Author: Larry Christy

[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”93″] Brian and Linda Cox are from Bessemer, Michigan. Brian wrote: “My wife and I started making fish decoys about a year ago. We lost interest for awhile until I …

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[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”92″] John Cook a Minnesota carver of high recognition. He has a bass on the Heartland print from 1994. The Heartland print is by Wayne Roman. John informs me that …

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[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”91″] Richard is from New Kingston, NY and is an artist. He has won decoy contest at Catskill Mountains Trinity at the Delaware County Fair, NY in 1995 and belongs …

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[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”90″] Ray Conklin – Carver Raymond Conklin started carving baits simply to see if he could and he was tired of buying baits that for the most part didn’t resemble …

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Thom Colletti is from Florida. eBay ID is cross-tie Thom has been carving since the early 70″s and does a lot of different types of carving IE…fish decoys, birds and holiday figures to weather vanes.  

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[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”89″] Bob Coffman is from Minnesota and I believe he is no longer making decoys. He signs the belly of his fish with “WHS” which stands for “Weird Harold’s Son” …

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[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”88″] Daniel Ciesielski of Cocoa, Florida was born in 1952. Daniel was taught to carve by fellow folk artist and friend Willard Jennings. He started carving folk art style fish …

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[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”81″] Harvey Case (1901 – 1994) was from Akeley/Walker area of Northern Minnesota and he made unique decoys.  Harvey was born in 1901 and moved to the Walker/Whipholt area of …

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[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”80″] We have limited information on this carver. If you can assist in completing this profile, please submit a request by completing the form below. Decoy found in Michigan and …

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[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”79″] Tonya does a mean Celtic design both in carvings and paint and her kids have carvings knives hopefully for carving – just joking.  Ira Schram was born in 1974 …

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