1997 World Fish Carving Championships

April 2, 3, 4, 5, 1997

Crowne Plaza Hotel & Convention Center Springfield, Illinois


Eight seminars by nationally acclaimed artists

  • Clark Schreibeis: Collecting Reference
        Photographing, Casting, Color Notes, and Patterns
  • Don Frank: Slide Presentation
        Carving The World Record Muskellunge
  • Jeff Compton: The Details of Fish Carving
        The Fins, the Head and Scaling
  • Randy Pike: Interpretive Fish Carving
  • Alan Gaston: Painting
        Airbrush and Hand Techniques­­Also Scaling Using A Woodburner
  • Mark Frazier: Designing and Constructing Bases
        Carving Driftwood, Rocks, Grass, Crawfish, etc.
  • Bob Berry: Putting It All Together
        Elements of Composition, Presentation and Design


  • The World Fish Carving Championships and the World Taxidermy Championships are sponsored by Breakthrough Magazine, P. O. Box 2945, Hammond, LA, 70403-2945 U.S.A. For more information, contact us by e-mail, phone: (504) 345-7266, or fax: (504) 542-1831.

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