hiya from a newby from newcastle NSW

[takart]

hiya all
im Trudi and im a newbie, i wanted to hand carve wood since uni in 2001, but didnt find the time..to many classes not enogh time to do em all, and i wanted to do em all, hahah
anyho im 49 have a fine arts degree, i usually paint and photograph, but am going for somthing new, well a few new things
soldering - got a fab soldering iron for xmas
carving too..
and later in the year a small mig welder, im looking at large metal sculptures..like the first thing will be a huge metal cow, for the front yard, just to anoy to stuckup ones across the road. hahaha
yeah im bad ahahhaah
anyho, i found some silky oak and norfolk pine, gunna grabem on the weekend, but cant find anymore wood around newcastle, and i must say i dredged the net for hours looking arggg
anyho i hope to learn a lot from here, so be safe and happy and have a fabulosa day

[crowie]

G'Day, Welcome to a top forum Trudi.
You'll find a heap of helpful & knowledgeable blokes & ladies on the forum and for most very willing to assist.
Make sure you show off your handiwork as everyone loves a photo, especially WIP photos with build notes.
Enjoy the forum.
Enjoy your woodwork.
There are quite a few forum members from the Newcastle area who might be able to help with timber sources.
Cheers, crowie

[Christos]

Welcome to the forum.

No timber in Newcastle, now that is strange, maybe they sent this all to Sydney.

[wheelinround]

Hi and welcome Trudi

Timber source you have a reply from Greg in your other post.

Seems Newcatsle is the place to be for artsy ATM check out Claw Hammers site a local up there nte the carvings Sculptor & artists - timber furniture sculpture hand-made custom built rustic solid wood timber craftsman Newcastle NSW Australia

[Wood Nut]

Hi Takart, and welcome aboard.

As already stated, there are MANY Forumites in the Newcastle area (there is also a current post about a get together at my place with Dai Sensai (moderator/traveller/woodturner etc etc) for members on Sat Feb 9th if interested.

Carving: There are a few carvers who meet on a Friday at the Woodturners of the Hunter, along with boxmakers. The guy who runs the boxmaking is a very talented carver.

Timber: The Woodturners also sell timber. There are also some suppliers around the area, but you would not find them on the internet.

Cheers, Paul

[artme]

G'day Trudi and welcome to the fount of wisdom!!!

Probably no wood in Newcastle because of people like Claw Hammer!!

Get yourself a ute and a chainsaw and become a scrounger!!

[tdrumnut]

Welcome to the forum Trudi, enjoy your stay

[HARPER]

hiya all
im Trudi and im a newbie, i wanted to hand carve wood since uni in 2001, but didnt find the time..to many classes not enogh time to do em all, and i wanted to do em all, hahah
anyho im 49 have a fine arts degree, i usually paint and photograph, but am going for somthing new, well a few new things
soldering - got a fab soldering iron for xmas
carving too..
and later in the year a small mig welder, im looking at large metal sculptures..like the first thing will be a huge metal cow, for the front yard, just to anoy to stuckup ones across the road. hahaha
yeah im bad ahahhaah
anyho, i found some silky oak and norfolk pine, gunna grabem on the weekend, but cant find anymore wood around newcastle, and i must say i dredged the net for hours looking arggg
anyho i hope to learn a lot from here, so be safe and happy and have a fabulosa day

Welcome, Trudi, hope you enjoy this site. I'm in Newcastle area too, Mayfield, to be specific, & my main interest in woodworking is making folk harps (please see my intro thread). I only started this at age 66 a few years back, so there's always room for late starters!
I'd love to get a bit of that Norfolk pine & silky oak, if there's any more, or you can spare some.
Also, I'd like to try having carvings in low relief on the sides of my harps - they're long & narrow -(550 or 750 -odd mm x 90 mm -depending on the model). I'll try to attach a photo. So far, I've deco'ed some with hot poker work.
I think meranti or Pacific maple (actually from one of several rainforest trees in SE Asia) would suit woodcarving too.

'Bye,
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[JJF]

Hi and welcome Trudi

[alan carthew]

hiya all
im Trudi and im a newbie, i wanted to hand carve wood since uni in 2001, but didnt find the time..to many classes not enogh time to do em all, and i wanted to do em all, hahah
anyho im 49 have a fine arts degree, i usually paint and photograph, but am going for somthing new, well a few new things
soldering - got a fab soldering iron for xmas
carving too..
and later in the year a small mig welder, im looking at large metal sculptures..like the first thing will be a huge metal cow, for the front yard, just to anoy to stuckup ones across the road. hahaha
yeah im bad ahahhaah
anyho, i found some silky oak and norfolk pine, gunna grabem on the weekend, but cant find anymore wood around newcastle, and i must say i dredged the net for hours looking arggg
anyho i hope to learn a lot from here, so be safe and happy and have a fabulosa day