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The
Corn Belt Carving Club of McLean County Illinois
held the 10th annual Sculptures in Wood Carving
Show and Sale at Illinois Wesleyan University's
Shirk Center in Bloomington, Illinois. This
years show was dedicated to Jim Ego a founding
member who recently passed. Jim is pictured in
the center below, between club president, Mike
Hartzler, left, and founding member and long
time past president, Bob Deibert. Jim will be sadly missed as he was an
extremely active and dedicated club member as
well as a gentleman and wonderful family man.
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The Corn Belt Carving Club has been hosting the show to promote the art and
beauty of woodcarving to the general public and other woodworkers. The club
also teaches a beginners woodcarving class in association with the
Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department, as well as teaching woodcarving
to scouts, school groups, and clubs.
Tim Rundall of the Woodchip Shop and
wood vendor, Rod Wilcox were there selling a variety of woodcarving products
and tools.
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Tim Rundall, The Woodchip Shop. |
Rod Wilcox, wood vendor. |
Contest Winners
All contest
entries are judged and voted on by the public.
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Gary McDonald
takes first in the Mythical carving category, and Best of Show with these
whimsical houses carved in Cottonwood bark.
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Greg Taylor gets the first in Birds and Fish and
second best of show with his magnificent Mallard. |
Russell Musgrave gathers the first in Relief with
this human mask. |
Gary McDonald gets another first with his Indian Head cane in the
Abstract Division. |
Gary McDonald really cleaned up with another
first. This time in Group Carving with the cowboy scene. |
Gary McDonald gets yet another first with his great rendition of an
Elk in the Realistic Animal category. |
Mike Hartzler gets the first place vote in the Caricature category
with this comical version of a worm farmer wrangling a worm on his
"Worm Ranch". |
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Gary Richter takes first place in the Chip carving category with his
ornate version of a walking cane. |
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