PARK RAPIDS, Minn. -- As they sit side by side at their dining room table, whittling pieces of wood into fish, Mark and Cole Bethel are carrying on a family tradition and engaging in some ...

Don't be misled by the modest moniker. Curt Soine, this year's featured artist for the Meander, creates works of art and sells them under the brand Curt's Decoys. Many also happen to be ...

When he was a kid, Dave Perkins and his friends speared northern pike on cold Minnesota days. Perkins made all of his own spearing decoys, the wooden fish designed to lure pike close enough for ...

Jake Sazama likes to keep a dead fish or two in his freezer so he can take one out whenever he wants and stare at it. Analyzing each color and texture, the 18-year-old Perham (Minn.) High School ...

FRAZEE, Minn. -- John Jensen used to have time to fish. Now he's too busy carving them. A self-taught folk artist, Jensen has become a master of fish decoys. Handcarved with a knife and hand-painted ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Carved, wooden ice fishing decoy in ...

EAST GRAND FORKS – “Making sawdust” has been a passion for John “Jack” Donelan for more than half of his 87 years. It all started back in the ’60s, when Donelan began carving “working birds” – wooden ...

Small wooden stick with wire wrapped around the tapered end and a fishing leader attached to the wire with a string attached to the leader. This was made by the donor's father, Lewis Dixon. The stick ...