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I acquired this set of antlers after meeting a gentleman in 2001. They were offered to me with the promise I would not turn around and sell them to an antler buyer.
When I got the antlers home, I imagined a scene almost immediately. As I sat down to carve, something didn’t seem right. The brow tine on the left antler had become a stumbling block. I put them aside and began other projects.
In 2004 the antlers were placed on my carving table again and I promised myself not to start anything else until I finished with them. Now all I needed was a vision that would tie the set together and incorporate the brow tine. Many hours were spent imagining different scenes. Finally, the brow tine gave it away. It would become the trunk of a tree stretching upwards, branching out to offer space for a nest. Now it came time to test myself and offer a story displaying movement. These are two objectives I try to capture in my carvings now a-days. This is what happened.
You may be wondering about the title. It came after the carving was complete. I reflected on what chain of events brought this magnificent treasure into my hands. To understand, here are just a few points from a much larger picture.
- This moose was born approx. 6 years before I came to Prince George.
- I had only started drawing two years earlier
- Tom harvested this moose 2 years before I moved here
- 11 years pass
- Tom and I meet in a line where I enter my first carving into competition
- 4 years pass
- “Chain of Events” is completed and to go where from here?
The “Chain of Events” continue…
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