The PebbleCreek Woodcarving Club has recognized Gordon Andersen as the Carver of the Month for January 2024. Gordon has been a member of the club since September of 2000 and, at almost 90 years young, is still going strong! He was named Novice Carver of the Year in 2002. Gordon has been very active in…
Cynthia Schwartz When the PebbleCreek (PC) Creative Arts Center (CAC) closed in March, members of the PC Woodcarvers Club found alternative venues to drill, cut, sand, paint, and create works of art. Some members carved in garages, others at the kitchen table, and a few set up shop on their patios. Rich Schmidt, president of the…
Larry Matney Cynthia Schwartz is the PebbleCreek Woodcarvers Club woodcarver of the month for January 2020. This photo shows Cynthia with several of her carvings on the middle shelf of the display window in the Creative Arts Center. Cynthia and her husband, Michael, moved to PebbleCreek in August 2017. They quickly became involved with pickleball,…
Jane Peacock was the PebbleCreek Woodcarvers Club woodcarver of the month for November. She moved from Massachusetts to PebbleCreek four and a half years ago and has been an active member of the carving club for the last two and a half years. Jane started carving when she joined the club and has been very active. Last…
Several members of the Woodcarvers Club entered their creations into the Desert Woodcarving Show held in Mesa on March 16 and 17, and received an award. Some of the award-winning items are in the right half of the Woodcarvers display window in the Creative Arts Center in PebbleCreek. Here is a list of the awards…
Dale Sevig is one of many accomplished woodcarvers in the PebbleCreek Woodcarvers Club. Dale carves many different subjects and recently completed a mask based on an exhibit at the Heard Museum called Yua: Henri Matisse and the Inner Arctic Spirit. The exhibit looked at how Henri Matisse was influenced by Yup’ik (Alaskan Natives) masks. The…
Larry Matney Roger Borlaug is one of many accomplished woodcarvers in the PebbleCreek Woodcarvers Club. In this picture he holds a reduced size Northwest Indian Eagle Mask he recently carved and painted. Full size masks are much larger and are normally worn as part of special ceremonies. The masks are brightly colored and made in…
If you stop by the Quail Room in the Creative Arts Center it is normal to see Woodcarving Club members at the tables using an assortment of cutting tools to create interesting carvings. If you go farther into the room and look behind the cabinets near the front of the room you will see an…
For the month of January, the PebbleCreek Woodcarvers Club had a special display in the Creative Arts Center that contained woodcarvings from cottonwood bark. It was a special treat to see a large group of carvings on a common theme. The Woodcarvers Club has an ongoing display in the display case next to the Quail…
Monte Curtis is one of many accomplished woodcarvers in the PebbleCreek Woodcarvers Club. Monte and his wife, Marjorie, moved to PebbleCreek in October 1995. Marjorie wanted them to join the hiking club and a woodcarving group that was just forming. The woodcarving group was led by Mel Donaho and it was not an official club…