Just returned home from the Tulsa Woodcarving Show and thought I'd give a short report on how my carvings did in the competition. "Granny Gets A Tattoo" took First in the Caricature Group category, "Warbonnet" a First in Realistic Bust, and "The Rough Rider" a First in Single Figure Caricature. My short seminar on carving a Bottle Stopper went off well, and I even managed a 3rd place showing in thewhittling contest. They had precut dog blanks which unfortunately had the grain orientated the wrong way which made it extremely difficult to carve. Also, for some reason, they seemed to be a little too insistant requiring that the dog be a male with anatomically correct features!!! Poor me....I concentrated on carving the overall dog more than I did the animals genitalia so was penalized(?) by it's absence. Oh well......I guess I can be thankful that we didn't carve a human!-
The show was a little down from last year and attendance seemed off too. Even with that it was good to see old friends make some new ones. Now, as our next show is not until the one in Dayton in November we have the whole summer off to mow grass, clear brush, ride horses, spoil Grandkids and maybe even carve a few new figures.
lynn, i guess the judges never saw a ken doll, bet they looked at the barbi doll first,
ReplyDeletei used to carve animals for the arks, and the only one that was carved correct was the lion, my daughters made coment about that, i told them the lion is the king of the jungle and the king has to have his kong,