Creative Woodworks & crafts 2005-06, страница 17

This is o great loss. I always enjoyed talking with Pat at the scroll saw picnics. He will be greatly missed. Our prayers are with his family tor their loss. God bless.

Darin and Kelty Lf/es

As a man who accomplished a great many things, Pat Spielman will always be remembered by many of us for re igniting the spark ot renewed interest in scroll sawing. Through his scrollsaw books of the early 80's as well as his tireless efforts, he helped transform scroll sawing into the wonderful hobby that is enjoyed by so many scrollers today!

Pat was a friend and mentor for eighteen years, and I am eternally grateful to him for the opportunities he gave me to work with him on countless projects, for his kind words regarding my drawing abilities. and for his words of wisdom that encouraged me to persevere and succeed. I learned a great deal from him and am blessed to have known him. He will always be fondly remembered but deeply missed. Dirk Boelmcn

Pat was one of my first and biggest influences in scroll sawing. Shortly after I was Introduced to scroll sawing, my girlfriend gave me two of Pat's books for Christmas. I found them to be inspirational and was encouraged to try new ideas with my new-found hobby. I met Pat at Joe Diveley's Ponfiac, Illinois picnic. I found him to be kind and genuinely interested in what people were showing him and telling about in regard to their projects and woodworking techniques. At that time I was just beginning to work with Scroller. Ltd., and I had not yet begun designing my own patterns. I was fortunate enough to win one of his books in the raffle and I had him sign it for me. The next year when I saw him, it amazed me that he remembered me. Several years ago I was able to visit Pal al his home in Fish Creek, Wisconsin. He was hospitable, warm, and sharing. I was surprised al the scope of the work he had done over the years, especially his work with high school student's and the books he had writlen for the school system. He gave me one of his earlier woodworking textbooks and signed it for me. It remains one of my treasured possessions. Pat had such a great impact on so many people over Ihe years! He certainly made his mark in our woodworking world and will be missed very much.

Sfieito Bergner-Landry

I met Patrick Spielman when I first went into business almost eleven years ago. He was supportive and encouraging right from the start and made sure thai I was enveloped info the scroll saw family network immediately. His phone calls, notes and wisdom kept my vision on track and I will be ever grateful to him. In addition to his brilliant pattern designs, he has left a legacy of having been a remarkat)ly kind arid decent man. He wilt be so very missed. Barbara Peters

Pat Spielman and I first crossed paths in late 1985 when ho was working on the Scroll Saw Handbook. We had talked on the phone two or three times regarding his work on the book and he extended me an invitation to come to the beautiful community of Fish Croek. Never having been to Wisconsin, plus the excitement we shared about the book he was work ing on, made the decision very easy to take the trip and extend a Texas "shake and howdy" to this fine Wisconsin gentleman. A shared interest in the advancement of scroll sawing as more than "just another hobby" and the vibrant personality of Pat has made our friendship one that I will treasure the memory of forever. Ray Seymore

I first mel Pat at a scroll saw picnic in Pennsylvania in the late 90's and was impressed as I watched him unselfishly share his time with hundreds of people, no matter what level of talent they had, from young children to veteran sawyers, while enjoying every minute of it. The attention Pat gave the kids (and how they took to him, my own included) left an impression upon me that I have not forgotten, and I have Iried to incorporate if into my own life. The thing that stands cut most for me about that picnic was how during his busy day, when he had dozens of other obligations he could have been satisfying, he look lime to take me aside and sit down for a meaningful one-cn-onc conversation. My success today, even though many have contributed to it, was greatly influenced by those early conversations with Pat, as well as Ihe many phone calls that followed that picnic. His wisdom and guidance pushed me through the early years and struggles, when it would have been easy to walk away. I'm sure I am not the only one who has benefited by his encouragement and willingness to help promote scrolling in any way he could.

The scrolling world has lost an icon, a mentor, and most of all, a friend. A friend once told me that we are ultimately shaped by the people we encounter in our lives, and I am lucky to have had Pat as one of those people in my life. My thoughts and prayers go oul to his family at their loss, but they should be proud of Pat for the lives he touched along the way and for the memories that will forever live in all of us. Dan Wi/ckons

"Mr. and Mrs. Pat" Spielrnam