God, Don Huber of Folsom likes to say, created every winged fowl. The best we can do is try to duplicate them. Huber has been doing just that for almost 40 years now, carving colorfully realistic ...

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 ...

One Accomack County man, at 83, is keeping the tradition of wooden duck decoy carving alive. His home in Bloxom is full of original carvings and other wooden works.

Larose, La. (WAFB) - Duck carving began out of necessity as a way to make wooden decoys for hunting. But in the last couple of generations, it has turned into works of fine art. One of Louisiana’s ...

Last year's winner in the World Championship Wildfowl Carving Competition's Decorative Lifesize Wildfowl category, "Livingstone's Turaco" by Thomas Horn. Ward Museum Last year's winner at the World ...

The increasingly rare art of duck decoy carving is celebrated at The Louisiana Wildfowl Festival this weekend in Mandeville (Photo by Liz Artists from across the country, as well as England and Canada ...

The air in Pratt Fine Art Center’s wood studio smelled clean, earthy, damp. It reminded me of Home Depot. But if someone asked me, I’d tell them it reminded me of the Hoh Rainforest. A red tub ...