Northeast Iowa Woodcarvers

Northeast Iowa Woodcarvers

Home Carving Meeting Calendar Area Events Officers Carving Show	The Northeast Iowa Woodcarvers club is a group of people interested in the art of woodcarving. The primary purpose of the club is to promote woodcarving and offer an opportunity to observe, learn, and participate in the world of woodcarving. Our Objectives for the club are to: Provide regular meetings where members can interact and attend demonstrations Encourage the sharing of ideas and techniques Organize woodcarving classes for both beginners and experienced carvers Carving Carving sessions are held the third Saturday of each month starting at 9:30 AM from September to March. Sessions are lead by an instructor and each session includes a different projects. Skills range from beginners to seasoned carvers. Meetings Meetings are held the third Sunday of each month from September to April from 2:00 to 4:00 PM at the Waterloo Center for the Arts. General club meetings last an hour Guest speakers and demonstrations are for the hour after the meetings There is time to display carvings and have discussions among the members at the meetings Other Activities Include Monthly news letter to inform members of current activities and news Hosting the Iowa State Woodcarving Show in April Open to the public with free admission Judged competition with over forty categories Draws approximately 55 Midwest carvers with some 400 carvings in competition Christmas party Library to members History The club was formed in 1970 by Dr. Glenn Miller, a Waterloo dentist. It started with 10 or 12 of his friends and they met at the Waterloo Recreation Center, now called The Waterloo Center for the Arts. The club still holds their meeting at this same location with approximately 60 members.	Current News SHOW! SHOW! SHOW! HELP! HELP! HELP! Our show is coming April 14th & 15th and YOUR help is needed We need more helpers. Sign up at the meeting or call Steve Russell to let him know what you would like to do. He knows where help is needed too. Need carvings for the raffle. The raffle is the BIG MONEYMAKER for the show so it is very important that we have lots of carvings donated. Carve now or look over previously carved pieces. "Get The Word Out" about our show. Tell your friends, neighbors and co-workers. Distribute handouts advertising the show. They will be available at the March meeting. Check out our web site. The pictures of last year's show are there and our show forms and accommodations are there also. Let your friends know that we have a web site. Steve Russell and Deb Kloster will be doing the interview on KWWL. We don't have a confirmed date or time. 2012 Cedar Rapids Show Winners Don Lund was awarded Best of Show as well as 3rd Runner Up Sue Orth was awarded 2nd place Best of Show Mary Lou Snyder was awarded Best of Instructed Many of our members participated and were awarded a variety of ribbons. Locking down colors - Don Lund While painting using multiple layers of paint, you can use Krylon Matte or other urethane based spray paint to lock down a color base coat. Then by adding a different color on top of this base coat, you can then use a cloth or Q-tips soaked in Windex window cleaner to remove this top layer of paint to lighten up and/or highlight your work. Using this process, instead of trying to finely control where you add paint, you can just add paint to the whole project and then just remove the paint from the areas where you do not want it.

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