Swamp Rabbit pencil give-away

[johncarves]

Here are some photos from the Swamp Rabbit Children's Art Festival. The Piedmont Wood Carvers Club from Greenville, South Carolina had a display and gave away pencils to the children. The 97' heat kept the crowds smaller than expected.

Thanks to Teresa Davis for the excellent photos. 12 members had carved pencils in advance for this project. (I donated the pencils and taught two free classes on pencil carving). We gave away 75 pencils in 5 hours, We had six carvers trying to find shade around our canopy, it was a fun day!

John Moore

[Claude]

Looks like a fun event, in spite of the heat, John!

Claude

[kdispoto]

Nice display. The pencils were a great idea.

[Josef]

A fun day I'm sure and great idea with the pencils.

[johncarves]

We have 3 early-teens that carve with us every week. Some of the pencils were carved by two teenage Sisters. We will probably pick up a couple of more from this event and a couple of adults as well.

The very best thing you can do to promote a club is "public" carving displays and demonstrations.

John Moore

[dogcatcher]

Looks like a fun and rewarding day.

[Magicman]

Looks like you guys and gals had a great day, The pencils looked really great. Thats what our club is trying to do, thats why I was looking for the pencils the other day.

Larry

[Mr. Chips]

Looks like a good time!
It's great to see young people interested in woodcarving.

Randy

[Ezzylearner]

Thanks, John, for sharing the pics. Great carving on the pencils.This has given me an idea on what to do as and when I run out of wood.

Ezzy

[ka0fan]

John that looks like it was a really fun day and great for promoting carving to boot. I am going to have to pick up a couple of pencils and give it a try. There are a few carving demos coming up and this would be perfect I think.
Have A Great Day
Terry