Chip Carved Easter Egg

Stick in Stick Pins

Layout Hex divisions with Compass

A tin can helps to draw longitude lines

Use a Compass to mark latitude divisions

Hold the pencil while rotating the egg

Free hand diagonal lines

Have some fun with chip carving!

February Meeting

Bill and Evelyn Huntimer brought in their latest intarsia creations:

String Puzzle kits were available for carving projects:


Welcome to our newest member,
    Ronald White!





Members who joined in the past year:
     Mike Emerson, Ken Walter,
     Stephen Schlueter, and Landon Swanson.





       

Ron Ward

Former active member of our club has passed away.

See his obituary at Heritage Funeral Home

Congratulations to winners of the SDHCA Dakota MasterWorks!

Scattering Seeds
by
Dave Johnson

As a way to promote and give credit to the outstanding artistic talent of South Dakota citizens at or above the age of 60, the South Dakota Health Care Association, along with Home Federal Bank and KELOLAND TV have sponsored the 16th annual Art Show and competition.

The two main divisions of the competition were "Experienced" (ages 60-79) and "Masters" (age 80 plus).  These were further divided into 2-Dimensional art (Oil, Acylic, and Watercolor Painting, Drawing/Pastels, and Photography) and 3-Dimensional works of art (Sculpture and Wood Carving).

It was my honor to be once again a judge for the 3-D part of this competition, and I stand by my choice of Dave Johnson's “Scattering Seeds" as 3-D Best of Show. There were however some questions I had about categorical nomenclature.   Is "woodcarving" not also sculpture? Can wood-turning and scroll saw work be considered woodcarving? How does "wood craft" or assembled miniatures qualify as "sculpture"?  As it turned out, I looked at each entry and tried to assess the perfection in workmanship and presentation, the difficulty of work involved, and artistic originality.

See all the winners at:
Dakota MasterWorks

Fun at the Fair

Miss Sioux Empire Fair, Alexis Kosiak , made the day at the Sioux Empire Woodcarving Expo  for Artist of the Day, Derek Boekoeff, and volunteer, Frank Orthmeyer.  

For a look back slide show  of the 2012 fair go to:  http://www.siouxempirefair.com/