November 2001

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WHAT’S COMING UP…

November 16 –18 Wood Show Exhibition Park is one of our biggest annual promotions for wood carving in Nova Scotia. We are looking for volunteers to man our booth. Anyone interested in displaying their work and/or demonstrating at this event, please call Ira Buhot-Perry 443-2330 or Carl Purcell 466-3024.  We need a variety of carvings for a good display, which can be dropped off to Carl before the 15th or at Exhibition Park on set up day

Winter Session 2002
Carve a Brook Trout with Jim Brackett

The next project held at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural history will be a brook trout.  Jim Brackett is “the master” of wooden fish sculptures. Winning countless awards at competitions, he is the man everyone turns to for detail and accuracy.

Starting on the evening of November 22nd at 8:00 pm, Jim will introduce you to a new 15 inch pattern of a mature brook trout.  Cost of this course is $50.00 which includes  six weeks of instruction, wood blank, eyes and fins.

 

 

To register for this carving seminar call or write before November 15th 2001  
Daphne Coveyduc C/O NSWCAA 15 Mount Pleasant Ave. Dartmouth NS, B3A 3T3
Email: coveyduc@ns.sympatico.ca
Phone:464-0997, coveyduc@ns.sympatico.ca

THANK YOU!

Sheila and Earl Young!
The Avocet course was a huge success, with twenty five members enrolled.  This was the most successful fundraiser in recent years. In addition to providing their time and expertise, Earl and Sheila also donated the pine cut-outs  and their finished Avocet carving for our next raffle! To date over $1,400 was collected from registration alone!  Thank you, Earl and Sheila, for this tremendous contribution.

Fund Raisers: Avocet tickets are now available. We are asking all members to sell the tickets enclosed with this newsletter. Funds for this promotion go directly toward Judges fees during our competition and instruction by the professional carvers and painters. These funds also help to keep our membership dues  at $15.00

  Along with the Avocet promotion we also have a donation of a wildlife print and stamp donated by Sherman Hines. Tickets for the Framed wildlife print are also enclosed. If anyone requires more tickets please drop a line to Alan Dorey. We can provide as many as you can sell.

 

 

Silent  Auction

The Sanderling carving donated by Glenn McMurdo will be  auctioned off at the wood show at exhibition park this November.

A silent auction sheet will be made available on the display table along with the carving. This is a beautiful  soft sculpture of a sleeping Sanderling carved by one of Canada’s most prestigious carvers.

The Sanderling will go to the highest bidder at 3:00 on Sunday November  18.

 

 

 

Competiting Members

Two of our members have successfully competed at the Wye Marsh Wildlife Festival in Ontario. Keith Cheyne  picked up a second place ribbon for his Long tail drake in Intermediate class.  Nice job Keith! 

Frank Randall competed in Novice, and cleaned up with 3 firsts, 2 seconds, and a 3rd Best of Division for his green-winged teal - amazing for a person who’s been carving for two years. Frank’s always had an  interest in birds but really caught the carving bug after taking a week-long course at the Haliburton School of Arts in Ontario.

 

Since that initial course Frank has been constantly seeking information.  He has sought out the best for instruction, and will stop at nothing to gain more knowledge.  Don’t let this mild spoken gentleman fool you. When it comes to competition, he is going for the win. In the last two years, Frank competed in three competitions from here to Ontario, and has traveled south to the Maine Coast Carving Competition where his entries were nearly refused in Novice because of their quality.   Next stop?  Maryland, I’m sure!

  Frank working on a downy woodpecker

Decoy Theft

A number of carvings were stolen from the Grand Pre area.  The most valuable  was a  wood duck belonging to the Youngs. Any information on these carvings should be passed on to the RCMP. 

Reminder:

If you have not sent in your Membership………..

Please send your payment made out to Nova Scotia Wildlife Carvers and Artists Association in the form of check or money order. Amount is still $15.00

C/O  Daphne Coveyduc. 

Please include  any changes of address , phone or email.

NSWC&AA Contacts:

Mail address:
NSWCAA
15 Pleasant Ave.
Dartmouth NS
B3A 3T3 

President:
Paul Deschambault
deschambault@ns.sympatico.ca
Phone 462-8428

 Vice President:
Grant Winchcombe
Phone 454-5091

 Newsletter:
Alan Dorey
Alan.dorey@dal.ca
Phone 902 757-3670

Competition Chairman
Carl Purcellc.
purcell@ns.sympatico.ca
Phone: 466-3024

Membership, Phone Cmte
Daphne Coveyduc
coveyduc@ns.sympatico.ca
Phone: 464-0997

Treasurer:
Mel Deveau
Phone: 434-5233

Secretary:
Dick Bone
Phone: 469-0172

Our Sponsors are:

Bowater
Carsand-Mosher
Central Building Supplies
DownEast Communications
East Coast Specialty Hardwood
Foredom Electric
Paul Leblanc Insurance
LeeValley
Mill Supply
Pazant Building Products
Sherman Hines Museum of Photography and Art Gallery
Wildfowl Carving Magazine
James Gardine
B&T Carving

Avocet Photos - from the course