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Warren Saunders Wildfowl Carver
LOCAL CARVER FEATURED IN NORTH CAROLINA SHOW
Noted Dorchester County waterfowl carver Warren Saunders was the Featured Carver for the Catawba Valley Woodcarvers Club 8th  Annual 2009 Woodcarving Competition and Exhibition in conjunction with Klingspor's Woodworking Shop Extravaganza held at the Hickory Metro Convention Center in Hickory, North Carolina.
Warren Saunders is in  May's issue of Smithonian Magazine? Here is the link and you can click on his small thumbnail to see the larger photo.


EASTERN SHORE WATERFOWL CARVER INVITED TO CAPITAL HILL 

 
Acclaimed Eastern Shore Waterfowl Carver, Warren Saunders, was invited to Capitol Hill for the 'Welcome Back' Reception for members of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus hosted by The Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation.  He was demonstrating chopping out a canvasback decoy with an ax. The event was attended by over 120 leaders of major conservation organizations, corporate partners and congressmen.
The Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation is the most respected and trusted hunting and fishing organization in the political arena. CSF President Jeff Crane and a score of selected wildlife and conservation groups were invited to meet with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and the Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee on February 13th to discuss sportsmen's issues. The invitation called for an exchange of ideas on preserving our fish and wildlife habitats and outdoor heritage. www.sportmenslink.org (February 13, 2008) See full story at NEWS AND EVENTS PAGE

 

WATERFOWL CARVER BRINGING HISTORY TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL OF 47 YEARS AGO

 
"The Dorchester Arts Center started a new program, "Traditional Folk Art: Decoy Carving' at North Dorchester High School. Through a grant awarded by the Local Management Board of the Heart of Chesapeake Country Heritage Area, high school students are learning to carve a Canvasback Drake Decoy under the direction of nationally acclaimed waterfowl carver Warren Saunders." (Taken from The Daily Banner, February 15, 2007)

  

WILDFOWL CARVER WARREN SAUNDERS ELECTED TO BOARD 2006
 
Warren Saunders,an award winning carver from Dorchester County, was elected to the Board of Directors of the  prestigious Harve de Grace Decoy Museum. Harve de Grace Maryland is recognized as the Decoy Capitol of the World. "I was honored to get the call on October 29th from Ed Watt, President of the Board, congratulating me on my appointment to the Board." said Saunders. "The Museum is in a beautiful setting on the water and their Decoy and Wildlife Art Festival  and competition is one I never miss, as a competitor and as a Judge. Also,it is a place where my students come to compete and if and when they beat me, it's a compliment."
"Ronnie Rue is honored in the museum. He was one of my first teachers years ago."

 

In the spring 2006, Catharine Dawson the Director of Education for the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art at Salisbury University, asked Mr. Saunders to teach the Pilot Carving Program in the Public School System. She had been inspired by her own eleven year old daughter's concentrated efforts at carving and wanted to see this original American Folk Art taught in the Public Schools. In May 2006, Saunders taught basic carving in Ms. McElroy's Art Class at Mardela Middle and High School to 25 junior and senior high students. "They all wanted to continue to learn to carve," said Saunders. "It really captured their attention and the more focus, the less need for band aids.Carving will improve their concentration skills and they can take that with them through life."

 

Saunders teaching Pilot Carving Program in Public School.

 

Warren Saunders,Jr. is a highly recognized Eastern Shore Waterfowl Carver, who competes throughout the Eastern United States from Pennsylvania to Alabama. 

Southeastern Wildlife Expo in Charleston, South Carolina.

 

He teaches Power Carving and Decoy Carving and painting at several Art Centers and gives carving demonstrations  and displays for the Maritime Museum, Blackwater Wildlife Refuge, Chesapeake Bay Trust, Maryland Welcome Center, Putuxant Wildlife Show, The Richardson Maritime Museum, and The Waterfowl Festival, to name a few. 

Power carving class.

 

     Warren was the featured Decoy Carver for the 2002 National Wildlife Refuge Friends Conference held at the Wyndham Hotel in Washington, D.C.  He participated in the Pro Bass Shop Outdoor World 2002 through 2006 Fall Classics and the Maryland Duck and Goose Calling Championship for 2004 and 2006. He was the Grand National Carver of the Year  2005. He gives carving demonstrations at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Spa and Conference Center and he was commissioned to carve a full sized Great Blue Heron in flight, which gracefully hangs at the Visitor Center at Sailwinds in Cambridge, Maryland. 

 

 

Pro Bass Shop Outdoor World.         The Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Spa and Conference Center.

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            Great Blue Heron at the Visitor's Center at Sailwinds                                                                                                       Saunders 2006 Ne Ne Goose and Ross's Goose

 

Saunders competed in (2006) with a Ne Ne Goose (Hawaii) and  Ross's Goose. In The White Stone Wildlife and Art Show they competed together and took first and second in species and third in category. In the Harve de Grace Decoy and Wildlife Art Festival they got first and second in species, first in division and second in Best in Show. And in the Ward World Championship the Ne Ne Goose got Second in Species and the Ross's Goose got Third in Species

                                                                                                                                                         

 

                                                                                                             

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