Award Winning
"2010" Best in "Carving" Woodcarving Illustrated
2010 "People's Choice" Woodcarving Illustrated
2009 "CWB National Design Portfolio Contest Winner"

 

Queen Victorian Style, King Bed	Chess table and chairs	"Victorian Style Dresser"	Carved Bench
Santa Cabinet	Dining table and chairs	Parquetry Dining Table	Methodist Flames
		2011 "CWB National Design Portfolio People's Choice" Award Winner
"Rose Box"	Rose Box	72 Note Music Box	Cameo Box
"Green man"	Traditional Jewelry Box without Marquetry	Traditional Jewelry Box with Marquetry	"Zongker Brothers" Crest
Fun Marquetry	Gothic Cat	Lion Marquetry	Dining Table
"Purple Heart Carving"	Farwell Marquetry	Cameo Marquetry	Santa Marquetry
Lion Mascot	Werner Paint Can	Game Table	hand carved corbels
		Hand Carving   From Original Artwork to the Finished Carving, Many of our customers have enjoyed the experience of adding the truly personal touch to their furniture. Many of the carvings shown are incorporated into finished pieces throughout the website. Here, we concentrate on showing you the collection of carvings and the detailing.
Carved rope moldings	Hand carving		Carved Roses
Bathroom Vanity with carving	carved mantel and carved crown moulding	carved corbels and mouldings	Carving added to Armoire
carved egg-n-dart and acanthus leaves	TV Lift cabinet with carving	Hand carved Acanthus Leaves	Hutch
"Conference table with Logo"	Carved from an old picture	Carved Picture and Frame
2011 "CWB National Design Portfolio People's Choice" Award Winner	1st Published Article Woodcarving Illustrated	2nd Published Article Woodcarving Illustrated	Coming soon 1st Published Book Author: Dennis Zongker Publisher: Taunton Press
	Dennis Zongkers	Blog Pages
Replica Carving Center Piece " 120 year old Music Box"	Segmented Turned Feet	"Toning, Staining and Spraying a Polyurethane Finish"	Carving Classes Offered Instructor:  Dennis Zongker
	Eric Zongker...	Like father-like son~!

 

I have spent many hours on research and education to achieve the best method and outcome on all my projects. I believe in the importance of preserving the old methods of woodworking.

Have you ever looked at furniture from the early 18th century and thought, "How did they create such a beautiful piece?"  Furniture back then was so beautiful but so busy at the same time.  I have always thought creating a piece with the “Old World” touch that would be less busy and more simplified with the same intricacy would be amazing.
 
Through the history of furniture making, furniture became more simplified over each time period.  Then it jumped and created a gap from complicated to simplified and I am stuck in that gap. With my dedication and devotion to the “old world methods,” I continue to learn new techniques through reading about craftsmen of the past. I am inspired by other woodworkers that have mastered a certain area of woodworking.  I feel that I can always learn something new from reading old methods and using past woodworkers experiences to influence my way of working. 

I have been a professional woodworker for over 28 years and I still like to make sawdust.  What I enjoy most is making a piece of furniture from the beginning design stages all the way through to the very last finishing stage. When I design and build a piece of furniture, my intension's are for the piece of furniture to last 100 years or more. I love going out in the shop and running the table saw or the jointer. I love adding the marquetry and carving to furniture and not making it too gaudy, but trying to make it as clean as possible.

I have spent a lot of time specializing in carving, marquetry and engineering on AutoCAD.  I have engineered over 4,000 different pieces of custom furniture. I have also studied Violin and guitar making, finishing, turning, joinery, and most all aspects of woodworking.  I have spent many years on learning techniques in all aspects of woodworking and have taken what I have learned to develop my own methods to achieve the best outcome.

Marquetry and parquetry are surely one of the most beautiful art forms. I have always felt that a very skilled craftsman is equal to an artist. A craftsman has the added discipline of improving his skills with hand tools, natural materials, and tolerances of expansion and contraction. By designing marquetry and parquetry into an average piece of furniture, you can make it an extraordinary piece of art. 

I am very grateful that I have had several step by step articles published in Wood Carving Illustrated on my carving techniques. I have found that with a little patience you can carve just about anything you set your mind to. Right now I am working on my first book due to be in print by 2013 by Taunton Press. above is a collection of my work.  Thank you for looking.