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<DIV><FONT size=3>Hi Maura,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>It sounds like you haven't slowed down much this summer.
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<DIV><FONT size=3>I like the fact that you're teaching a few times a week for
the park district. Two years, this has been a long term commitment for you. I
would be interested to know a little about how the students are doing. How many
students have stayed with you for all that time? How many show up regularly and
how many pop in about once a month? What type of things are they learning
besides sharpening?</FONT></DIV><FONT size=3>
<DIV><BR>Joe Dillett<BR>The Carving Shop<BR>645 E. LaSalle St. Suite
3<BR>Somonauk, IL. 60552</DIV>
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<DIV>Sometimes I feel like I slow down a bit in the summer but looking back on
things I think I have stayed rather busy carving-wise............Well, this
summer I attended the Newr, did a tramp art box, scrimshaw medallion and a
dennis thorton caricature of a chickenhawk, all things that I had never tried
before. I think they all came out pretty well. while I liked the
tediousness of the scrimshaw work(I guess due to the historical aspects), the
tramp art box got to me and I had to struggle thru it. I guess it is for
the same reasons that me and chip carving don't agree..... and have been
teaching classes 2x a week for the nyc parks dept, going on my second year
now. we do all types of things, whatever my students wish to tackle and I
give guidance and prepare their wood and cutouts, teach them sharpening and
advise them as to their techniques and finishing.</DIV>
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<DIV> I have also been working with an antique wholesaler and currently
am restoring an 1840 gothic table in walnut which I will put together a
pictoral of when finished, should be sometime this or next week, involved lots
of gothic tracery carvings to replace missing parts, recently finished up
restoring a mahogany 100 year old table with classical shells,
leaves, lions heads, lions paw feet. That came out
great!!! Keeping some old carvers work alive for the next generations to
enjoy is very inspiring and educational for me.</DIV>
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<DIV>On the more personal front, I recently came across a wonderful pic
of my great-great-grandfather circa 1900 in which he is wearing a top hat,
long double-breasted overcoat with chest medal, cravat, wingtips
and leaning on a cane and have just started an 18x10" relief
portrait in walnut. This one is near and dear to my heart and hope to do
it justice.</DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Maura Carving in NYC<BR><A
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href="http://mycarvingclub.com/mauramacaluso">http://mycarvingclub.com/mauramacaluso</A><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></U></P></FONT></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR>
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