Wednesday Night Carving

Next week Wednesday is October 31, 2012 and Halloween. There will be no carving at the school as the school will be secured to prevent possible vandalism. Stay home and be safe, hand out some candy and look after your own house. See you at 10 AM, November 3, 2012 at our Saturday meeting. Our Next Wednesday carving session will be on November 7, 2012.

October Meeting

Meeting called to order at 10:05

Present:  Rick den Braber            President

Stu Holmes                   Vice President

Roger  Kovaltsenko     Treasurer

                 Siegh  Brueckner          Secretary

Attendance: 16 Members,  0  Visitors,

MSC          Adoption of minutes from September 8,2012        Bonnie Sorenson,  Mike Cutting, carried 

Old business: 

Financial Report:

                  Income $ 418.50 Expenses $ 334.00 Bank balance: $7586.12

MSC          Acceptance of Financial Report,  Roger Kovaltsenko,  Bob Young, carried

Membership Report: 

                 27 members have paid their dues for this year.

                  A reminder that current annual fee is $30.00 and due.

                  Discussion on updating  current membership list.

Show Committee Report:

                  The committee will meet on Wednesday  November3,2012  at 7:00pm

Raffle Committee:

Report presented by Ken Smorang.

  We are applying for a license and the prizes for this year’s raffle are a sport fish, loon and ducklings. 

Tickets  are $2.00 each or $3.00 for 5. 

                  We are on the Abbotsford Art Council’s  E mail list.

  We have secured a space in the Sportsman show and the Log home show at a cost of 2 for 1 at the Tradex  Exhibition 

 WEB SITE:

Rolf reported the page is up to date.

Discussion was held over establishing a buy and sell page.

MSC That we establish a Buy and Sell page for CFVC members dedicated to the sale of carvings and carving related materials.   Rolf Zeller, Stu Holmes.  Carried

Discussion over the wording in the “OUR ORIGIN” section  of the Web Page. Rick will edit the segment to conform to today’s  acceptable language and forward it to Rolf.

Discussion on the member gallery  of the page . Requesting more members Bio’s and pictures of carvings.

New Business:

                  Discussion on the merits of joining the Chilliwack Art Council.

MSC          That we join the Chilliwack Art Council.  Bonnie Sorenson, Jean Thiessen, carried

                  NWCA minutes  for September are placed in the Library.

                  NWCA annual show is Nov.10-11 particulars are in their minutes.

 CHIP BIN is having a clear out sale on Ramelson Palm tools at $10.00 reg $18+.

Bonnie donated a book on carving miniature birds  to the Library.

Noted as received advertising for ballpoint pens.

KMS wood show Coquitlam store October 18-20, 2012 8Am-6PM.

Bonnie reported that the carvers at the Sorrento seminar obtained their YELLOW CEDAR from

              EDGE GRAIN CEDAR        (604 463 5110)

              23398 Fisherman Rd.

              Maple Ridge, B.C.

  V2S 1B9

Christmas Party  in place of Dec. meeting more info to come and confirm.

50/50 Draw:

$30.00 was raised.  $15.00 was won by Ken Smorang , several non-monetary prizes were won by other

Members.

Show and Tell:

Ten carvings were brought for this month’s  presentation.

Rick den Braber , Ken Misener, Ken Smorang ,  Bob Young, Mack Dunlop,  Bonnie Sorenson and Stu Holmes  

Presented their work with commentaries. 

Meeting adjourn:    11:45                

September Meeting

So we had our first meeting of the year and it went well. We had a reasonable turnout for the time of year as some people were still on holidays and others may have forgotten that there was a meeting. No matter. We who were there got things done and there are lots of exciting things in the wings that will happen as the year moves along. We will get the schedule of events up on the website as soon as we have it finalized.  Now if you want some input into what is going to happen than you have to talk to the people who are doing the happening things and or do them yourself. I look forward to seeing all of you as the year goes along and spending some time together. You should get the minutes of the first meeting in a few days. If you don't than you are not on the email list and you are the only one that can fix that. Don't forget that your dues are now due so see roger and pay him as soon as you can. Wednesday the 12th is our first carving session at the school. See you there!

It's September

Yes it's time to start the fall routine and that means we meet this Saturday at 10 AM at the Seniors Centre on Cyril Street. It will be good to meet with friends and find out what they did this summer. See you there.

Summer

Remember how when you went back to school in September a teacher invariably asked you to write about what you did over the Summer Holidays?  They were just preparing you for your future. No not English writing but socializing with your friends about what you did. So what are you going to do that will be worth talking about. If it's not worth talking about with your friends than is it worth doing? I always ask myself those questions before I set out on my adventures. It does not always work out exactly as you plan but if you enjoy it that is the main thing.  I have some grand plans for this summer and I hope to have some positive stories to tell in the fall. Stay tuned as the saga continues.....

Princeton 600 km

President's Challenge

May is Show month. I challenge you all to enter a carving in the show. All I can promise is a good time and maybe you win a ribbon to. You have about two weeks to get those carvings finished to show standard. Whatever that is. Ask a judge. But not when he or she is judging your piece.  Best of luck to all.

Rick Wiebe Carving Courses

Rick Wiebe   

Woodcarver Rick Wiebe was born in Saskatchewan, but spent all his childhood and youth in British Columbia. Since high school he has lived in Saskatchewan and Ontario as well as BC which has been home since 1977. He has a wife, Helen, and two adult children.

Rick has been whittling and carving for as long as he can remember, (Some 45 plus years), and is mostly self-taught. He credits his father with getting him started. Though his dad was not a carver, he did have the conviction that men and boys should carry a pocketknife and know how to use it safely to make many of the items that people want and need.

Rick's first projects were toys such as canoes, boats, peashooters and the like. Later, wooden chains and totem like dolls were produced. Still later decorative sculptures, waterfowl decoys and realistic wildlife carvings were successfully attempted. More recently, he has continued to produce waterfowl decoys and wildlife, but has also been at work on rocking and carousel horses as well as cowboy caricatures, which reflect his love of the outdoors and the western lifestyle. In the last few years he has also been developing a very unique style of carving fan-feathered birds out of one piece of wood.  Lately he has been getting involved with chainsaw carving and large log carvings. 

Rick has been carving for sale since 1984. His carvings are in private collections in Canada, USA, Japan, Europe, Australia and at least four countries of South America.

He has been teaching carving since 1987 in schools (both public and private) and through recreation departments in British Columbia and Alberta.

Within the last few years Rick has started to write some instructional booklets.  His first two are:  Carving A Walking Stick With Personality and Learn To Whittle Fan-Feathered Birds.   Adventures in Fan Carving (published in September 2005) is an expansion of the latter. 

The Central Fraser Valley Wood Carvers will be having their annual Carving Show and Sale open to the public on May 5, 2012 from 11AM to 5 PM at Heritage Park in Chilliwack,  B.C. Rick Wiebe will be our feature carver this year and will be at the show to judge and man his carving booth with his usual demos and carving and sharpening tips.


There are two carving courses during the same week as the show. The first course will be on May 2-3, 2012 in Chilliwack B.C. The second course will be May 7-8, 2012  also in Chilliwack, B.C. To inquire or sign up for these courses please email radb@telus.net or phone 604-824-9891 for details. Time is short but don't delay as these courses will fill very fast!!