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NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER
January 2017
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January 7th —Guild Meeting 1:00pm at the Tandy Flagship Store, Fort Worth
There are lots of things going on at Jim Linnell’s Elk Tracks Studio. Check the flyers on
Pages 8, 9 and 10. Lots of new opportunities for you to check out.
ANNOUNCING
A Contest!
LONE STAR has a COWBOY !
But he has no name and no leather carving.
He will be used as our LOGO on all announcements, communications and programs for our upcoming
Show in October. After we name him and carve him.
See full details on Page 4 of this Newsletter
Still Coming soon IFOLG 50th Anniversary Edition
Newsletter
and
Getting Serious for the 2017 Show October 13th through the 15th Your opportunity too get involved
The Guild meets at 1:00PM, the First Saturday of each month at the Tandy Flagship Store in Fort
Worth Texas, unless there are special events scheduled. Any special events or meetings will be
announced in the Newsletter.
Meeting location:
Tandy Leather
Guild Events
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Leather Stamps by Clay Contact Information
Email: [email protected]
Phone 254-654-4906
Temple Texas
Meet our New
President
We thought you might like to know a few things about our new President. Billy has been married to his sweet wife Tina for 35 years.
They have two children and 4 grandkids.
Billy has been doing art all his life. Everything from pencil sketches to ceramics to oil painting and most all other types of arts and crafts.
He got into leather craft through his brother Bruce Coonrod. About 8 years Billy began making knives and was buying premade sheaths
for them. He had Bruce make him a few sheaths for the knives. Bruce invited him to Tandy to learn how to do leather, so he could make
his own. Since then, Billy doesn’t make many knives, but enjoys doing leather pictures, extreme embossing and 3D leather pieces. He
has also won several Ribbons at IFOLG competitions. Billy says “It is very relaxing to me.”
Please join us in supporting Billy and the rest of our new offices through the coming years.
Meet All the New Officers
From left to right:
Tobin Tucker, 1st Vice President, back Lendi Williams 2nd Vice President,
Linda Lewis Treasurer, John Akos, Secretary, and Billy Coonrod President.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, may I Introduce Ladies and Gentlemen, may I Introduce ?????????? Uh, Gee ! He doesn’t have a name !
In conjunction with our upcoming show, we’ve adopted a mascot. With Jim Linnell’s permission, we are using the Cowboy he has carved in
several classes. BUT, our Cowboy doesn’t have a name, AND we need a carved image to use as our LOGO on all our literature and the
programs for the Show and Banquet.
So we are actually having 2 separate contests.
FIRST – We need a real down to earth Texas cowboy name. Something
short, catchy, and descriptive. Sorry, Tex is way overused, so let’s leave
that one out.
SECOND— We also need a carving of our cowboy. We are going to use the one Jim has
carved in several past classes. Use you imagination to put him into a scene. Maybe
give him some legs, put him on a horse, riding the Lone Star logo, in or in front of the State of Texas or the Texas Ranger Star. Maybe even use your artistic ability and have
him facing us, or waving at us.
GET THE IDEA? PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DO
THAT REPRESENTS TEXAS AND LONE STAR.
There is a full sized pattern on the following page.
Tool your cowboy any way you want. We are looking for something original, not just
like what Jim or anyone else does. You can color your creation or leave it all natural
leather. Your choice.
Your carving must be on a piece of leather approximately 8” x 10” and preferably
mounted on heavy art board or something like that.
He will be photographed and scanned. So, please do not make everything around him
brown, dark brown or black. It will not turn out well.
DEADLINE For the NAME and COWBOY CARVING
MARCH 4th GUILD MEETING
Judging will be done by a panel of highly qualified leather crafters
Winners announced by email the following week.
OH, did someone mention prizes? AW GEE, almost forgot.
We aren’t going to announce the prizes, just yet.
But, they will be some things that any leather crafter will be proud to own.
We will award a First Place for our Cowboy’s Name and the Carving.
Plus you will be recognized as the one Naming him and the Leather Crafter.
Any questions, contact the Editor at [email protected]
All carvings become property of Lone Star Leather Crafters
HINT: Jim Linnell is having a class carving this guy January 21st.
