After a time I became good enough to enter a few carving competitions; probably because I was the only whale carver entering, and I began to win a few ribbons. I still do some bird carvings, but they are usually Seabirds in miniature and I do them for my own enjoyment as they give me a break from Cetaceans and doing commissions. After all these years, I still enjoy carving whales and I also do a bit of teaching on the side. The decoy carver who introduced me to the pastime told me to always keep track of every carving. So I have always kept a record and add each carving as I finish them. They are all signed and numbered and this past year, I completed carving number 625!

So I hope you go through the website and, if you are a carver, perhaps the work will give you some ideas and inspiration. If you don't carve but have one or two woodcarvings as art or in your collection, perhaps the "Gallery Page" or the "For Sale" page will get you thinking about adding a whale or dolphin carving to your home.

The carving number for each carving is explained as follows ...

01 thru 12 for the month and then the consecutive carving number. (eq: # 10554 is October and the 554th carving to date). The carvings are all signed and numbered on the bottom of the base. 

I hope you enjoy looking at them!

Dennis Drechsler, marine woodcarver.