The ''National Wood Carvers Association'' is best known for its publication, the magazine '' Chip Chats''. The organization, founded in 1953 by Stephen LePage, is headquartered in

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

. It is the largest national association of woodcarvers, with a magazine membership of over 13,000 subscribers, compared with 19 when the magazine was first published. The longest-serving president of the NWCA was Edward Gallenstein, who was first elected in 1971. The current president is Bill Staley.

Notes

External links

Chip Chats
NWCA's official magazine {{Woodworking Woodcarving