One hundred twenty people voted in the WOM Dragon Contest; the winners may be found below.
Best of Division winners will receive a variety of prizes, including diamond willow sticks and a pattern portfolio; catagory winners will receive their choice of two individual patterns from any of "Ol' Don" Burgdorf's portfolios.
Thanks to the participants, and to the folks that provided prizes for the contest; you are encouraged to patronize them when you need material or patterns.
Diamond willow provided by:
Ken Laninga - Email to sticks_432@hotmail.com or visit his web site at www.sticksite.com
Gene and Darlene Bremmer - Email to bremmers@midwestinfo.com or visit their web site at http://diamondwillowwood.tripod.com
Pattern portfolios provided by:
"Ol' Don" Burgdorf - Emal to ol'don@artofdon.com or vist his web site at http://artofdon.com
Division 1 Carvings based upon "Ol' Don" Burgdorf's pattern.
Best
in Division - Dragon stick
Cherry wood
Myron (Jake) Jacobsen,
Division 2 All other dragons (Division winner at the end of the section)
Sticks and Canes
First Place - D'raknor
Yew with Tagua nut teeth, mounted on a twisted Ash shank
Mik Strevens,
Second Place - WillowWyrm
Diamond willow; oils and polyurethane finish
John Jellies
Third
Place - Dragon cane
Calvin Richens
In the Round
First Place - Sweet Pea
Basswood, acrylic paint
Mervin Warner
Second Place - Jeff's Dragon
Lime wood with Melamine sealer
Lesley Wyatt
Third Place - The Keeper
Red Wood, Dintillum shell spines and fangs (Wizard figure in clay)
Wayne York
Dragon
Basswood and tung oil
Terry Nees
The Stubbron Dragon
Basswood and acrylics
Matt Kelley
Pryography
First Place - Wrath of
the River Dragon
Pyrography soldering iron on cow hide
Adri Pretorius
Second Place - Dad in the Evening
Pyrography and Prismacolor pencil highlights on birch plywood
Pat Sherman
Third Place - Boyd's Forest Dragon
Pyrography and oil pastel on basswood
Dawn Wasson
Relief
First Place - Saint George
Brian Richardson
Other
First Place -
George's Spoon
Brian Richardson
Friendship Cane Segment
The photo of this cane segment was sent to your humble editor well before the contest deadline, but was unfortunately misplaced. As in several other catogories, this was the only carving submitted.
Dragon Cane Segment
Anthony Lovitt
Division 2 Best of Division
First Place - Sweet Pea
Basswood, acrylic paint
Mervin Warner