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Roland Voghell has spent the last twenty years in his taxidermy business (Antler Hill Taxidermy) in the small community of Innisfail, Alberta. Sculpting a wide variety of life size animal forms, Roland has developed expertise in the industry. The transition to carving antler came easily when he was asked to custom carve antlers for his clients. Jason Voghell, Roland's son has worked in his father's studio for many years and, like his father, exhibited both the talent and the creative drive to become an exceptional craftsman in the art of carving. All the pieces are hand carved from shed moose, elk, deer and caribou antler. Primarily the male of the species grows antlers. Antler growth begins early in April and are usually shed by the following February. Since antler is shed every year, there in so threat to wildlife and therefore antler is indeed a renewable resource. On a rare occasion they use musk-ox horns for carving. The pieces that are carved from musk-ox horns are from horns of musk oxen that died from natural causes. The process of carving is very detailed and time consuming. The design is first drawn and from the drawing, the antler and horn are carved out very carefully with a dremel, a specialized high speed-carving tool. Once the desired design is completed, the piece is hand sanded and hand polished. Each carving takes many hours to complete. Roland and Jason have chosen wildlife themes for most of their carvings and each piece is reminiscent of Canadian Wildlife habitat. The original carvings of Jason and Roland Voghell can be found in many private and corporate collections in North America. |
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