This past weekend, the woodcarvers displayed their first glimpse of the new Gatepost Sign at Spruce Haven Park's fall festival. (Facebook/Melfort Northern Lights Woodcarvers)

By Rachel May

Northern Lights Woodcarvers

Melfort hobbyists carving a mark in the city

Sep 22, 2023 | 8:00 AM

The Melfort Northern Lights Woodcarvers are encouraging the community to come out and make their mark on the community.

A fall festival this past weekend in Spruce Haven Park allowed the woodcarvers to show a glimpse of the new Gatepost Sign.

Carver Al Jardine told northeastNOW that although the project was revealed earlier this year, they are taking their time to make it something the community can be proud of.

“We started a year and a half ago. We came up with a Gatepost idea that everybody at any skill level could carve in,” he said.

Encouraging the community to come together and share in the love of woodcarving is something Jardine is proud to do and assures those who have no previous carving experience that it is a low-pressure activity.

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“We can usually get people to help participate in drawing,” said Jardine. “Some people can’t draw more than a stickman, so we have to make it into a man. We make it work and give them credit for it as well on the log.”

All members of the community can come out to one of the carving events on Wednesday afternoons in Spruce Haven Park until the end of September, weather permitting.

In the fall and winter, the carving clinics move indoors to the Kerry Vickar Centre on Monday nights.

Jardine explained that these sessions will feature work on the four gateposts that are set to cover the entrances to Spruce Haven Park in hopes of having them in the community as soon as possible.

“We don’t know how long this will take. It’s a thing that has kind of grown. We aren’t going to say this or that until the time comes.”

With the community being able to participate and finally getting to see the hard work that happens firsthand, Jardine is excited about what is to come and thanks the community for their continued support.

“It always feels good. Everything has been positive.”

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