The Woodfest at Belmont House is an annual event with lots of exciting woodland demonstrations taking place over the weekend including chainsaw carving, wood turning, spoon carving, campfire cooking, horse logging, and pole lathe turning. The Kent Woodcarvers were back this year to show off the skills of some of our group with knife carving.
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Kent County Show
We managed to attend the Kent County Show over the weekend. It was fairly quiet on the Friday, but Saturday and Sunday were well attended.
West Kent Garden and Craft Show in Tonbridge
We recently went to our first show in a while, the West Kent Garden and Craft Show in Tonbridge.
Demonstrating at the Weald of Kent Country Craft Show
We enjoyed demonstrating our skills at the first show of the year at Penshurst over the early May Bank Holiday. Saturday was the busiest day with considerable interest shown. Sunday was Ladies’ Day, Dennis being the sole male representative.
We’re back to shows
After the “interesting times” of lockdown we are managing to get back to shows again. The first was at Belmont House, with the following photos from the show taken by Phil:
An odd-shaped carving support
(the title refers to the carving to be supported not the support itself!)
Recycling those offcuts
An interesting tip was given to us by Peter about the possible productive use of those offcuts that we are all reluctant to get rid of. The idea was prompted by him sorting out some scrap and studying their shapes and what might be produced from them.. Some of the resulting carv-ings are show in …
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The Unpatented Woodchip Shield
A certain retired naval gentleman suggested that instead of me keeping on asking for contributions to the Newsletter, I should include this object, which can be seen in the picture. In other words it is a carver’s apron!
Lighting up your carvings
Now folks, this may or may not be of interest to all of you but some of you will have seen my clown walking stick with the eyes that light up. (See picture. A). I have now made a bowl that has a LED strip that lights as well (See picture B).
The Sprouler!
As promised, here are two pictures of the Sprouler, as created by Pat Sproule. (Sorry, Pat, I misplaced your letter, so what follows is my memory of what you wrote!)
