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Upcoming Events
Join us for a carving extravaganza! Whether you’re a seasoned carver or just starting, everyone is welcome at our gatherings in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls. Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday from 6:00pm to 9:00pm, we meet in Eau Claire to share techniques, stories, and our passion for carving.
Can’t make it on Wednesdays? No worries! Swing by our Chippewa Falls location every Thursday afternoon from 1:00pm to 4:00pm for more carving fun.
Bring your latest projects for show and tell, and immerse yourself in a supportive community of fellow artisans. Whether you’re a member or new to the carving scene, come carve with us and let your creativity flourish!
🎄 West Wisconsin Wood Carvers Guild Christmas Party 🎄
Celebrate the season with your fellow carvers at our annual Christmas parties! Join us for a festive gathering featuring good company, delicious treats, and a fun gift exchange.
📅 Eau Claire: Sunday, December 8th
📍 Location: LE Phillips Senior Center
📅 Chippewa Falls: Monday, December 9th
📍 Location: Chippewa Falls Senior Center
🎁 Gift Exchange: Bring a wrapped carving-related or handmade gift (valued at $10-$15) to join the fun.
🍪 Treats: Feel free to bring cookies, snacks, or other goodies to share.
Whether you’re new to the Guild or a longtime member, these parties are a great way to connect, relax, and spread holiday cheer. We can’t wait to celebrate with you!
A Woodcarver
Woodcarvers are good people, men and women from all walks of life. They are young and old and middle aged. Some are short, and some are tall, many “righties” and some “lefties”.
There are many common traits of good carvers. Ever meet a carver who didn’t like to talk or share ideas with friends or strangers alike? All carvers love to see a fish, a flower, a bird, or a cowboy emerge from a block of basswood that once was a stately tree.
Good carvers are creative and enjoy re-creating a figure or face or an animal. Their artistic and engineering skills are truly gifts from God.
Envy, jealousy and pride have no place in a good woodcarver’s life for he or she understands that it was God who provided the tree and the wood. He also provided the interest, the keen artistic eye and skill. So the glory is not in the final piece or the gifted carver, but to Him who gave us everything.
Rd March 1998
