National Wood Carvers Association
PO Box 43218 Cincinnati, Ohio 45243

Phone (513) 561-7045
Email nwca@chipchats.org



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At the National Wood Carvers Association, we are grateful to each and every member.  Every contribution you make helps the organization and community thrive!  Please know that you are appreciated every day.  We wish you much joy today and every day.   

                                                                       

      

For  over 70 years the NWCA has been promoting woodcarving and fellowship among its members, encouraging exhibitions and area get-togethers, listing tool and wood suppliers—in short, anything that aids the carver and/or whittler.

Many distinguished professional woodcarvers in the U.S. and abroad share their know-how with fellow members. NWCA proudly lists several internationally famous authors of woodcarving books on its roster.

Please complete our survey to help us better provide you with the articles and format that you prefer.  Click here to take the survey:  NWCA Carving Survey

Here is an overview of upcoming events.  For a detail listing of future events and to register your upcoming classes and events on the website - click on the calendar tab in the menu above.  

For even more events check your copy of Chip Chats.  To register your event in the Chip Chats publication, send the information to NWCA@chipchats.org.

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MEMBER / WOODCARVER INTEREST SURVEY

To better serve your interests as a wood carver,  the National Wood Carvers Association would like your input on a survey of carving interests.  Your feedback will help us provide articles and formats that promote carving and fellowship.  Thanks for taking the time to complete the survey.  Results will be published in a future issue of Chip Chats.

Click here to take the survey:  NWCA Carving Survey

Table of Contents for the Spring 2024 issue of Chip Chats.  Join/renew the National Wood Carvers Association to receive your copy.

 

Contents

   2 … Letters to the Editor
   3 … Next Deadline: May 1
   3 … Buy an NWCA Patch or Decal
   3 … NWCA Membership Application
   4 … Become a Sustaining Member of NWCA
   4 … How to Submit an Article to Chip Chats
   5 … Wood Side Chat by Charles Sapp
   6 … International Carvers Congress by Diane Colley
 11 … ‘Bear Track’ Neckerchief Slide by Robert Motal
 11 … Carved Lineman Mystery  
 12 … NWCA Member Show & Tell
 14 … A Classic Shell  Kerbschnitzer by Wayne Barton
 15 … Sometimes It Takes a Gnome Village by Christy Smith
 15 … Gathering of Woodcarvers by Mike Noland
 17 … Cartoon in Wood: Therapist by Jim McGrath
 18 … Creede Rendezvous by Polly White
 18 … EOWA Carving & Folk Art Festival by Rusty Johnston
 21 … Rx: Woodcarving by Tim Nicholls
 22 … Fish & Fowl Toothpick Holders: A Blast From the Past
 23 … Carvin’ the Rockies #2 by Bob Hershey
 26 … Norb Hartmann’s Presentation Canes by Mary Ellen Hartmann
 28 … 2nd Saskatchewan Rally Scheduled by The Couplands
 28 … Gourd Group Preps for Art Fest by Julie Beard
 29 … Cane Kicks in Cash for Saline Charities by Peggy Lubahn
 29 … ‘Please Do Touch the Gyarados!’ by Anthony Komon
 30 … Basics of Painting by Christy Smith
 30 … Portrait of a Mountain Man by Tyler Borg
 33 … Carvers Compete at Virginia State Fair by Don Self
 37 … Chainsaw Carving for a Living by Ethel Nielsen
 38 … Labor Day Weekend in Wheeling by J. Hodorowski
 42 … Northwest Carving Academy by Terry Moss
 43 … Metro Carvers of Michigan by Colleen Belli
 44 … Instruction
 44 ... Upcoming Events
 45 … Paid Advertisements  
 46 … Paul MacHardy Cartoon: Would I Lie to You?
 47 … Obituaries  



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Web issues:  NWCAweb@gmail.com

Chip Chats: Call:   (513) 561-7045; Email:  nwca@chipchats.org
National Wood Carvers Association

PO Box 43218
Cincinnati, OH 45243

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