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'Old traditions': Winchester man carves wooden folk critters
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (696+ words) Folk art wood carver Jim Davison of Winchester has been plying his craft for 40 years. He's shown in the kitchen of his home with one of the many alligators he has carved. Many of his creations start as lumber to which he then adds items he finds in nature such as twigs, branches and rose thorns. Jim Davison holds a bird tree he carved. He found the branch on a path near his home." Jim Davison added thorns from a rose bush to the back and tail of a dragon he" carved. Davison often uses plant material he finds to embellish his creations." Folk art wood carver Jim Davison of Winchester turns wood into people and animals." WINCHESTER " Forty years ago, Jim Davison and his wife, Jeanne, were at an antiques show in Howard County, Maryland, when a hand-carved, wooden…...