The Bakersfield Californian from Bakersfield, California • Page 11

Tuesday, Sept, 7, 1976 fchc flukrreftclb (Halifomtatt IS By GARY G1RARD iCalifornlan News Service DELANO A hobby he Commends, especially for vfetlred men, has put works ridhDelano industrial arts Grant DeVore into National Woodcarvers Museum near Colorado springs with seven items on 'flwnlay. teacher in Nebraska be- he came to Cecil Avenue in Delano to teach Wood shop 18 years ago, DeVore has constructed nearly piece of furniture in home and teaches furni- upholstering In the adult School. vj Although he recalls his iflrst carving was in high 'School when he created a letter opener from a toothbrush Jjjandle, he says his first seri- $us interest came after he jiaw a Wasco Art Festival "has been carving like JQiad ever since." 3 Numerous books and Magazines on carving have Stimulated ideas for carv- Ihgs. but his chief interest. says, is animals.

After at- indlng many art shows and Having his items up for sale, said his Interest has become strictly a hobby. He is member of the national jjhuseum. National Wood- Barvers Association and California Carvers Guild. 3'Basic tools, says DeVorc. fan be purchased for $12.

"I find that my thrill now to see what I can do with Unly a knife." Basic tools arc Ik- and Vi-inch gouges, a Wood carving brings national attention to Delano man inch bent skew chisel, one straight chisel and a carving knife. DeVore says he uses scraps of wood and often wood donated to him, suchas redwood posts provided by Jack Zaninovich. "Some persons give me wood from old barns they tear down or trees they cut down." He says he prefers redwood but also utilizes sugar pine and some walnut. For a finish he uses chiefly sanding sealer, rubbed and buffed with oil. "Carving is a lost art.

except in the Ozarks," says DeVore. "Associations and museums are the ones trying to bring back the interest and skill. My wife, Mary Ann, and I have seen some beautiful carvings at the Pepperdine University annual showings." DeVore's first carving was of free standing animals. Then came wall types and now three dimensional items. "This year I am on an eagle kick." he quips, "I guess because it is Bicentennial." One of his unusual projects was canes, something that began when at Shirley Meadows he came upon a burn area and picked up three sticks that looked to him as if they would make canes.

"One had a skull cap on it. and I discovered natural knots for eyes and nose and then found knots that formed a necktie. Then it looked like a grasshopper, so I added legs to it." DeVore said he was ing a cane at a show in Dlnu- ba and was asked to put a price on it. "I put a $50 tag on It which scared everyone off as I didn't want to sell it. Then at the Delano Wine and Harvest Festival I was surprised when somebody bought it, and another that I put up for $100 was also purchased." Degree Programs available at Cal State Bakersfiekl Accounting Administration Agribusiness Anthropology Art Asian Studies Behavioral Sciences Biochemistry Biology Black Studies Business Administration Chemistry Chicano Studies Communications Counseling and Personnel Services Crime, Law Society Criminal Justice Early Childhood Education Earth Sciences Economics Education Educational Administration Elementary Curriculum Inst.

Studies "cflnance "Fine Arts French Tfierman Care Management Science -Health Services Administration "History -Human Services Latin American Studies Liberal Studies Management Operations Analysis Marketing- Mathematics Medical Technology Music Nursing Philosophy Physical Education Physical Science Physics 1 Political Science Psychology I Public Administration I Reading Religious Studies i Secondary Curriculum Inst. Sociology i Spanish Special Education (general) Special Major I Women's Studies within another master's degree major Freshman and soptiomora students may enroll with an tjared major" (Mil: Not ill MKMitntiMtm listed) CaJStfte Bakersfiekl For Admissions Information and a complete CLASS SCHEDULE call 833-2160 Laughed his wife, "I told him we should have gone back to look for more sticks." There was a practical side to the making of canes, said DeVore. "1 had an uncle who needed to use one but was sensitive about a cane, but I gave him one which he was not embarrassed to use cause the carvings on it made such a conversation piece." In his wood shop instruction the carving has also come In handy. DeVore recalls interest generated in one student who had not been at all motivated by regular Shop class work and the creation by three students of a Snoopy which over the past ten years has become a type of traditional project for seventh graders in the carving portion of wood shop. Creative work of many types are hobbies for the en- lire DeVore family "and help to bring us together." Wife Mary Ann sews, does macrame, embroidery and needlepoint and is starting to learn to paint, son Tom is a draftsman and a pretty good artist, says his father, son Terry does pottery work and has shown in many art shows and daughter Tammy makes her own clothes.

Another hobby DeVore claims is collecting antique tools, and already he has a broadhead axe, antique planes, bucksaws and a set of Grant of Delano is shown with wood carvings which have brought him national recognition. In addition to the animals, he made the table-(Photo by Gary Glrard). 9001 Stockdale Highway 93309 "I SerWce Courtesy 19th A ChMter Bakenfleld wood planes. in Delano which he With a hobby that he pur- his knowledge would beggg sues chiefly "because it's only one In the atfea, fun," DeVore hopes to organ- Fresno the nearest iblty whs ize a wood carving club soon a wood carving "ALL EXCLUSIVE DIAMOND fiLOSS COLMS- WITH GENERAL ELECTRIC SILICONES" AUTO PAINTING OMOREDWC f. i unn i MMO to IO.MI STILL AMERICA'S BIGGEST BARGAIN 3232 CHESTER AVENUE -325-7997 STOW voimmr miN6i PRICED FOR SAVINGS ALL ADVERTISED PRICES EFFECTIVE THRU SEPT.

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