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About Jamie's Carvings The piece that got me back into carving was a gearshift for my car. It was a skeleton hand holding an eyeball. It was soft wood and I painted it. That was it, I was done airbrushing. Carving was again my passion/obsession. I made a few more shifters then began relief carvings and sculptures, also out of softwood. My first hardwood piece was using an old recycled pallet board. It has a beautiful grain, birds eye maple. It is the Captain and is a very special piece to me. I prefer carving with hardwood, with exotic grains and hardwood burls. The harder the better. I use carving gouges, scrapers, rasps and sometimes a dremmel tool to get in hard to reach places. I also use some knives I made myself from old files. I use my hand tools whenever possible, the dremmel is only used when there is no other choice. I do not paint the wood, and now usually only use natural hemp oil for finish. If the piece is to be functional, such as a gearshift, it may need a thicker harder finish. My work has been part of an art exhibition at Universite Ste Anne 4 Sculptors from Clare in October 2004. I am having another show there in June 2009. I have carved wildlife, portraits, wizards, dragons, gunstocks, frames, mantle pieces, canes, signs, violins, high & low relief carvings, sculptures and many other pieces. I am now experimenting with Tagua or Corozo Nuts, also known as Vegetable Ivory. They are the seed of the ivory palm found in South America. For many decades tagua has been used as a substitute for elephant ivory. I have made commissioned pendants, wedding rings and small sculptures out of whole nuts. I also use the tagua nut in my fiddles. I now carve fiddles, The Purple Heart Violin, The Acadian Star Fiddle & my third, The Eagle Fiddle. They sound great, very loud! I used books and was taught everything by my cousin Ewart Thibault. He is a great teacher and taught me many things. He has made 43 fiddles, and was taught by his father. It is Thibault Family Tradition. Give me a picture and I can carve it. Link to article about Jamie's Carvings "Emerging Form" appearing in the Digby Courier. |
Contact Us Jamie's Carvings Site 4 Box 6, RR # 1 Church Point, Nova Scotia, Canada B0W 1M0 902-837-7770 To see our Nova Scotia Art Links Page |