Contemporary
Contemporary with regards to fish decoys is a more modern day or present day of fish decoy carvings. In the fish decoy arena many speak of Oscar Peterson as the father of contemporary/modern day fish decoy carving.
Tag: wood carving
Cedar
Cedar is a common wood and is used in fish decoy carving because of its tolerance to not splitting or allowing it to rot from being wet a lot.
Balsa Wood
Balsa wood (Ochroma) is very soft and light with a very open grain and light density. This allows good carvings, but in fish decoy carving a lot of weight has to be added to sink it. It is low density …