San Jacinto show

[Nancy-ID]

My teeth or where they used to be hurt today but thanks to Falconer's kind offer I have a bright spot in my life, something to be excited about. He offered to enter my Elk in the San Jacinto show if I would ship it to him. I took him up up on it. He got it in good shape and called me this morning with incredibly high praise!!!! I certainly take that as a compliment coming from him as he is an incredible carver. That alone puts a notch in my mental belt . So judging is tomorrow and he said he will let me know how it goes.

Thank You for the hundredth time Falconer!

[Claude]

Nancy:
Thanks for the info. I'm in Pasadena at the moment, and will be going down to Oceanside tomorrow to my son and daughter-in-law. Hemet is sorta-almost-close-to-being-on my my way, so I'll detour by there on the way. Any forum members in attendance, please hollar at me and say hello. Here's who to look for:

[jeralcooley]

I'll be there tomorrow. I believe around mid morning to early afternoon. Anyone know if there is an admission fee?

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Nancy,
I'll be sure to check out your elk.

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Claude,
You know whn you'll be there? I'll keep an eye out for ya.

[jeralcooley]

Oops! Just realized you'll be there today! Drat! Any other forum members be there tomorrow?

[Nancy-ID]

Originally Posted by jeralcooley

I'll be there tomorrow. I believe around mid morning to early afternoon. Anyone know if there is an admission fee?

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Nancy,
I'll be sure to check out your elk.

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Claude,
You know whn you'll be there? I'll keep an eye out for ya.

jeralcooley, let me know what you think about the elk and its competition. There is an admission fee if you are not showing. I think it was only a couple of bucks. Under $5 anyway. I think Be sure to look up Falconer (a member here)while there. He is a bird carver, won't be showing but will have a table. Real name is Jeff Wardwell.

[jeralcooley]

Thanks Nancy, I'll look up Jeff while I'm there. Thank You

[Claude]

Nancy:
I didn't see your elk there - but I was there right at 0900 and might have missed it. The sow was interesting. No competition for ribbons - everyone who paid their $2.00 to come in was given a piece of paper to vote for a "People's Choice", but that was it. Most of the carvers were there to sell carvings.

Below are some photos I took - just some stuff that appealed to me as I walked by...

The first two photos are just general shots of the event. Quite a few carvers there. The Celtic carving was probably 18 inches tall. The little surfer was carved from piece of burl and it's hard to see, but he's standing on a surboard that merges into the wave behind him which in turns merges into the rest of the burl. The redtailed hawk was very realistic (I thought), and is perched on a carved glove. The lighter colored "suede" leather actually looked like suede.
Claude

[Claude]

More Photos from San Jacinto

The first is a wood burning of Geronimo. Next is one that I really liked - the cop having his donut, even has a bit of sugar on his lip. The next is a relative closeup of the details on 4 canes. The santa I thought was cute. The rose had much more depth to the carving than is evident from the photo - very well done.

[Claude]

Last of the San Jacinto plotos.

Sorry about the blurriness of the celtic knot - I wasn't able to hold the camera all that still. The middle photo shows a carver working on a carved basket, with a couple of his pieces in the background. The final photo is one of his carved baskets, done in butternut.

Claude

[Nancy-ID]

Claude, ho-hum I wondered why I hadn't heard from Jeff after the judging yesterday. well it seems that it wasn't an "open" show but for CCG members only. I still wonder about that and the fact that I think my membership is still good and I believe you can be a member without living in California, but I have to find my guidelines to be sure of that. Anyway, they wouldn't allow my Elk to be entered because they said I was no longer a member. Will be about $80 shipping paid when it gets shipped back to me, all for nothing. No biggy I guess but was disappointed to hear all that. I believe the photo of the falcon on the glove is Falconer's (Jeff). Thanks for the photos!