The list below is some of the carvers that I've come across in my travels around the world, if you wish to be added to my link page, just send me an email with your link info. Just a reminder it’s a two way deal with your link on my page means you must add my link to your page.   

North Ontario

the following Carvers are, by all rights, outstanding and very professional qualified Artist, some with several first place ribbons from several competitions over the years, but I will let you decide.

Gerry Grantham

Woodcarving

33488 Hwy 17 w Deep River

Ontario Canada

G Grantham
426 Highway17 W
Deep River, ON K0J 1P0
 (613) 584-3072 

Gerry is a self taught Woodcarver using only hand tools he carvers some of the most outstanding walking canes on the market. If you’re in the area of Deep River or frequent E-Bay you will find Gerry’s carvings on the market. 

Town of MATTAWA

This carving was completed by an unknown carver. I found approx 14 life size carvings in the Town of Mattawa in northern Ontario, and I asked the town for info but they were unable to remember his name. All the carvings are very well done and if you’re ever in the area, you have to drop in and have a look for yourself.

Sierra Leone

 West Africa

Master carver "Tomba", is located in Freetown, Sierra Leone on the west shore of Africa. Tomba and his carvers can create unbelievable carvings from solid Iron Wood trees with garden tools. I spent hours looking at all his carvings and watching his carvers.  Just click on the link below for the full story in PDF. file format. 

African Woodworkers Art 

Steve Lankerd Sr lives in Matlakatla Alaska Steve is a scrimshaw carver. You can see some of his work above. Steve first contacted me via email and asked if he could use the pattern on my page. As you can see above, he has outstanding skill at scrimshaw.  You can contact Steve by clicking on the link below.  
E-mail - scrimshaw@aptalaska.net  

I finished this one last month. I just love how stippling enables minute detail to be captured.  I also carve wildlife scenes on gun stocks which I love doing just as much as scrimshaw. Nice work Steve.

Hallo Gary. Thank you for your comments, I have one of your cd's and carved from that. I also carved the other mirror with the oak leaves and I would love to have you display the carving if you think it is good enough, The mirror is carved in silky oak which is Australian grvillea. All the best Kar. Ps the other picture is one of my expeditions.

If you would like to comment on Karl's carvings drop him a line, in Australia.  

Karl [kamberge@kooee.com.au]

Darkwood-woodcarving.com,  your Canadian Carving pattern provider. We have a large volume of carving plans and instructions from Basic Carving,  Bark Carving, Carving Wall Mirrors, Carving Coffee Tables, Making Back Yard Sculptures, Creating Carved Folding Doors and much, much more. If you need it, we can make it, from patterns to carving instructions. 

ARTFEST

Meaford Ontario 

Canada

              Meaford, Ontario, Canada, Art show called ARTFEST on the Bay 2005. Photo below is of me carving a 10 ft pole with several faces. The next year the ARTFEST was part of the Renaissance Days in Meaford. Come on down and watch the artists at work July 2009. See you all there.     

The WOOD BEE CARVER, Donald K. Mertz of Wilmington, Ohio has been actively carving since 1975 when he joined the National Wood Carvers Association.  He is a frequent contributor to its publication “Chip Chats” writing under the byline, “The WOOD BEE CARVER” whose philosophy is “Would be carvers would be carvers if they would carve wood.” 

 Mertz taught nine years at the annual War Eagle Seminars in Arkansas and continues to teach occasionally in the area close to his southwest Ohio home in a carving style he calls “whittle-carving” which is carving only with a knife. 

 Whittling is an art of  the common people often self learned, so it is natural to call his carving process “Whittle Folk Art.”  His subjects are called “Whittle Folk” be they “Whittle Folk Geezers, Whittle Folk Gnomes, Whittle Folk Monks, Whittle Folk Busts, Whittle Folk Eggs, Whittle Folk Shelf Squatters or Whittle Folk ‘Pokes’.”

 The fine detail of various whittling cuts creates an “Exaggerated Realism” in figures six inches tall down to miniatures.  The WOOD BEE CARVER, who began whittling as a boy growing up on a farm three miles south of Poneto, Indiana continues to be a would be carver always learning through the carving process as he has discovered that “wood carving is more the journey than the destination.” 

 His down to earth roots on the farm and sense of humor contributed to the creation of his “Hog Heaven Pig Seeds” and “Purtirina Chicks” novelities. 

 Since retiring with thirty nine years of service as a pastor of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Don Mertz is giving more of his time to carving daily, attending Wood Carving shows, teaching whittle-carving and encouraging others to experience the wonderful world of wood carving, an honest to goodness folk art carved by the best folk of all, as wood carvers are some of the best folk one will ever meet.