[Photo credit: Bruce Tilley/CBC] 

Newfoundland resident Rod Deon has carved out quite the legacy for himself. His wood carving skills started as a hobby, but eventually he was able to carve some beautiful art for Disney and Queen Elizabeth. 

From Amy Stoodley at CBC Newfoundland & Labrador: 

Deon said he first started carving when he was about eight years old. He said after his teacher caught him carving Ivory soap with a knife, she gave him the tools he needed to work with wood.

It's been almost 90 years but Deon vividly remembers his first carving.

"Mrs. Steele gave me a knife and a little chisel and a piece of apple wood and a picture of Roy Rogers on Trigger and I carved it."  Years later, he said, he got a prize for that piece of art at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto.

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