Читать книгу Woodcarving Illustrated Issue 69 Holiday 2014 - Группа авторов - Страница 6
ОглавлениеWoodcarving Illustrated
|
FALL 2012
4
editor’s
letter
Identification Statement: Woodcarving Illustrated vol. 16, no. 3
(Fall 2012) (ISSN#1096-2816) is published four times a year in the months of
February, May, August, and November by Fox Chapel Publishing Co. Inc.,
1970 Broad Street, East Petersburg, PA 17520.
Periodical Postage paid at
East Petersburg, PA, and additional mailing offices.
POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Woodcarving Illustrated,
1970 Broad Street, East Petersburg, PA 17520.
Woodcarving and the use of associated equipment can potentially result in health hazards and
injuries.
While we cannot impose safety standards in every article, we do ask that you make safety
your number one priority.
Protect your respiratory system, hearing, vision, and the rest of your body
with the proper safety equipment and prudent precautions.
Read manuals supplied with your tools.
Be aware most accidents occur when you are tired or distracted.
And when in doubt, seek advice from
professionals, on how to keep your tools sharp and maintained.
Volume 16, Number 3 (Issue No. 60)
How-To Magazine for Carvers™
Internet: www.WoodcarvingIllustrated.com
Woodcarving Illustrated Magazine
1970 Broad Street, East Petersburg, PA 17520
Phone: 717-560-4703
Fax: 717-560-4702
Our Mission:
To promote woodcarving as an
artform and an enjoyable pastime.
Publisher
Alan Giagnocavo
Manager, Magazines
Shannon Flowers
Editor
Mindy Kinsey
Technical Editor
Bob Duncan
Creative Director
Troy Thorne
Art Director
Jon Deck
Founding Editor
Roger Schroeder
Studio Photographer
Scott Kriner
Advertising
Jane Patukas
Advertising Account Manager
Cindy Fahs
Technical Illustrators
Irene Bertils
John Allard
Carolyn Mosher
Newsstand Distribution: Curtis Circulation Company
Circulation Consultant: National Publisher Services
Printed by Fry Communications
©2012 by Fox Chapel Publishing Co. Inc.
All Rights Reserved. Printed in USA
Subscription rates in US dollars:
One year
$24.95
Two years
$49.90
Canada
One year
$29.95
Two years
$59.90
International
One year
$34.95
Two years
$69.90
Customer Service for Subscribers
Please call toll-free 888-506-6630,
or visit our Website:
www.WoodcarvingIlllustrated.com
Display Advertising/Classifieds
Please call or e-mail Jane Patukas, (ext. 127)
for rates and/or
a media kit.
Patukas@FoxChapelPublishing.com.
Wholesale/Distribution
Woodcarving Illustrated is available to retailers for
resale on advantageous terms.
Contact Paul McGahren (ext. 142) for details.
Fall 2012
Note to Professional Copy Services — The publisher grants you
permission to make up to ten copies for any purchaser of this
magazine who states the copies are for personal use.
Customer Service for Subscribers
Visit www.WoodcarvingIllustrated.com, call 888-506-6630,
or write: Woodcarving Illustrated, 1970 Broad Street,
East Petersburg, PA 17520
Printed in USA
Win-Win
Possibly the best welcome-to-the-magazine gift I could
have received was the annual Best Carving Design Contest.
A showcase for the carving community, the contest
demonstrates different styles of carving, shows the vast
range of topics carvers enjoy depicting, and introduces
hundreds of people who carve. It’s a joy to me—and to all
of us—to see your work, learn how and when you started
carving, and talk about the sorts of things that inspire you
to pick up a knife and start a new project.
But I must admit, we editors also have an ulterior motive when
it comes to the contest—in addition to being a great snapshot of the
community, it is a reliable source of new patterns. Most of the year,
we go to you—we attend shows, visit our forums and Facebook pages,
and surf the Web looking for artists and patterns we think you’ll like.
With the contest, you come to us. When the whole thing is over, we
page through the entries and make a wish list of original designs that
we want to share, artists to consider for features, and people to look
for at the next show. It’s an incredibly valuable resource to us.
As you can imagine, when we ran some numbers and discovered
that entries in the contest have been down, we wanted to change that.
So, we did some things differently for this year’s contest. We tweaked
the prizes, changed the entry system, adjusted the categories, and
altered the voting method. Although the contest was originally
devoted to Santas, entries in that category have been waning. We
folded holiday pieces into an Open category. Not only did we see
more Santas than before, we saw more of everything—walking sticks,
chip carvings, lovespoons, birds, fish, you name it! We received a
record number of entries this year, and we are very grateful for your
enthusiastic participation.
Among the new themed categories is Whittling. Honestly, it
received fewer entries than I expected given the number of requests
we get for whittling patterns. Apparently a lot of people are whittling,
but not very many are designing whittling patterns. We’ll choose a
couple of the entries to share with you, and I’ll keep my eyes open
for more. If you see some you like, please drop me a note. Also, we
plan to rotate the themed categories each year, including a mixture of
media and topics as the inspiration. Some of our ideas for themes are
chip carving, holiday, bark, non-wood, wildlife, fantasy, and western.
What would you like to see?
I think the contest was a terrific success this year, but it is still
a work in progress. Please let me know what you liked and disliked
about the changes. What would make you more likely to enter
next year? Or, would you rather skip a year and make the contest
biannual? Your feedback is important to us, and I look forward to
hearing from you.
Mindy Kinsey
