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ОглавлениеAncient Wooden Carving
Discovered in Wales
An ancient wooden carving was
discovered in Wales in September
2012, it was recently revealed.
Workers building a wind farm in
the Rhondda Valley in southern
Wales found the 6,000-year-old
carving on a hillside. The carving,
which dates to the Late Mesolithic/
Early Neolithic period, is unusually
well preserved because it had
been buried in a waterlogged peat
deposit. It is more than five feet
long and might have marked a
tribal boundary, a hunting ground,
or a sacred site, reported the BBC.
The piece is currently undergoing
conservation treatment and will
eventually be displayed at the
National History Museum in
Cardiff, Wales.
news and
notes
Russian Orphans
Learning to Carve
Children at a special-needs orphanage in Vokhma,
Russia, are using donated copies of
Woodcarving
Illustrated
to learn to carve, a skill that some of them
may pursue as a career when they graduate from the
orphanage at age 16 or 17. According to Patricia Heinle
of Beaver, Penn., a group of volunteers from western
Pennsylvania visits the orphanage, located 500 miles
northeast of Moscow, annually. Led by Dr. Suzanne
Vogel-Scibilia, the group supplements the Russian
government’s support of the children. During their visit
last summer, the volunteers found the children using
donated copies of
Woodcarving Illustrated
to learn
carving. Their teacher, Tatiana Ivanovna Tyulyandina,
“couldn’t stop praising the magazine!” said Pat. “She
said that the pictures in the magazines have been great
teaching tools. They don’t speak or read English so the
pictures were essential.”
The volunteer group will visit the orphanage again
next year and would welcome additional donations
Tatiana Ivanovna
Tyulyandina uses
donated copies of
Woodcarving Illustrated
to teach carving to
Russian orphans.
of gently used magazines, books, and carving tools.
Fox Chapel Publishing has supplied a number of
magazines.
To donate items, please contact Pat Heinle at
Florida Winter National
Wood Art Show
The Florida Winter National
Wood Art Expo and Competition
is celebrating its 25th year in 2014.
The show, which is scheduled for
January 11 and 12, has been moved
from Fort Meyers to the Charlotte
Harbor Event and Conference in
Punta Gorda, in part because the
new facility has ample free parking.
Show organizers have added
categories to their competition,
including two for carvers under
age 17, and have scheduled both
demonstrations during the show
and classes before and after.
According to the show’s vice
president, Bill Tournay, “Whether
it’s to enter into competition, stock
up on those hard-to-find supplies,
or take in the beautiful pieces of
art, there will be something for
everyone.”
For more information, visit
Carver Appearing on TV
The well-known Scandinavian
flat-plane style carver Harley
Refsal will appear on PBS’s “Craft
in America” on Friday, December
20, 2013, at 10pm. In the holiday
episode, the Peabody Award-
winning and Emmy-nominated
series will celebrate some of the
country’s most important cultural
and religious customs and feature,
in addition to Harley, the National
Gingerbread House Competition;
the Biltmore House in Asheville,
N.C., as decorated for Christmas;
clay artist Susan Garson; and
holiday celebrations in San
Antonio, Tex.
For more information, check
your local TV listings or visit www.
One of Europe’s oldest decorative wooden carvings was
found last year in Wales; it is more than 6,000 years old.
Photo © Richard Scott Jones (HRS Wales)
