Gary Lipham has carved just enough wooden duck decoys to understand how much skill and creativity the craft demands. “I wanted to have an appreciation for carving, so I carved a little bit,” said ...

Adviser nomination: “Elliott Nordin has proven to be an outstanding decoy design artist. His level of detail and quality surpasses even those that have been carving for years. This past weekend ...

Adviser nomination: "Jacob is doing really well in decoy carving. His attention to detail is inspiring. In addition, his work in pottery is always well crafted and extraordinary." Memorable fine arts ...

EDINA, Minn. -- Doug Lodermeier was bursting with stories about Minnesota duck-decoy carvers. We were in Lodermeier's basement office in early December, thumbing through a computer copy of his new ...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. -- Anglers and collectors ambled to the Park Rapids American Legion for the 24th annual decoy carving show, hosted by the Park Rapids Chapter of Minnesota Darkhouse & Angling ...

ASTORIA, Ore. — As the fall season gets underway, migratory flocks of ducks and geese will soon fill the Oregon skies. This week, we travel to where the ducks and geese are always at hand — because ...

Feb. 22—EAST GRAND FORKS — "Making sawdust" has been a passion for John "Jack" Donelan for more than half of his 87 years. It all started back in the '60s, when Donelan began carving "working birds" — ...

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Duane Steinkopf's motivation for carving his own spearing decoys was hardly storybook stuff, far less romantic than good old-fashioned German frugality would allow. "I started because I wasn't going ...

POINT PLEASANT - Arthur "Artie" Birdsall's life is devoted to carving duck decoys, a tradition that goes back generations in his family and a vocation to which he has committed 50 years of his life.

Corey Lawrence is from Harkers Island and carves duck decoys as his well-known father did. For reasons that will become apparent, the eight decoys he is making now are the most important he has ever ...