October Meeting

A variety of patterns along with wood blanks were provided by Pres. Derek

Attendance was down a bit this month, but those who did show up with their wood burning tools became seriously engrossed in the art of pyrography.

Nancy Cummings enjoys a break from her usual job
as instructor for weekly woodcarving classes

Congratulations!

Relief Carving by Pres. Derek wins Best of Show at Sioux Empire Fair and  First Place at State Fair in Huron!

Welcome Harlan Hartland  as new member of SDWC!

Ready for the Gold:

Upper and lower center pipe shades for the new J. F. Nordlie pipe organ being constucted here in Sioux Falls for the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm, MN

Ron White Brings Treasures to Third Saturday Meeting

All the way from Ellswsorth, Minnesota, Ron White joined our club in 2013 and frequently shows up at our Third Saturday Meetings at the Center for Active Generations.  As those of us present at yesterday's meeting were busy carving faces into old wooden spools saved in times gone by frugal seamstresses, who did not believe in throwing good spools away after the thread was gone, Ron came in with a couple of marvelous bird houses he made to look like old churches.   Ron is an expert carver of loons and large-scale wild life sculptures, but building birdhouses from pieces of scrap wood gives him undeniable pleasure.

Never Too Old for Carving Wood!

John Otten, 90 years old and member of S D Woodcarvers, Inc. since 1998,  regularly attends weekly wood carving class and Third Saturday meetings at the Center for Active Generations.   Like other members of the club, he is still working on the sunflower relief carving project that our youngest member and President, Derek Boekoff, presented at the Third Saturday meeting in May.

Basswood cut outs with instructions for this project are still available


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