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Wildfowl Carving in the Digital Age
Welcome to We Like Wildfowl Carving, a digital hub for all things related to the art of carving birds and home to the publication formerly known as Wildfowl Carving Magazine! To those subscribers coming over from WCM, have no fear: the magazine you know and love will continue to exist, now as both a collection of online articles and a premium, printable PDF. Beginning with this issue, you’ll find the demos, features, and columns you love in this online space rather than in your mailbox. It’s a big change, especially for longtime subscribers who can recall the early days of WCM. Yet as with wildfowl carving itself and many other things in life, it is important to embrace new ideas and ways of being. This is still the same community with the same shared interest—and a magazine that will look comfortingly familiar. If you’re new to the We Like Wildfowl Carving digital space, I encourage you to poke around, experiment with viewing this issue on different devices to find your best fit, comment on articles online to start conversations about what you read, and have fun exploring the site.
As it’s known to do, this publication joins the old with the new as carvers look back at the history of their craft and ahead at new techniques. If you’re in the mood for some carving history, I recommend Pat Godin’s feature on page 50, which offers a story written by carving legend Tan Brunet about another carving legend, Jimmie Vizier, Pat’s mentor and father-in-law. Then, continue to Keith Hendrickson’s demonstration, “The Dollar Duck,” on page 56 for an exciting hunting tale and tutorial on carving an antique-style ruddy decoy.
Looking for something new? Then you’ll enjoy Anthony Donato’s carving demonstration, “Pop the Cork,” on page 22. Anthony will show you how to carve a mallard duck out of cork—and he’ll paint it with both acrylics and oils in the next issue. Meanwhile, Sam Reichart rounds out his goshawk bust with skillful painting and habitat creation on page 34.
I hope you’ll enjoy reading We Like Wildfowl Carving in its new format. Let me know what you’d like to see in upcoming issues by emailing me at kdanko@amprycp.com.
Cheers,
Katlyne Danko, Editor