Don Mintz Designs: Wildlife Art in Wood, Ceramic and Metal

We specialize in both decorative and functional wildlife artwork.

Our designs utilize many mediums, including wood, clay, pewter, silver and gold.

Commissioned and custom pieces are welcomed.

We offer discounted prices to conservation organizations.

Custom carving and design requests are welcome.

Decoy carving and painting instructional DVDs now available

Foamer carving DVD

Foamer decoy foam decoy carving instructional DVD

This 2-DVD set shows you all the steps to making your own decoys from foam and burlap. Attention is given to setting up the foam block, making the foam sandwich head, carving the decoy, burlapping, setting eyes and creating durable bills, tails and wingtips. The cost for this 90-minute foamer set is $35

Mallard painting DVD

How to paint mallard decoys instructional DVD

This 50-minute video discusses and demonstrates both handpainting and airbrush techniques that I use to paint a pair of mallard decoys. Special attention is given to my method of painting hen feather patterns. The cost for this video is $25

Full DVD set

The complete 3-disc set (Foamer carving + painting a mallard pair) is $50