Joe Peery is a retired fire captain who has been
carving for 15 years. He lives in northern
California and is currently the President of the
California Carvers Guild in his second term. He is
a member of the RV Cavers and Motherlode
Carvers clubs. His favorite things to carve are
caricatures using basswood and cypress knees,
and a variety of things in cottonwood bark.