When the holidays end, the winter months ahead can look pretty bleak. But for Ontario carvers, this quiet time is the prelude to a busy show season just ahead. Finish your projects now, and you could be on the road collecting ribbons this spring.

Here are some shows I’m looking forward to.

Hamilton: Canadian Woodcarving Championship at the Hamilton Wood Show — Canada’s largest consumer woodworking show
February 27 – March 1, 2015
www.woodshows.com/cwc

Kitchener: Wood Art in the Cities: Owl’s Nest Carving Competition and Canadian National Wildfowl Carving Competition
March 13 – 15, 2015
www.canadiannationals.net/location-date.html

Gravenhurst: 6th Annual Chainsaw Carving Event
March 19 – 22, 2015
http://www.backyardstuff.net

Niagara Woodcarvers Association 36th Annual
Show and Competition
March 28 – 29, 2015
www.niagarawoodcarvers.ca/show.html

Belleville: Quinte Woodcarving Show
April 11, 2015
www.quintewoodcarvers.ca/carving-show