Resources

 

Carver safety

Do you wonder what safety precautions to observe, first aid supplies and personal protection you should wear while messing with wood working knives, gouges and power tools. Following are two articles penned by one of our founders, Ted Muir. Feel free  to pass them along to any fellow carvers.

a case for first aid kits

personal protection for carvers & woodturners

Getting started in Wood carving

A Guide for Beginner Wood Carvers View Start Carving Brochure

Pattern Book

Our 25th anniversary pattern book would make a wonderful  gift any time of the year for novice carvers. This book is now available through our contact link.  Cost: $25

Tools to make at home

Centre Marking Tool - designed by Tom Park
How to make your own bow sander

Carving Supplies

Artists Emporium
Bigfoot Carving Tools
BM Sports Distribution & Taxidermy Supply
Canadian Woodworker
Chipping Away
Jaymes Company
Jelinek Cork
Knotts Knives & Stoney Point Decoys
KV Woodcarving Supplies
Maple and Bass
Mountain Woodcarvers
Pat Godin Store -  reference, patterns and instructional CDs
Razertip Industries
Sugar Pine Woodcarving Suplies
The Woodcraft Shop
Vincenti Decoy Supplies

Magazines and Websites

Carving Magazine
Pyrography - Fox Chapel
Pyrography Online
Whittling - Fox Chapel
Wildfowl Carving Magazine
Wood Carving Academy
Woodcarving Illustrated Magazine
Woodturning Magazine

Carving Classifieds



 


Study Casts 
American Kestrel (Floyd Schultz) - $40


Green-Winged Teal (Pat Godin) - $125

if any carvers are looking for materials, tools or resources,
please contact Keith at kechan1961@gmail.com



Carving and reference books for sale.  Contact Maria at mxg@shaw.ca



 

Carrie Braden Single Feather Purchase Award
Reuben Unger - Great-horned Owl secondary flight feather

Jim Richardson Purchase Award
Susan Cowtan - George "Red" Weir Replica Bluebill

2022 Lakefish Net & Twine Greenback Walleye Purchase Award - Jean Mousseau

Lakefish Net & Twine Purchase Awards
Jean Mousseau - Greenback Walleye and Yellow Perch

Richard Whittom Duck Head Purchase Award
Frank Macfarlane - Cinnamon Teal