Dave Stetson (born October 19, 1946, in Pittsburg, California) is co-creator and founding member of the

Caricature Carvers of America In 1989, a group of ten wood carvers, with the common goal of promoting the art of caricature carving, met in the back room of Paxton Lumber Co. in Fort Worth, Texas to discuss the formation of a national organization to further that goal. From t ...

. He served as the first CCA Vice President in 1990 and 1991 and served as president in 1992 and 1993. He moved to

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with his family in 1946, Dave spent his formative years in the country on his grandfather's farm. He lived in

until 1962 and then, at the end of his junior year in high school, his father moved the whole family to

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. He teaches woodcarving. He married Michelle Carville.

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American woodcarvers 1946 births Living people People from Pittsburg, California {{US-artist-stub