wood fair

[hedgesparrow]

hi looking at running a wood fair in hampshire next year. and looking for carvers for the event qestion can supply wood. what wood is good do you as carvers get paid to do shows. or how does it work the owner wants some pieces carved to go around his woodland walkway so the disabled children on horseback can see them when riding in the woods.

it is at present in planning. so just finding out how to get a few carvers to attend.

[gobbypunk]

Hi Hedge some shows do pay us carvers and all shows allow us to sell our work at shows, as for wood for carving it seems to change from carver to carver we all seem to like diffrent wood and it depends on what you are carving and its final location some carvings go inside and lastly I would think carvings along the woodland tracks would need to be done on a commision I think that I have said already that I would be into attending please keep me posted and good luck loads to deal with putting on a show I would think

Cheers Mark

[wisewood]

Hi pal,

Have a chat with abercarver as he's organizing a show for the midlands next year.

I've only done a few shows so far but the norm from my experience is carve one big piece and several speed carves. All go for auction, some shows the carver gets all monies from auctions, some you pay a commission, some you donate speed carves to local charity.

The bigger shows use oak and redwood, the few I've done were sitka and macrocarpa.

 

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[abercarver]

hedgesparrow,

 

If you send me a message i can fill you in on how the National Forest Event is run and also how im getting on organising one.

cheers