Rochester Woodcarvers

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Next meeting of the 2009-2010 season
Saturday, February 20, 2010

"Carving to Preserve the Past"
by
Dick Krom

I have been a wood carver for about 46 of my 67 years. I was initially inspired by working with leather tooling and longed to be able to produce decorative work in a more three dimensional form. During an early vacation to the Black Hills, I toured a Stave Church and was motivated by its massive old world style carvings.

I got the only two books the library had on the subject and ordered a set of 12 chisels from Germany. My first work was a carved front panel for our Church’s altar. I was hooked!

Over the years I have refined my skills and gradually moved into the realm of restoring very rare “High Style American Victorian” antique furniture. I have worked extensively on these treasures of the past. I have worked for many collectors, antique dealers, auction houses and a few museums.

I have had the honor to restore the only existing mate to the famous “Lincoln Bed” in the White House.

I am looking forward to meeting with the Rochester Area Wood Carvers. I am sure this will be a great opportunity to share our craft with your many artisans.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

9:00am - 11:00am
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Fellowship Hall
(enter the door from the parking lot)
869 7th Ave SE
Rochester, MN  55904-7359
(507) 289-5147
Map to the church

Spouses and "significant others" are welcome!
Visitors are always welcome!
Bring your carvings for "show and tell"
Please return any books you have from the club library

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2009 Festival of Trees is now complete!

Check out the club's Festival of Trees web page for details on the theme and carvings: click here

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A History of the
Rochester Woodcarvers
Festival of Trees

At our monthly club meeting on November 15, 2008, we had a review of our club's work in prior Festival of Trees efforts. We prepared a photo album/slideshow of those trees and you can see those photos by clicking here.

Web site updates:

1/24/2010 - added February meeting topic

1/13/2010 - canceled January meeting because of church conflict, added Winter 2010 classes

1/12/2010 - changes to club officer page - list of officers

1/5/2010 - update for January 2010 meeting

11/25/2009 - added new Festival of Trees photos in a link to a Picasa photo album

11/21/2009 - added December meeting, Festival cabin photos and club logo embroidery

11/19/2009 - added color flyer and bookmark files to Annual Show page, also added 2011 show date

11/14/2009 - new photos of the "Cabin in the Woods" added to Festival page

11/5/2009 - update for change in November meeting topic and added photos of Festival project
10/14/2009 - updated 2009 Festival of Trees carving "sign-up" list of carved items
9/27/2009 - added information about October speaker Konstantinos Papadakis
9/5/2009 - added 2009-2010 meeting schedule
7/17/2009 - added Summer 2009 newsletter
7/5/2009 - added the existing Festival of Trees carving item list to the FOT page
6/13/2009 - added April/May 2009 newsletter and other updates
5/9/2009 - created links to the 2009 show photo albums
4/29/2009 - added May meeting topic information
4/4/2009 - removed the Annual Show information from the home page
3/21/2009 - update for April meeting topic
2/23/2009 - update for Shawn Bakken's March meeting topic
1/29/2009 - added John Gordon's November-December 2008 newsletter
1/18/2009 - update for Janel Jacobson's February presentation
1/7/2009 - added new Woodcarvers/Community Education classes for Winter/Spring 2009
12/21/2008 - update for January club meeting
12/3/2008 - added Laurie Reed's Festival of Trees summary
11/30/2008 - added the 2008 Festival of Trees photo album
11/16/2008 - updated home page for December meeting and photo history of prior Festival of Trees
11/13/2008 - added Sept/Oct newsletter
10/18/2008 - added November meeting topic and new information about the 2008 Santa's workshop
10/5/2008 - adding 2008 Festival of Trees design information
9/29/2008 - changes for October meeting topic
9/23/2008 - changes to September meeting location
9/4/2008 - updated the September meeting presentation information
8/14/2008 - removed summer events, added Moore Roughouts to Related Links section
8/6/2008 - added new woodcarving classes in Local Classes link
8/4/2008 - removed Olmsted County Fair club display information
7/26/2008 - added meeting topics and speakers for September through January 2009
7/15/2008 - finishing new site creation
7/14/2008 - 1st pages of new site established