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Emilie Rigby is a green woodworker and author who also reproduces antique tin Christmas ornaments. She lives in a little cabin on a lake in Upstate NY. Her main goal is to make craft more accessible and has been known to be a great instigator in getting someone into a new hobby. She has been carving for 12 years and teaching handcraft for just as long. Her classes are a curated mix of nerdy deep dives, lighthearted forays into new skills, and truly terrible puns. The main focuses of her work are wooden spoons with highly decorated handles as well as "vegan taxidermy" wall sculptures (think skull mounts completely carved out of wood). Her work can be found on her website emilierigby.com as well as her Instagram @rigby_handcraft. Emilie will be hosting a demonstration of how she does her carving as well as special tips and techniques.

Sharing recent work, finishing setup on our kit build guitar, prepping for uke workshop

Build a Ukulele from a StewMac Tenor Ukulele Kit.
We will repeat the format of our first Uke workshop and do this in one weekend. We‘ll do it at St. Michael‘s Woodshop and we‘ll have about 15 workstations!

Build a Ukulele from a StewMac Tenor Ukulele Kit.
We will repeat the format of our first Uke workshop and do this in one weekend. We‘ll do it at St. Michael‘s Woodshop and we‘ll have about 15 workstations!

Show & Tell is a virtual event via Zoom. It is an opportunity to share your projects and woodworking experiences with fellow members. The event begins with a social activity at 6:30 PM. This provides time to catch up with your peers without leaving your location. The presentation portion begins at 7:00 PM and lasts between 1-1/2 to 2 hours depending on content. It is a chance to share: projects; new tools; jigs and fixtures; process methods; repairs; shop layout; or mistakes and how you overcame them. If you have something to share or contribute, please contact Roy Pierce (reptpo@rit.edu) up to two days prior to the event. Zoom link will be sent on the morning of the event. See you then

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Educated in Iowa and Illinois, I had a ten year career teaching
English and Drama at international schools in Taiwan, England and
Morocco. In 1985 my late wife and I relocated to Chestertown, New
York where I taught English at North Warren Central School from 1985
until retirement in 2002.
Shortly after retiring from teaching, I attended an Arts and Crafts
Fair in Ludlow, Vermont and saw the beautiful chip carvings of Wayne
Barton, a teacher at the school. I had always loved wood, appreciating
its finished beauty and appreciating the opportunity to learn to carve
it. Later I took Wayne’s class, Introductory Chip Carving, and was
“hooked!” During subsequent summers, I took several of Wayne’s
advanced classes and during the last few years have carved over two-
hundred pieces including breadboards, lamps, stools, geometric floral
and free form plaques, jewelry boxes and decorative plates. I have
become a chip carving teacher myself. In June, 2016, I taught an
introductory chip carving class at the Adirondack Folk School and will
teach several classes at AFS this year. I have also been invited to
teach chip carving at The View Art Center in Old Forge, NY, and at the
Fletcher Farms Arts and Crafts School in Ludlow, Vermont.
I reside in Chestertown and am a member of NorthCountryARTS in
Glens Falls and a former president of the Our Town Theatre Group in
North Creek. I am also a Board Member of the Adirondack Folk School
in Lake Luzerne. My carvings are for sale in the Adirondack Folk School gift shop, in the LARAC gift shop, Glens Falls, in the McKernon Gallery, Hudson Falls and in the Birds Of A Feather Gallery in Chestertown.

Dennis‘s workshop will introduce members to the traditional craft of chip carving-a type of
woodcarving in which a small knife is used to incise decorative floral and geometric
designs into basswood, butternut or walnut. The design is created by the removal of
small pieces (chips) of the wood. In Northern and Eastern Europe, chip carving is an
ancient traditional craft associated with rural life. Chip carved wooden plates, jewelry,
keepsake boxes, trays, breadboards, furniture and other items can make wonderful gifts
and home decorations.
As the workshop starts, I will first show pictures of antique chip carving in several
books I have, and then discuss some of my own chip carvings which I will bring with me.
I will explain the design of the chip carving knife and contrast it with the design of the
figure carving knife with which most members will be familiar. I will then demonstrate
how to hold the chip carving knife and use it to cut straight lines, triangular shapes and
curved lines. I will also demonstrate how to cut the Swiss style chip and how to cut the
Old World style chip. Members will have an opportunity to make these cuts with a
variety of chip carving knives I will bring.
I will distribute my class syllabus to interested members so they can understand more
about what they will learn in the class. Course catalogs for the Adirondack Folk School
will be available also.

Canceled

Describe the speaker here ABOUT OUR NATIONAL MEETINGS: Part of the value of being a member of RWS is the opportunity to hear and see nationally known speakers. These individuals are from all over the country and have done presentations and/or have blogs, YouTube videos, etc. Meetings are usually held once a month between September and May. The presentation is held on Friday evening at St. John Fisher University Basil Hall. From 7-8 we gather, socialize and share projects. From 8-9 our speaker presents. Members and non-members can attend the Friday event which includes networking, displays of members’ works, silent auction items which are typically tools or accessories that members are looking to sell (often for VERY reasonable prices), access to our books and DVD library (members only), a raffle, a brief business meeting followed by the speaker presentation. Finally, the national speaker usually has a table for displaying their work and/or books. National speakers typically facilitate a workshop the next day which requires registration.