A master! I think I wrote about this before but there is a difference this year. My Aunt Carrie, who loved to travel, brought two hand carved ornaments back from a trip in the mid 1950’s to Nova Scotia. One for me and one for my brother. They were carved by a now well known Canadian carver, Andre Gault. They have been on our tree each year since. I think they are carved from maple. So, this year as I come up on nearly two years of learning to carve I thought I would “duplicate” my snowman for it is a rather uncomplicated piece. Wow, simple is deceptively hard. I did not expect too much of my work and I was right! His is all subtle, smooth curves and converging sections. My work is halting, semi-round and smushed together. Still on the tree it goes. Next year will be better.
By Andre B. Gault
By the “unknown carver.”