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2024 Show dates will be January 12-13th... 2023 Award pictures have been posted

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EXPERIENCE THE CRAFTSMANSHIP OF REGIONAL ARTISTS

South West Florida
Wood Art Expo and Competition

JANUARY 12, 2023 - JANUARY 13, 2024 9am - 4pm | CHARLOTTE HARBOR EVENT CENTER PUNTA GORDA, FL

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2023 SWFL Wood Art Expo Recap

Last year I said, “The task ahead is to continue to put forth an exposition that is truly the talk of the town, to make it better, bigger and to keep bringing wood artists together.” …and then came hurricane Ian.  Ian delt a devastating blow to many of the SW FL communities but despite the devast...

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Chau Pham is among the most admired woodcarvers, distinguished not only by his talent, but also by his approach to our art. He’s said “I feel it is not about winning or losing, its all about fun, and it should still be fun even if I lose.”   He learned woodcarving in the course of four years in B...

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Lee has worked with his hands most of his life taking apart everything he could get his hands on as a child to building tree forts with neighborhood friends and working construction in his early teenage years with his dad back home in Iowa. Every year in Jr. and Sr. high schools woodshop or meta...

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Meet Chris Whirllock

Chris Whillock is from Faribault, Minnesota and will be one of the Judges for the wood carving entries. Chris has been in the carving world his entire life. When he was young, he would travel with his father, Ivan, to and from shows and workshops. Chris has since taken over the family tool & ...

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In an era where people are still learning how to live during a pandemic, our expo this year ended up happening right in the middle of the Omicron variant peak and we were worried about attendance.  We did experience some cancellations but no major disruption and in fact, the Expo was very we...

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I’ve worked with my hands most of my life taking apart everything I could get my hands on as a child to building tree forts with neighborhood friends and working construction in my early teenage years with my dad back home in Iowa. Every year in Jr. and Sr. high schools woodshop or metal s...

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