David A. Lawrence (NC, 1949-2001), Red-Breasted Merganser for Core Sound Decoy Festival

Harker's Island, North Carolina, circa 1989, carved and painted wood, glass eyes, marked RED-BREASTED MERGANSER / CORE SOUND DECOY FESTIVAL / BY: DAVID A. LAWRENCE on bottom.

Length 18.5 in.

Lawrence was one of the original seven men who formed the Core Sound Decoy Carver Guild in Harker's Island, North Carolina. Carvers Wayne Davis and David Lawrence had traveled to the decoy shows in Virginia Beach, Chincoteague, VA, and Currituck, NC, among others, and wondered if there would be enough interest to get together with other local carvers regularly to swap techniques, carving tips, and have a decoy show each year. The group of seven men gathered at Wayne’s house on August 11, 1987.
From there, a group of about 30 Carteret County decoy carvers and collectors gathered at that first Guild meeting. Decoy shows filled nearly every weekend from August to December throughout North Carolina and surrounding states, and the group decided to set the first Core Sound Decoy Festival in December 1988.

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