On-line Carving Instruction

USA Wood Carving Clubs

ME ~ Maine Wood Carvers Association
CA ~ Santa Clara Valley Carvers
OH ~ Dayton Carvers Guild
PA ~ Lancaster County Woodcarvers
AZ ~ Tucson Arizona

for a complee listing of Carving Clubs within the US please click here

Canadian Wood Carving Clubs & Schools

ON ~ Roseville Carving Club Roseville email only Rickwillfang@gmail.com

ON ~ Kawartha Carving Competition
ON ~ Kitchener Grand Valley Club home of Canadian National Wildfowl Championship
ON ~ Oshawa Email only for Northview Bird Carvers: cfhayes@sympatico.ca
BC ~ Central Fraser Valley
ON ~ Oshawa Email only: don.whitbread@sympatico.ca
ON ~ Toronto Ontario Woodcarvers Association
QC ~ Sherbrooke Les Artisans Sculpteurs des Cantons
AB ~ Edmonton Alberta Wildlife Carving

Carving School
ON ~ Toronto Area Whitevale School Of The Arts

Canada ~ mark@tributesinwood.com True North Caricature Carvers

for a complete listing of Carving Clubs within Canada please click here

Canadian Gourd Society

Your Online Resource for Gourd Art & Gourd Growing in Canada

Wood Carving Publications

Wildfowl Carving Magazine …quality articles and photo’s
Woodcarver Online Magazine A bi-monthly Ezine …you will enjoy this site.
NWCA – Chip Chats Online National Wood Carvers Assocation 6 issues per year of Competitions and Events!
Woodcarving Illustrated …a magazine for traditional wood carvers
World of Decoys …Great site for Decoy Carvers including an informative E-magazine.

Wood Carver Personal Sites

Bill van Koot of Bobcaygeon, ON some great woodspirits and fairy houses
Don Lyons wood and stone sculptures – and he teaches too!
Maura Macaluso is native New York City artist and tradtional American woodcarver
Mother & Daughter Two taleneted Bird Carvers from Canada
Dave Bennett Sculptor Extraordinaire and Founder of Flexcut Carving Tools
Pat Tracy A Montana carver of decoys, song birds and birds of prey.
Caril Chasens A most innovative wood sculptor living in the bush in Norther BC
Mary Michael Shelleys’s American folk art carved and painted pictures
Bill Underwood a Native American from NY wildlife and wildfowl
Sylvain Forest a talented carver from Quebec
Fred Zavadil One of Pop’s favorite carvers …see why!
Dave Western there are Love-spoons and then there are Dave’s …these are awesome
Neil Cox one of Pop’s favorite carvers ~ you will see why!
Mark Yundt a very talented sculptor from Pennsylvania
Rant & Rave Paul Frenette a new carver that is completely ‘hooked’.
HipShot Wood Carvings Brian has a folk art style you will enjoy.
Linda Master unique wooden urns for pets and humans
Adam King Authentic Welsh Love Spoons …right from Wales. See Adam’s work!

Alexander Grabovetskiy Online School of woodcarving in classical style ~ great place to learn.

Mark Sherdan Ontario Caricature Carver and co-founder of TNCC.

Other Sites of Interest & Information

Lora Irish …noted author and artist
Jim’s Soapstone Carvings soapstone carvings by Jim Cosgrove of Windsor, Ontario
Alex The Shoeman hand carved decorative shoes, jewelry and more.

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