Special Events

Saturday, August 10, 2013
10:00am-4:00pm 
 

Marlow Gates Broom making at Wood Day Stewart Stokes

Lyle Wheeler Chair making at Wood Day Stewart Stokes

Jim McPhail Wood turning at Wood Day Stewart Stokes

Bill Henry Wood carving at Wood Day Stewart Stokes

The Folk Art Center in east Asheville will host its annual celebration of wood crafts at Wood Day on August 10th from
10 to 4.

The festivities include live demonstrations and the Thirteenth Annual Carve-Off Competition from 1 to 3pm. For the contest, participants have two hours to turn a simple block of wood into a work of art. Carvers must sign up by 12:30 to participate.

The Folk Art Center's auditorium will be filled with lathes, sawhorses, wood tools and the master craftspeople who know how to use them. Demonstrations include flute making, wood turning, broom making and furniture design and construction. Southern Highland Craft Guild members Sandra Rowland and Jan Morris will host activities for children.

Admission to Wood Day and the Folk Art Center is free. The Folk Art Center is located at milepost 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in east Asheville. Headquarters to the Southern Highland Craft Guild, the Center also houses three galleries, a library, Allanstand Craft Shop and a Blue Ridge Parkway information desk and bookstore. For more information, call 828-298-7928 or visit www.craftguild.org.


Former Winners of the Carve Off Competition
2001 - John Hillyer
2002 - Rodney Hopkins
2003 - Doug Arrowood
2004 - Don Ives
2005 - Eddie Howard
2006 - Doug Arrowood
2007 - Doug Arrowood
2008 - Eddie Howard
2009 - Carolyn Anderson

2012 Wood Day Participants

Will Hines, coopering

Jim McPhail, wood turning

Alan Hollar, wood turning

Carolina Mountain Woodturners

David Crandall, wood boxes, dovetail construction

Eddie Howard, wood carving

Carolyn Anderson, wood carving

Helen Gibson, wood carving

Tom Gow, cottonwood bark carving

Bill and Tina Collison, wood turning and surface design on wood

Jan Morris, children's activities

Sandra Rowland, children's activities

Joe Ruminski, wood turning

Lee Entrekin, flute making

Friendswood Brooms

WNC Woodcarvers

Walt Cottingham, wood birdhouses and ornaments

Don Duncan, treenware

Jeff Neil, wood boxes

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