New England Woodcarvers, Inc.

June 1, 2008

Special Guest Speaker:
Frank Russell

Popular New England / Florida Carver

Power Carving Techniques

Frank Russell has written many books on power carving techniques using the foredom. Subjects vary from faces, canes, walking sticks, folk figures, animals, wildfowl and animals.

Examples of Frank's books can be found on Amazon.com

Carving Wildfowl Canes And Walking Sticks With Power (Paperback)

Frank Russell's Power Carving Fur, Feathers, & Fins: How to Carve with Foredom Power Tools and Accessories (DVD)

Carving Animal Canes & Walking Sticks (Paperback)

Carving Patterns by Frank C. Russell: From the Stonegate Woodcarving School (Paperback)

Carving Folk Figures With Power (Paperback)

Carving Realistic Faces with Power (Paperback)

Carving Realistic Animals with Power (Paperback)

Note: some of these titles may be available from our vendors at the June meeting.

Carve-A-Long Workshops

Details for the June 1st meeting.

Len Hill  be giving a workshop on Changing head positions on block carvings.

Floyd Truitt will continue his workshop/ carve-a-long on eagle head canes for the veterans.

Kris Gillis will be on hand to enlighten carvers on her carving technique.

Ed Johnson and Gary Filiault, the dynamic duo, will have another enjoyable project

You can count on others leading groups carving various projects. Please keep in mind, we always have in attendance one or two vendors selling wares. If you need an item for carving or blanks to carve for various projects, chances are good that the items will be available to you!

Hope to see you in June and don't forget your items for the Show and Tell table!

Raffle

Donations are needed for the June 1st raffle table.

Please bring in any wood carving related items that maybe of interest to other club members.

Examples include:

Knives, tools, back issues of magazines, carving books, patterns, cut-outs, wood, bases, etc.

Take a look at your accumulations and consider donating to the club raffle table.

Volunteer to lead a workshop

M. Paul Ward, Vice President

To lead a workshop at a NEWC meeting please send your suggestion to Paul Ward at: mpaulward@comcast.net

Refreshment Table

Members are invited to bring a tasty treat to each meeting.

As usual... we'll bring the coffee!

Hope to see you there!

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