Welcome Woodcarvers of Las Vegas. Well our July meeting was a bit on the small attendance size, but lots of ideas were shared and hopefully some news plans were made. Summer vacations must be the reason?

Bob again brought some of his new cottonwood bark carvings he has done this past month , and our newest member Steve was itching to try one as his first carving project.

And Dennis and Randy added their cottonwood bark carvings ( inspired by Bob) to make this village.

 

We hope to see YOU in August.

                                              LAS VEGAS WOODCARVERS JUNE MEETING


SORRY THIS POST IS SLOW IN COMING. My week got away from me.

We had our normal monthly meeting last Saturday at Woodworkers Emporium with 7 members in attendance. Welcome to our newest member Michael.  He has been carving for 2 months and brought his first project.

Here he is with Rod giving him some good advice. Also Rod brought one of his great dog carvings for the display case.

Dennis brought two new carvings to share with us ---

Scott supplied the horse picture for Dennis to carve.

 

And Randy brought his "Wood Ducks" for the laugh of the day

And lastly we were treated to Bob's bark carving whimsical

 

 

See you next month !

May 2015 Woodcarvers Meeting.

Our May meeting was a little small only 5 members , with one new member.
We were treated to another Mike Cook Celtic Cross carving. They only keep getting better and better !

Our newest member Kirk brought some of his hand carved wooden spoons. He is a hiker and outdoorsman so he gathers his wood on his week ends. Here are a few samples.

Mike also shared with us his new tool rolls he made from a hide he had purchased. Another great idea.

 

 

Hope you all had a Happy Memorial Day. See you next month.

                                                APRIL  MONTHLY MEETING



Our normal monthly meeting this month was moved to Henderson hosted by The Helldorado Woodcarvers. An attendance of 20 plus with carvers from ---

Helldorado woodcaevers
Boulder City woodcarvers
McDonald Ranch Carvers
Parkdale Silver Dollar Carvers
Anthem Woodcarvers
Woodcarvers of Las Vegas

I hope I didn't miss anybody. If I did "sorry". Ever group brought carvings to share and enjoy.  A small meeting was lead by Dan Slater, with plans being made to have all groups meet together again
in about 3 months. The next  meeting might produce some carving and demonstrations.

Thanks Hellorado carvers for the donuts , cookies, and great gathering.

March 2015 meeting -----------

On a record warm day here in Las Vegas we had another great monthly meeting at Woodworkers Emporium.

Our meeting consisted of  5 regular members, one visitor and one new member to our club. Welcome Devin Talley.

Rod informed us that he has been in contact with the gentleman from Montana ( I think) that brought a car full of basswood for sale to the November meeting. He is coming back to Las Vegas soon and would like to know if we are interested in basswood in any special sizes.  Rod said he has 6"x6 "and some 8"x8" basswood.  If you have any special orders email the club and we will pass it on to him for pricing or availability.

We were treated to four new finished projects.  The first two were done by Rod of a mule bust and a walnut horse bust (from wood he bought at the February meeting).

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Not to be outdone we were also treated to Dennis's beautiful walnut rose.

 

And finally Randy brought in his newly finished road runner.

 

 

Las Vegas Woodcarvers February Meeting.

This months meeting was attended by 5 members and one guest. Our guest Carl was a wood turner with an interest in woodcarving.

There was a lot of discussion on different methods of tool sharpening. Mike brought in his power sharpener ( sorry I didn't get the brand) and gave a demo on sharpening gouges.

 

Mike also shared his new carving mallet, a 28 oz.Lignun Vitae ( tree of life)

from the UK.

 

 

Several carvers brought in new carvings for our display case in Woodworkers Emporiums main store.

Rod brought in a tortoise and a dog.

Scott brought in a caricature cowboy.

John brought in  a boot carving in progress to share.

And Randy brought in a 3 bird carvings on one of the branches from Dennis last month.

 See you next month.

Happy 2015 Woodcarvers of Las Vegas !

Our first monthly meeting of the year was last Saturday at Woodworkers Emporium
Our meeting was attended by 5 members and 3 visitors who happened to be visiting the store and admired our new display case.

Our meeting started in the parking lot with us all enjoying the treasures Dennis brought. A woman had contacted him about some wood she wanted to donate to the club. He was good enough to pick it all up and bring it to the meeting.

 

There were wood rough outs of fish and birds, Many wood branches, wood slabs, and Manzanita wood root burl.

THANK YOU DENNIS !

 

After we all loaded our treasures we went inside where Rod and Scott shared their latest carvings. Rod had a wooden dollar and a new nude. Sorry Scott that my phone died before I could get a photo of your new caricature.

 

Hope to see you all next month.