TRI VALLEY WOODCARVERS California Carvers Guild, Chapter 5 Carving groups, carving classes and business meetings are held at Pleasanton Senior Center, 5353 Sunol Blvd., Pleasanton, CA 94566. Phone: 925.931.5365 Contact address: Bob Kehl, 452 Leona Dr., Livermore CA 94550 Phone: 925-443-5632, E-mail rjkehl@comcast.net Web site http://www.tri-valleycarvers.com. Dues: Jan 1, 2014, $20 individual, $30 family Send to: Mike Pocha, 1176 Farmington way Livermore, CA 94550 Since 1972 January 2014 CCG Mission Statement: Teaching, Sharing, Promoting the Art of Woodcarving PRESIDENT: Bob Kehl 925.443.5632 rjkehl@comcast.net VICE PRESIDENT: Ken Morgan 925.462.6586 kjasmorgan55@comcast.net SECRETARY: Joan Cousins 510.471.6401 Joan Cousins joanburnswood@gmail.com TREASURER: Mike Pocha mpocha@aol.com 925.443.1953 EDITOR: Mike Pocha, Demi Tanner See above SHOW CHAIRPERSONS: Joel Ellioff 510.537.9463 joelwen@sbcglobal.net Merv Cornelsen 925.829.0310 mervwoodcarv@comcast.net CCG ADVISOR Dave Boles 510.352.5283 dcboles@aol.com CCG N. REGIONAL DIRECTOR: Bob Kehl See Above WEB MASTERS: Bill & Lydia Bender 408.386.6042 billwb@sbcglobal.net lydiabender@live.com Our Next Meeting Saturday January 11, 2014 10:30 A.M. (pre-meeting activities 9:00 A.M.) Pleasanton Senior Center From The Pres By Bob Kehl Happy New Year!!!!! Here we are again, starting another new year of carving forthe Tri Valley Carvers. Before going into all the fun things for 2014, I first want to talk about ending 2013 this last December with our annual Christmas luncheon. We had great fellowship, food, fun, and a wonderful auction. Twenty nine members of our carving family attended and our auction netted over $445 for the club. What a wonderful event to end another great year for TVC! A merry Christmas was wished to all who participated. Many thanks to Ken for managing the challenging bidding, Mike Pocha for keeping track of the highly active bidding and collections, and to Paul Fackler for setting up the luncheon arrangements. As we begin this year, our first business meeting will be held at the Pleasanton Senior Center on Jan11th. The meeting will start at 9am with our usual pre-meeting carving/visiting followed by the meeting start at 10:30. We have several new members to meet and get acquainted, so make sure you attend. Again, the meeting time is 9-12am on Saturday January 11th. We have a lot to look forward to in this New Year beginning with the annual Oakhurst Wood Carvers Rendezvous the week of April 5th to April 13th. Information for this event is available from the rendezvous chairman, Larry Smith 559-658-2405. Larry s Email address has changed to woodtat@icloud.com. I have application forms and details for this event. The Sacramento wood show will be held again this year on the first weekend in May, May 3rd -4th with set-up on Friday, May 2nd. The Capital Wood Carvers in Sacramento really appreciate our Tri Valley woodcarvers teaching soap carving to the kids in attendance, as it adds so much to the show. The Alameda County Fair dates are June 18h-July 6th. The fair theme is taste the red white and blue. Those members who want to work on a theme project can be thinking about it now. There are, of course, the preparations for entries, so it s time to think about what to carve for judging and what the club display is going to be this year. We will be holding the soap-carving event again on Kid s days. We really received high appreciation from the kids, parents and the Fair management. Continued Next Page
January 2014 TVC Newsletter Page 2 From The Pres cont. Our participation in the annual Art under the Oaks event is set for this year July, 19-20th. We are in the same building as last year. Perhaps, the club can discuss a theme or project to present for this event or we can keep it an individual sales event, as we did last year. Last year was our first offering of kids soap carving for this event. It was very well received and a lot of fun. Depending on our TVC soap carving volunteers, we will offer soap carving again this year. TVC s annual wood carving show will be at the Veteran s hall in Pleasanton on September 13th-14th. We will use Friday, the 12th for early setup and entry for wood carvers again this year. This year marks the club s 42nd anniversary, so the wood show will be not only a great showing of our carvings, but a wonderful celebration of our club and achievements. These events are some of the highlights for the year. We will be continuing with our school teaching sessions and the Veteran s Cane projects. Make sure you keep up with the Club details in the Mark your calendars section of the newsletter. MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Wood Inventory Basswood available at Sr. Ctr. Qty Description Price 1 1x8x12 $7.00 3 2x4x12 $7.00 2 2x7x12 $12.00 3 3x5x12 $13.00 3 3x7x12 $18.00 2 4x6x12 $21.00 2 5x6x18 $33.00 Plus We also have: Spalted Maple, Liquid Amber, Walnut, Sycamore and several others. Contact Ken Morgan. Birthdays! JANUARY 1, 2014: TVC Annual membership dues are DUE. $20. single and $30. family. Pay Mike P. January 2 / 9 / 16 / 23, 2014: Carving 101, Woodcraft-Dublin. For full information call (925) 875-9988 January 11, 2014: Pleasanton Sr Center. 