Contributing to Chip Chats

What is your club doing during the pandemic to keep woodcarving going? Maybe other clubs can learn from your ideas!
Do you have a simple project with a pattern that you can share? Please include a photo of the finished piece and step-by-step instructions.
Do you have an interesting woodcarving journey that you can share? How did you get into this hobby and what have you done?
Do you have any tips for other woodcarvers?
Does your club support a charity? Tell us about it and how you support it.

Each photo should have at least a 300 ppi resolution.
Be selective about the quality and quantity of the digital photos you send.
Duplicate images, unrelated photos, poor quality pictures, and anything without a caption should be deleted before the CD is burned.
Every photo submitted needs a caption that includes the correct spelling of the carver’s first and last names.
Good captions also mention the type of wood used and the size of the carving.

Remove any ribbons, labels, medals, signs, stickers, etc.
Use a plain, neutral-colored background (cloth backdrops should not be wrinkled).
Arrange lighting so it does not cast distracting shadows.
If possible, do not submit photos of carvings that have already appeared in Chip Chats.

Submit photos of students carving rather than a group posing with finished carvings.

Your name
The title of you article submission
At least one high-quality photo in any of the following formats:
- .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .tiff
A word document including your article text

Chip Chats is a publication by the
National Wood Carvers Association

National Wood Carvers Assoc.
PO Box 43218
Cincinnati, OH 45243