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  • Carving Suppliers

    • North Bay Forge
      Hand forged wood carving knives since 1987 - whittling and chip carving straight knives, bent knives, drawknives, adzes
    • Wildfowl Art Shop
      Our online store is designed exclusively for the serious decorative wildfowl carver. We list the finest materials and products available for this great art form.
    • Blue Ribbon Bases
      Custom Display Bases
  • Member Shows

    • Core Sound Decoy Festival
    • St. Clair Flats Decoy Carving Show
    • Pacific Flyway Decoy Association Wildlife Art Festival
    • Ohio Decoy Collectors and Carvers Show
    • California Open Wildlife Art Festival
    • East Carolina Wildlife Festival
    • Virgina Beach Wildlife Festival
    • Columbia Flyway Wildfowl Show
  • Wildfowl Collectibles

    • www.decoysales.com
      This site posts carvers' decoys for sale at no cost. It also has many links to reference photos and other materials of use to carvers.
    • PWM Shorebird Decoys
      Specializing in the sale and purchase of classic and contemporary shorebird decoys
  • Blogs and Forums

    • Decoy Carving Forum
      Check out our features, and JOIN to get access to the largest carving community forum on the 'Net!
  • Publishers

    • Hunting & Fishing Collectibles Magazine
  • Carving Shows

    • The British Decoy and Waterfowl Carvers Association
      The British Decoy and Wildfowl Carvers Association has been in existence since 1990. The aim of the Association is to further and promote the interest of the art and craft of decoy and wildfowl carving as well as bird carving in general.
  • Artist Sites

    • Spruce Goose
      Decoy carver, trader, collector
    • Dutch Creek Decoys: Brad Snodgrass
      Brad Snodgrass founded Dutch Creek Decoys after 37 years in Alaska involved in hunting, carving and waterfowl conservation. His award winning sea duck decorative and hunting decoys reflect the beauty of a life spent in the wild.
    • theodore j. smith: Deer Flat Wildfowl Art Studio
      A full time carver since 1979 specializing in waterfowl and birds of prey. You just have to see the carvings to enjoy them.
    • Frank Hulse: Feathers of Wood
    • Nippersink Raptor Studio
      From songbirds to birds of prey, carver Rob Fulton applies spectacular detail to everything he carves even down to the smallest insects shown in some of his pieces.
    • Wood Wizard Decoy & Art Works
      Offering the finest quality gunning decoys! Decoys are available in high density tan cork with cedar heads and poplar tail inserts or of the finest quality white cedar. All decoys are branded and signed and all decoys, except geese, self-right.
    • Jerry Simchuk Art Studio
      Fine Art sculptures with a focus on a high level of detail and realism. Specializing in realistic original carvings of bird and fish sculptures.
    • Houser's Decoys
      This website features the wildlife artwork of IWCA life member Roger Houser. Decorative Decoys, Wildlife Woodcarvings, Fretwork, and Woodburnnings.
    • Wildlife Art by Dave Van Lanen
      This site features not only beautiful wood carvings but also acrylic paintings by artist Dave Van Lanen.
    • Vic Kirkman Originals
      Decorative Decoys, Wildfowl Carvings, Woodcarving Instruction, and Online Classes
    • Bear Valley Sculptures
      Decorative Wildlife Wood Sculptures and Carvings by P. J. Vaice, of Big Bear City, Ca
    • Nestlewood Birds/ Erwin Flewelling
      Erwin Flewelling is a bird carver and also has related items on his Web site including instructional books for carving.
    • Godin Art
      This website features the realistic wildfowl sculpture of Pat Godin including Gunning Style Decoys, Decorative Smoothie Decoys, Competition Grade Decorative Decoys, Life-size Wildfowl Sculpture, and Miniature Scale Wildfowl Sculpture.
  • Classes and Instruction

    • Youth Carvers of America
      YCA's purpose is to provide experienced support, teaching, and guidance to young carvers in their pursuit of excellence and joy in the art of wildfowl carving. Our ultimate goal is to secure the art form for the future.
    • Learn How to Carve a Duck Decoy eBook - A Beginner's Guide
      When I started researching the carving of duck decoys, I got so hooked I went out and learnt how to carve one! This eBook combines reference information with step-by-step illustrations.
    • Online Wildfowl Carving Instruction
      "With my love of teaching wildfowl carving and a desire to accommodate more interested students, I am turning to the Internet as a vehicle to reach novice carvers in remote areas as well as those without access to local instruction". - Vic Kirkman
    • John C. Campbell Folk School
      Nonprofit school offering week-long and weekend classes year-round to adults of all skill levels in contemporary and traditional craft (including bird carving!), art, music, dance, cooking, gardening, nature studies, storytelling, and photography.
  • Reference Photos

    • Bill Einsig: Nutshell Publications Reference Photos
      Quality reference photographs of wildfowl and their habitat for carvers and other artists.
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