There were some great fish carvings this year

Mermaid Fisherman won a blue in the rough out group.

Painted chip carved plate was a red ribbon winner in "Instructor Assisted" (Wayne Barton)

Carvings from the International Woodcarvers Congress 2009

Relief carving of Saul Bellow -

"The Love of Jesus Demonstrated"

The love of Santa

Uncle Sam on a bad oil habit

IWC 2009 People

Fred Cogelow of Wilmar, Minnesota, with his "Best of Show" carving

Mart Lind from Red Wing, Minnesota

James O'Neal, and Beth with the awesome gargoyle carving done in red oak.

Bruce Henn in the Fred Cogelow class.

IWC 2009 People at the Show

Fred demonstrates his secret carving techniques on Deb. Sandy watches closely.

Sandy quickly puts her new found knowledge to use

Don Mertz carves a mirror frame in a class taught by Charley Phillips.

It's not the cover of "Rolling Stones" but not bad!

Chip Chats (Jan-Feb, 2008) the National Wood Carvers Association journal

This cover was a wonderful surprise as I had no idea until I got it in the mail.

This was my first carving to make a cover of a carving magazine.

Owen Came for a Visit-Carving on Hold

Relief carving that I am trying to finish for the IWC in Davenport, Iowa

Owen and one of my latest bust carvings.

Owen has a lot of Scandinavian blood so he can relate to the knot gnome

A couple of monkeys

My son Joe is in India and here he takes a dive into the holy Ganges (Indian baptism)

Mountain Home Carving Show - May, 2009 SOME NEW CARVINGS

Realistic Human Bust - blue ribbon

Spoons - blue ribbon

"Knot Gnome" Found Wood - blue ribbon

"It's a keeper!" Roughout category (Wilcox Wood roughout)

"Purgatory - Day One"