Saturday, May 31st
The Inn on Maritime Bay
101 Maritime Drive, Manitowoc, Wisconsin 54220
8:30 A.M preview, 10:00 A.M. start
Master woodcarver Richard A. Young, after retiring as a professional ship model builder, which included three years as the resident ship modeler at the Manitowoc Maritime Museum, Richard focused on his first love, wood carving. He earned the title of master Carver by winning three Best of Show awards at major competitions throughout the Midwest. Many award-winning carvings were featured in Chip Chats and other trade publications.
Richard was commissioned by what became Milwaukee’s Discovery World to design and carve the 4 by 6 foot donors’ plaque for building the sailing vessel Denis Sullivan, and by the South Shore Yacht Club to design and carve the Queen’s Cup Race trophies for six consecutive years.
In 2007, the Kohler Foundation in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, partnered with the Rahr-West Art Museum in Manitowoc to preserve and exhibit 143 of Richard’s carvings. Some subjects include lifelike animals and humans, hats, dragons, busts, Chip carved bowls and boxes, and whimsical caricatures. The historical society in Almond, Wisconsin, Richard’s birthplace, has 17 carvings on display and his partially completed scratch-built model of HMS Royal Katherine (1664).
