1st Past President Message
by Dennis Wilson This is my final President’s Message to you, our membership. This is a good time to reflect on the past and look forward to the future. During … Read more
Arthur Lee
The September/October World of Wood
The September/October (edition 75-5) World of Wood is posted in the Member section under the Journal Archive. We apologize for the delay!
La Grange, Texas 75th Jubilee meeting ended November 4, 2022
Mark Duff promised Texas ebony and mesquite. He and the Texas team of volunteers provided tons of logs, boards, pen blanks, and bowl blanks during the La Grange meeting, along … Read more
IWCS 2022 Mount Tamborine Conference
by Ian Heffernan #9902. Day 1, Mon 5th Sep — Tamborine National Park, Curtis Falls & John Dickson Conservation Park. We all met in the Rafters Conference Room at 9.00 … Read more
Mark Duff, President, October 1, 2022
I want to thank everyone for electing me President of IWCS. I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to most of you. While I have met some of … Read more
John Lyons, President-elect October 1, 2022
As the President Elect, I want to put the international into the IWCS. Our organisation has struggled for relevance and to attract members. Two years of COVID have drained our … Read more
Stan Joehlin, Vice-president October 1, 2022
I was raised on a farm in northwest Ohio, outside Toledo in Ottawa county. We still live on our family homestead farm which has been in the family since March … Read more
Gary Green, 2nd Past President, October 1, 2022
I was born in Goshen, IN, USA in 1953 and have resided in Syracuse, IN since 1976. I have a BA degree from Ball State University. I taught Middle School … Read more
New elected IWCS president-elect and vice president
The new president-elect is John Lyons, (below left) who will become the president in 2024. Stan Joehlin (below right) was elected as the new vice-president. Both will assume their new … Read more
The Tule tree in Oaxaca.
Our President-elect, Mark Duff, is in Oaxaca, Mexico this week. He sent this photo of the Tule Tree, Taxidium mucronatum. About 130 feet tall and over 150 feet in circumference- estimated … Read more