9:00am 10:15am carve and camaraderie! 10:30am 12:00noon TVC Business meeting, all are welcome. DUES ARE DUE as of JANUARY 1 st! January 14 & 28, 2014: Pen turning, Woodcraft- Dublin. For full information call (925) 875-9988. April 5-13 2014: Oakhurst Woodcarvers Rendezvous, Oakhurst Ca. Contact Larry Smith: 559-658-3405 or woodtat@icloud.com May 3-4 2014: Capitol Woodcarvers Show, Sacramento, Ca. Contact Bob Kehl. June 18 July 6, 2014: Alameda County Fair. Theme is Taste the Red, White & Blue! Contact Bob Kehl. July 19-20, 2014: Art Under The Oaks, Alden Lane Nursery, Livermore, Ca. Contact Bob Kehl. September 13 & 14, 2014: TVC 42 nd Annual Show September 20 & 21, 2014: Cambria Show So far, our records show 3 members born in this month: Ethyl Burgett, Steve Gramberg & Paul Hill Happy Birthday! If you were born this month, please tell our Editor, Mike Pocha (see front page for contact info.). Meeting Highlights by Joan Cousins 12-14-2013: MEETING activities: N/A There was no business meeting on this date as we had our Annual Christmas Luncheon and Auction at the Brass Door instead. Also on this date some of our members displayed, sold and did demo s at Forest Home Farm for their Holiday on the Farm event. See you all at the January 11, 2014 meeting!!! REMEMBER TO PAY YOUR 2014 DUES!!! MONTHLY TICKET WINNER: Don Bott was the winning Woodcraft $$$ ticket recipient in November. This could be YOU on Jan 11th, IF; you are present
January 2014 TVC Newsletter Page 3 during the drawing and have a current paid up membership. Please give your Woodcraft purchase receipts to Mike Pocha cause they get magically turned into a Woodcraft 3% rebate applied towards these winning $$$ tickets! THINK ABOUT S by Joan Cousins, 1-2014 Bulletin Board [:] Hoping everyone is doing OK as we enter into the New Year. No new news received otherwise and you know the old saying, No new is good news. [:] The Weather folks say this is the driest season in recorded history, be sure to water your outside vegetation as well as keeping yourself hydrated! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL AND TO ALL A SAFE, HEALTHY AND WONDROUS JOURNEY THROUGH 2014! Did you find the New Year Baby? Oh the tangles web we weave when first we practice to deceive! [:] REMINDER: TVC Annual memberships are DUE. ($20.00 - individual & $30.00 - family.) Pay Mike Pocha: 1176 Farmington Way, Livermore, CA94550. Phone: 925-443-1953 [:] WOOD INFO: For carvers, turners and burners, it is important to know about the wood you are dealing with. You invest a lot of time in these art forms and have to deal with unseen flaws within the wood. Angiosperms (Hard woods) are trees that lose their leaves, usually in autumn. Deciduous trees have support fibers and vessels making a conduit for sap to the leaves. The thickness of these support fibers determines the density of the wood. Gymnosperms (Soft woods) usually are the conebearing trees. They have tracheids, which act as a conduit for the sap. Thick tracheids support the tree while thin tracheids conduct the sap. Many soft woods, such as yellow pine, are harder than some hardwoods, such as Philippine mahogany. Spring woods have large pores, due to the faster rate of growth during that season when water and climate are friendlier to growth. Summer wood, with less precipitation, is slow growing, creating a much denser wood. Look at a cross-cut, wider/lighter colored rings indicate fast growth and softer wood, while darker/narrower rings indicate slow growth and harder wood. Carvers and turners look for the wood grain that will enhance their art piece while burners usually look for more gradual, uniform grain like Birch. As with all wood working, use caution and wear adequate protection, we only get 1 set of lungs! [:] Send/give YOUR NEWS; items WANTED; items FOR SALE; QUESTIONS; INTERESTING INFO; etc to Mike Pocha, Editor and Treasurer, and he will post it here on YOUR Club Bulletin Board for all to see! This is YOUR information site so take advantage of it AND it is ALSO SEEN by OTHER CLUBS OH, such a FREE deal!
January 2014 TVC Newsletter Page 4 Cane Patterns by Beatrice Machado
Local Carving Opportunities MONDAY: Manteca/Tracy area: contact Beatrice Machado (209) 835-2075 kanelady@att.net or Gordon Moody (209) 835-2781 GnbMoody@prodigy.net San Jose area: 9:00am 2:00pm; (Free) contact Joanne Carroll (408) 398.5991 joacarro@twobigcats.com TUESDAY: Tri-Valley area: at the Pleasanton Senior Center, 5353 Sunol Blvd., in a fully loaded wood shop, 9:00am 4:00pm: ($1.75 resident, $2.25 non-resident) contact Bob Kehl (925) 443-5632. rjkehl@comcast.net Hayward area: Hayward Senior Center, N. 3 rd St., 9:00am 3:30pm: ($2.00) contact Joel Ellioff (510) 537-9463 joelwen@sbcglobal.net WEDNESDAY: Tri-City area: Community Center, Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont: 6:45pm 8:45pm: (Free) contact Bob Larsen (510) 795-1275 schantri@sbcglobal.net (They could use support, diminishing attendance threatens closing the location.) Tri-Valley area: Livermore Community Center, 4444 East Ave.; 6:00pm 8:00pm. ($4.00) contact Ken Morgan (925) 548-5486 kjasmorgan55@comcast.net THURSDAY: San Jose area: 7pm-9pm, (Free) Joanne Carroll (408) 398-5991 joacarro@twobigcats.com