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What a great project, Joe!!! There's nothing like working on
something that has history and meaning! It'll be nice to see the
progress you make on it!<br><br>
I, too, have been getting ready for the GOW. I'm looking forward to
seeing my old friends and to finally meet in person those I've only met
online. This year our chat gang decided to hold our 11th Jackstock at the
GOW. We'll miss those who are unable to make it. Right now
I'm finishing up my cane segment to bring with me and working on putting
together what I'll need to bring for the classes I'll be teaching.
I suppose I ought to think about packing! :)<br><br>
I've been commissioned to carve a life size Maine Coon Cat for a private
collector. I love those commissions....I would otherwise never have
even thought of this project. To keep my client up-to-date on the
progress, I set up a blog at
<a href="http://cahvah.wordpress.com/" eudora="autourl">
http://cahvah.wordpress.com/</a> if anyone wants to check it out.
I'm also trying to keep all the galleries supplied with carvings, and
have been working on Veterans' Eagle Canes. Too much to do, too
little time!<br><br>
Marcia (aka Mush)<br>
South China, Maine
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<dd>At 09:09 AM 9/11/2008, Joe wrote:<br><br>
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<dd>I've been getting ready for the GOW which startes on Monday. It will
be different not having it here at my shop. It's growing larger every
year. This year we have 17 awesome instructors plus myself. There's a lot
of stuff I have to take to the Sandwich Fair Grounds, where we moved the
GOW. We still have room for more. Come and join us. You do not have to
sign up early, just come, register and jump into a class. Check it out at
<a href="http://www.camperjohn.com/GOW08_main.html">
http://www.camperjohn.com/GOW08_main.html</a> .
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<dd>Last week was the Sandwich Fair. My apprentices and I had a large
display booth where we demonstrated from Wednesday through Sunday. I
began working on a large relief (24 X 60) of the Last Supper. It is all
one piece of mahogany that was lumbered out by hand with a chain saw
about 20 years ago. The fellow who lumbered it out was very skilled. The
thickness ranged only from 2-1/4 to 1-3/4 over the entire 76-inch length.
A missionary brought it back from Guatemala and gave it to me about 5
years ago. It had only a slight bow before I began. Carving the
background from the heart side, to about a 1-inch depth, has removed all
the bow. I plan to keep the chainsaw marks on the back to preserve the
history of the board.
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<dd>Normally my Last Supper scenes include the backdrop of the upper
room. On this one the figures are raised from the background about 1 inch
and I plan to carve faces of modern-day saints and modern-day people in
shallow relief throughout the entire background.<br>
<dd>Joe Dillett
<dd>The Carving Shop
<dd>645 E. LaSalle St. Suite 3
<dd>Somonauk, IL.
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