcast.net
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> > Exhibitors information contact: Bob Hershey, (717) 951-5569, LancCarvers at gmail.com mailto:LancCarvers at Gmail.com
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> > Andy DiPace, (717) 394-2262, LancCarvers at gmail.com mailto:LancCarvers at Hotmail.com
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> > Competition information contact: David Parker, (410) 867-2214, daveparker1000 at gmail.com mailto:daveparker1000 at gmail.com
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> > Silent Auction information contact: Tom Longenecker, (717) 468-2556, thomasclp at comcast.net mailto:thomasclp at comcast.net
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> > Publicity information contact: Jeff Pretz, (717) 940-3311, jefpretz at ptd.net mailto:jefpretz at ptd.net
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > Our Featured Carver for 2020 is our own Mike Dieter. Here is a brief biography of Mike.
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> > 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!!
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > Mike had an article published in Woodcarvers illustrated entitled “Folk Art Santa”, Holiday 2013 edition - issue 65.
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> > 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.
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> > (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.)
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> > Contact information: DieterRetreater at yahoo.com mailto:DieterRetreater at yahoo.com (717) 653-4839
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> > Lancaster County WoodCarvers
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> > Lancaster, PA
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> > Jeff Pretz, Publicity & Advertisements Chair
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> > 1229 W Main St
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> > Ephrata, PA 17522-1310
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> > (717) 940-3311 — jefpretz at ptd.net mailto:jefpretz at ptd.net
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> > www.lancarvers.com http://www.lancarvers.com/
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> > https://www.facebook.com/LancasterCountyWoodcarvers https://www.facebook.com/LancasterCountyWoodcarvers
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> > Jeff Pretz
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> > jefpretz at ptd.net mailto:jefpretz at ptd.nethttp://www.lancarvers.com
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> > https://www.facebook.com/LancasterCountyWoodcarvers/
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