About RodRoderick (Rod) Joseph Deon was born on July 2, 1921 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Rod’s passion for carving began in his boyhood years growing up in the 20’s outside of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, when his first attempts were performed on bars on Ivory soap.
Returning to Nova Scotia in 1930, Rod continued woodcarving throughout his teens, and in 1940, his carving Roy Rogers and Trigger won his first prize at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, Ontario. |