John Nelson

John Nelson is a carver from Adelaide, South Australia, who tends to specialise in miniatures although his output also includes larger works. He has been producing work for sale only over the last four years. His work is of a quite individual, detailed style. Several of his pieces combine different timbers to take advantage of natural colours and textures; all of those shown here are technically difficult and have taken months to complete. Much of John's miniature work depicts small creatures of the Australian environment, some of them from the "endangered species" list. He finds the delicacy and intricacy of the invertebrate fauna very attractive, and generally speaking, thinks they are visually more interesting than the warm, cuddly but homogenous mammals. The rare and endangered ant Nothomyrmecia Macrops carved in redgum and depicted here won its section in the Endangered Wildlife of AUstralia exhibition held in 1994. This carving has since been sold. John however, is prepared to accept a commission for a variation of this piece, as he is keen to attempt the fearsome bulldog ant! John Nelson's non-miniatures are quite different in concept and have strange, fantasy themes. He hopes to present some of these for sale through this site, quite soon.

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