Lancaster County Woodcarvers Show

[Shannon]

We hosted our first ever spit and whittle at the show and it went pretty well! I carved my very first relief carving (thanks Herlene Iobst) and then was lucky enough to take a class with Jan Oegema on carving a garden chair (we ran an article about this project in WCI previously). Had tons of fun! I'll post more pics when I get them downloaded - here's one of our class with our finished projects.... I used a Lora Irish pattern from her woodspirit book and modified it a bit.

(left to right in the photo: Nick "Koz" Sciortino, George Reinfried, Jan Oegema, Me, Betsy Elswit)

[Donald K. Mertz]

Shannon, it is great to see your carving project which is well done. See, it is more fun to carve than it is just publishing a magazine about carving. Once you get a taste of "chips" you can not just stop with one, so "Happy Carving" as the "Journey" has just begun.

[Robert Cahill]

He must be a good teacher as everyone did a great job and it is interesting that each one is different.

[Lightningbolt]

Wow! Those chairs look great and I like the way that y'all cut out the upper parts of the seat backs. I never thought of doing that and it really adds a neat touch. I made the woodspirit chair from the article you ran a few years ago and it sold at our fund raiser auction for $125.00. Thanks for the picture!

[chuckt]

Nice Shannon! Maybe we'll see you at NEWR this year? I've always wondered why WCI wasn't represented there considering it's only a few hours away from you. George, Nick, the other teachers and the folks at Cherry Ridge are fantastic folks and do a great job. Perhaps you'd want to do a story on it?

This will be my 4th year going and I can't recommend them enough for new carvers looking for a jump start. Especially if you don't have a club nearby.

Cheers! And great job on that woodspirit chair. Now - were you using mainly palm gouges? <grin>

ChuckT

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

lol...Shannon..how did you manage to get a knot right where the mouth is, so it looks like he is sticking out his tongue ha ha...you should win first prize for planning ...... oh....nice chairs and designs by the way!

[carverswoodshop]

hi folks i have some videos of the lancaster show if your interested, there are 5 total on my youtube channel, or just do a google search for lancaster county woodcarving show 2009 and it should come up or go to my channel at
YouTube - carverswoodshop's Channel and you will find them there , i had a wonderful time and the folks were great

[Shannon]

I finally downloaded my photos....

These are photos taken during the show - in the Fox Chapel Spit -N- Whittle Room....

From left to right: Chris Lubkemann, Herlene Iobst, Jack Kochan, Jan Oegema, Jim Sebring

[Shannon]

These are photos taken during the seminars immediately following the show.

Left to Right:

Andy DiPace taking Bob Stadtlander's relief class, Don Dearolf, and Pete LeClair.

(We have a project from Bob Stadtlander coming up in the holiday issue and Don Dearolf has a great little Santa coming up in the fall issue!)

[Shannon]

And finally... drum roll please....

My finished chair! I'm so proud of it.

Thanks Jan and LCWC for a fabulous time!