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Title: Coast watch
Identifier: coastwatch00uncs_17 (find matches)
Year: 1979 (1970s)
Authors: UNC Sea Grant College Program
Subjects: Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology
Publisher: (Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant College Program)
Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina
Digitizing Sponsor: North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

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MID-ATLANTIC MARITIME: SMITHSONIAN FESTIVAL CELEBRATES COASTAL COMMUNITIES BY ANN GREEN hen Harkers Island native Anthony Brooks began whittling and sanding his first duck decoy, he didn't want to use sophisticated techniques or power tools. Instead, Brooks carved every inch of the decoy with a hatchet and other hand tools just like old-time carvers who worked in net houses in Stacy and Atlantic. "I went to a lot of decoy shows and realized that the old Core Sound decoy was disappearing," says Brooks while carving a decoy at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum on Harkers Island. "I didn't want the art to be lost forever. After two years and a lot of busted knuckles, I made my first decoy." Since then, all of his decoys have been carved with hand tools — hatchet, sander and rasper. The body shapes and smooth contours combine for striking game birds and swans. Brooks, who began making decoys four years ago, holds up a white swan that was made to look like a decoy from 100 years ago. "It is not made to be pretty," he says. "Every now and then, you see a hatchet mark on one of my decoys." However, they are functional, much like the old-time decoys that brought in game birds near hunters' boats, adds Brooks, who will demonstrate the old style of decoy carving at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival Program in Washington, D.C. Decoy carvers from other mid-Atlantic regions also will be featured on the National Mall June 23-27 and June 30-July 4 in "Water Ways: The Past, Present and Future of Mid-Atlantic Maritime Communities." North Carolina Sea Grant will be partnering with other organizations to sponsor events and exhibits
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Continued ABOVE: Anthony Brooks carves decoys with hand tools like old-time Down East carverS-i EARLY SUMMER 2004

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