You can get practice carving our Cowboy. Sorry, you can’t use that one though.
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The Cowboy with No Name NAME ME and CARVE ME
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Featuring patterns by Jim Linnell, George Hurst, Bill Gomer, Kathy Flanagan, Don McCown, and Gene Kirkendall
Featuring patterns by Chan Geer, Jim Linnell, George Hurst, Bill Gomer Kurt Gerhold and Akiko Okada.
ANNOUNCING! Our newest
Pattern Pack!
# 3
Feature leather artists include, Jim
Linnell, Chan Geer, George Hurst and Ute Jaekel. Each Pack contains a
tracing pattern and photocarve.
Lone Star Members $8.00 each
Non Members $10.00 each
Plus postage
To order, send an email to the address below
and specify Pattern Pack # 3
Payment by PayPal only
We also have stock on
Pattern Packs #1 and #2.
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President
Billy Coonrod
1st Vice President
Tobin Tucker
Treasurer
Linda Lewis
2nd Vice President
Lendi Williams
Secretary
John Akos
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OfficersOfficers
The Lone Star Leather Crafters Guild was established in Fort Worth, Texas in 1986 by a small group
of leather enthusiasts. Today, our Guild has grown into an international organization with members in
the United States, Austria, Brazil, Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Taiwan, and The Netherlands.
Our skill levels range from novice to master, hobbyist to professional, with all members willing to
share their ideas and skills with other leather enthusiasts.
If you are interested in learning more about our Guild, we invite you to visit a monthly meeting which
is held on the second Tuesday of the month. Membership in the Guild is $20 for a single
membership, $30 for a family membership, or a one-time $150 for a lifetime membership (U.S. funds).
Dues are payable in January.
All submissions for the Newsletter should be submitted to the address or e-mail above. Submissions
must be accompanied by the name and address the of writer and are subject to editing for clarity
and/or length. The deadline for submission is the 25th of the month prior to publication.
MEMBER
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2016 Lone Star Christmas Party
COW TALES NEWSLETTER AND ALL THE LONE STAR LEATHER CRAFTERS GUILD MEMBERS WOULD
LIKE TO OFFER SPECIAL SALUTE OF THE SWIVEL KNIFE AND THANK YOU TO ALL OUR
2015-2016 OFFICERS FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
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2016 Lone Star Christmas Party
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222 Blackburn St
Rhinelander, WI 54501 USA
Tel: 715-362-5393 Fax: 715-362-5391
e-mail: [email protected]
Complimentary Guild Subscription Program
The Leather Crafters & Saddlers Journal and the International Federation of Leather Guilds have come
together to offer a special complimentary subscription program to all guilds to help bolster guild membership. The
program is made of two parts as follows.
Part 1
New members to your guild are eligible for one free ½ year (3 issues) subscription to the Leather Crafters &
Saddlers Journal, compliments of the Journal. A guild officer is asked to be responsible for submitting the names and
addresses of these new members on a regular basis to the Leather Crafters & Saddlers Journal, attention Brian (see
mailing address or e-mail address above).
Part 2
When a current member either subscribes for the first time or renews their subscription to the Journal, $6.00
for each year of the subscription will be paid to the respective guild from the Journal. A one-year subscription will
produce a $6.00 payment and a two-year subscription will produce a $12.00 payment to the guild. The member
needs to make the Journal aware that the guild is to receive credit for the new or renewed subscription. The Journal
can provide preen coded flyers to the guild which, when used by the members, will ensure that proper credit will be
given to the guild.
If the guild is a member of the International Federation of Leather Guilds, the IFoLG will also receive $6.00 for
each year of the paid subscription (for new subscriptions only).
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Brian Stelzel at the Leather Crafters & Saddlers Journal
at 715-362-5393. Thank you for your interest in this program.
Sincerely,
Brian Stelzel
Circulation Manager
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International Federation of Leather Guilds \
Annual Show
October 13th through the 15th Hosted by
Lone Star Leather Crafters
Of Texas
To be held at:
Double Tree Hotel DFW Airport North
4441 West John Carpenter Freeway
Irving Texas
972-929-8181
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