Mission Statement
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Membership
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Council Oak Woodcarvers promote woodcarving in
the community and provide a forum for members to
learn new woodcarving skills in a relaxed enjoyable
atmosphere.
Club members share:
 | | Laughter
| | | Friendship
| | | Woodcarving experience
| | | Books and magazines
| | | Ideas and techniques
| | | Wood
| | | Tools
| | | Classes
| | | Transportation to carving events | | | |
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Membership dues are one dollar per month. You can
pay by the month ($1), quarterly ($3), semi-annually
($6) or yearly ($12). Dues are paid in cash to the
Club Treasurer anytime at the weekly meetings. Dues
are used for paper, envelopes, stamps, web-site
costs, sending cards or flowers when needed, and
table fees at group events.
Membership is informal and casual...you come to
meetings when you feel up to it. Nobody gets mad if
you don't want to carve this week, or if you prefer not
to attend an event, or if you never volunteer for
anything. We are just happy to have your company
when you want to carve with us!
Beginners and all levels of experience welcome. New
members must purchase their own tools and supplies.
We will help you choose wisely from the best and most
cost effective sources.
The club has a small but growing library of videos,
books and magazines that members can borrow to
take home.
Currently we have 25 male carvers and 5 female
carvers who all show up regularly! There are also
about 20 members (including 2 children) who do not
attend regularly, but wish to remain on the list.
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Centre Branch - SJCPL
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Activities
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Please do NOT call or write to the library for
information about our club! The library allows us to
meet in their building...but they are not affiliated with
us in any other way and they cannot answer your
questions.
(See our Contact Us page for more information .)
Centre Branch is equipped with a snack bar that sells
coffees, lattes, chai tea, hot chocolate, soups &
sandwiches, candy bars, soda pops, and donuts,
cakes & muffins!
They also have a lovely fireplace set in a bay window
overlooking the flower garden. There is an outdoor
patio with a waterfall/stream and a bridge.
Indoors you will find plenty of natural light from lots of
windows, two meeting rooms, clean bathrooms, a
water fountain, a player piano, a large children's
area, wonderfully helpful employees, and of course
computers, videos, magazines and books!
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Most Saturdays we meet at the library and just chat
and carve together. Sometimes there are only a few
people there, sometimes 15-25 people will show up.
Simultaneously there might be a carving
demonstration, project or class that several members
will be doing together. In the recent past...we have
carved Santas and other projects together, watched
carving related videos, and had demonstrations of
how to air-brush our carvings.
We carve at the Potawatomi Zoo every summer. Also,
we carve at local events like Artbeat 2007 and the
Creative Fish Festival 2007. (See our Photo Album.)
Individual members sometimes donate their time to
demonstrate woodcarving in children's classrooms.
We keep each other informed of carving shows and
classes coming up. Members sometimes coordinate
to ride together in the same car and share expenses.
Occasionally members bring in books, magazines and
wood that they no longer need and share it with other
members.
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