This year is our 50th anniversary, and we've pulled out the big guns - Jay Haavik (of the Oseberg Viking ship recreation) is our featured carver and teaching a class, and Karen Henderson will be teaching greenwood spoon carving and selling interesting blanks (lilac wood has wonderful purple streaks through it.)

If you haven't been able to get into Jay Haavik classes elsewhere, come visit us!

If you're in the area, come visit us anyway! We are fun friendly people to carve with!

I wanted to pass on this free online carving class.

Unfortunately it's only free live - so the mornings of July 1-3, 2019 - but hopefully the retired and stay-at-home among us can get something useful out of it. I plan to check briefly on my lunch breaks to see if it would be worth paying for the recorded version, afterwards.

https://www.curiousmondo.com/carve-glass-and-stone-free

Dear Carving Colleagues,

With the Cologne INS netsuke convention only a few months away, some exciting arrangements for a "Carvers meet Collectors Evening" are currently being developed. If you are a carver attending the INS convention and would like to participate in such an event please reply to the following thread...http://forums.netsuke.org/viewtopic.php?f=445313&p=69193#p69193 or email me privately so that numbers can be determined and participation coordinated.
All are welcome.
Kindest regards,
Clive Hallam

Watch the half hour video,  Watch master carver Ryushi Komada at work, with NPR's Maureen Pao.

Ryushi demonstrates the way the tools are held and used with small scraping motions. 

Location: Big Rock Forge, Washburn, WI

Click here for details on Facebook.

it is a very good museum of ethnology , http://bystervelt.be/Welkom/Tentoonstellingen.html

one of the exhibition rooms has display cases,

it is only open on the last Sunday of the month for 3 hours ,

every 2 month there is another private exhibition , in order to attract people ,

I cross my fingers ,

feather swap is designed to make the world a more enriched world by giving artist of different backgrounds a opportunity to exchange their passions in the hope of encouraging growth and excitement. Many artists lose their passion for their chosen craft and hopefully this art exchange will allow artist to recharge their passion and encourage personal development. This program will provide artist a chance to swap their work for the work of another in any medium. If the work is inspiring, it will hopefully encourage the recipient to expand their own interest to try the medium or technique that they received. This means the submitted work should represent your best work so that you can represent your craft and skill in the best light.

Rules:

The cost of the materials for the piece should be in the 10 United States dollar range. (any size or cost of work is allowed but sender is responsible for freight)

Sign up date will start on the first of February

Submission should be posted by the last day of March with a description, name of the artist, and photograph then I will randomly match artist so that each pair of artist can swap their work.

Each participant needs to provide a email or alternative contact to be informed of any problems and updates as well as to be exchanged with another participant for the exchange of the created project.

if a website is available it should be submitted so that their other work can receive credit

Each submission need a short paragraph telling the receiver some needed information about the submitted piece example: stating medium, tools needed, focus, challenges, tips, interest, cultural significant ect…. keeping in mind the goal is to encourage people to try this art form.

at the end of the event I will put together a poll that will allow others to vote on which entry is the favorite. Which ever entry wins will receive a prize. The prize will follow the spirit of the event and will be about learning a art.

Just a quick note to let you all know that Voting for your favourite Sculpture and Jewellery entry is now open!

The link is below. Once on the page find the heading GALLERY on the top right of the page.

45 Jade Carvers representing 6 different countries have put their best on display for this event - including some of Masters!!!!

Please come by learn about the event, view the fantastic works and vote while you are visiting.

http://www.jadesymposium.org

Thanks

Tom

If some belgium carvers (and we're thinking about Alain there, that nicely helped us on another topic) are here , please be welcome to visit and say hello ! (nice and interesting programm )

http://www.iafestival.org/

I'll look forward to looking in on the forum but will likely not participate much for a few weeks.

Janel

PS We still have snow on the ground here, with more predicted for tomorrow! Such a different spring scenario here this year!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/World-jade-Symposium/208417102558551

Registration opens in March. Hope to see some of you participate!

I am in the last hours before departure on Monday for Philadelphia and then Washington, DC. I will return after the DC show. My iPad will be with me to monitor the forum and to handle email.

On with the shows!

Janel

-B-

Bonnie D

I just wonder that is there any shows (wood carving, netsuke...) in California ?

Best regards

Yloh

The Dutch are in the spotlight at the SieboldHuis Japan Museum from March 1 to June 2.

Exceptional exhibition,

Over 50 netsuke's , Exhibition reflect 25 year long search on shows at the Siebolhuis Japan Museum ,

website ,

http://www.sieboldhu...etail/the_dutch

guided tour date ,

http://www.sieboldhu...lingen_in_japan

Since becoming enthralled with Japanese alloys and patina in the ‘80s I have also enjoyed sharing what I’ve discovered in the interest of urging others to try the alloys and patina out.

At Ashokan I’ll focus on the alloys and traditional niage patina necessary to develop the colors as seen in traditional Japanese sword fittings and other types of works. The rich palette available using this alloy/patina coalition has much to offer any metalsmith. This will be a somewhat refined version of a talk I gave at the Colorado Metalsmiths convention in 2008.

My slide-talk will include outstanding historical examples of Japanese work, showing detailed close-ups with observations of construction. I’ll also have examples of my own work showing adaptation of the tradition to my own personal expression.

There will also be a demo of the traditional niage patina process.

Registration and more info here: http://www.ashokanknifeseminar.com/

Here’s a link to my patina tutorial: http://www.jimkelso....ml/tutorial.htm

Here are three pieces by Shoami Katsuyoshi courtesy of the Kiyomizu-Sannenzaka Museum, Kyoto, Japan:

Behind the scenes of TCP, and in addition to my carving work, and parenting, I am the spouse of the potter - Will Swanson - (and was one of those potters in my earlier life). We are in the final week of preparation for the 14th annual pottery tour.

To learn about the tour, check out this site: Minnesota Potters Tour.

Janel

APRIL 1, 2, 3 2011

7W New York

7West 34th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues

New York, NY 10001

CraftNEWYORK is a benefit for CERF+ (Craft Emergency Relief Fund + Artists' Emergency Resources). 100 artists who produce one-or-a-kind work and limited edition pieces will be presenting their work. Net profits from admission will benefet CERF+.

I will be there with new work.

On Saturday morning some CWA members will be taking a bus tour to visit artists' studios. The first stop is at our studio, to see where I do my work, and to see my husband's pottery studio. Afterwards, I will race down to the AAW symposium to resume attending the workshops. I live an hour's drive from where the symposia are taking place.

Now to clean up the studio a bit to prepare for visitor!

Janel