Forestlife Creations: Dean Robertson

Every once in awhile I like to feature other artists on this blog…

Dean Robertson is an old friend of mine. He is highly creative and, like me, has a love for taking what others throw away and turning it into something beautiful.

Here’s what Dean says:

Hey, this is Dean. My creations are handmade, inspired by the voices within the wood and bone. I hold the material and it speaks to me telling me how to reveal its hidden secrets. The wood I use is mostly reclaimed from the recycle bin at our school, and various firewood piles, and much of the bone comes from when I still lived in Alaska living the hunting and gathering life. Not even the bones get wasted with me…

. . . I first started carving wood and bone living deep in the forests of Alaska, where I learned the ways of the Wilds, and the Native Americans. I learned how to walk…I learned how to hear…I learned how to feel. It’s a different way of life…It is the beginnings of life…It is my reality…I will always walk…I will always share…

He also makes pretty things for your hair!

Find his work online at:

FORESTLIFE CREATIONS ETSY SHOP

and be his friend on:

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