We had two great talks.  

First we had John Hallow from the Whalley carving group.   He uses found wood and has the whole of the Ribble estuary’s drift wood to choose from.    If nothing else they made wonderful stands.    His bird carvings were great and he carved the feet and legs for which many bird carvers buy in metal castings.   John Finished with a ‘What wood is this’ contest which Paul won with an impressive 11 out of 20 correct answers.     John  was going to hand the bits of wood out to members but we persuaded him to let us keep the whole lot together so that we can use it again at say Christmas.

The we had Angela Johnson from Sydney wood carvers who showed us a selection of the members work which was all very impressive.   She followed this with pictures of a carving course she had been on in Thailand.   Again it was very impressive.    

See the websites 

 www.sydneywoodcarving.org.au       and    www.shopart.com/khamlae