Wood carving by Kevin Coates, fishing stage

Kevin Coates is a talented local artist who draws inspiration from traditional Newfoundland industries for the subject matter of his work. Coates, who is self-taught, picked up caricature carving about 15 years ago after reading about it in a magazine. He had been looking for a new hobby and this st...

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Main Author: Penney, Nicole
Other Authors: Coates, Kevin
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Objects
Carvings
Wooden objects
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_crafts/id/1638
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:ich_crafts/1638 2023-12-31T10:13:56+01:00 Wood carving by Kevin Coates, fishing stage Penney, Nicole Coates, Kevin Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador-St.John's 2013-04-26 image/jpeg http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_crafts/id/1638 eng eng Intangible Cultural Heritage - Knowledge and Skills to Produce Traditional Crafts http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_crafts/id/1638 Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory Objects Carvings Wooden objects Still Image Photograph 2013 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z Kevin Coates is a talented local artist who draws inspiration from traditional Newfoundland industries for the subject matter of his work. Coates, who is self-taught, picked up caricature carving about 15 years ago after reading about it in a magazine. He had been looking for a new hobby and this style of wood carving peaked his interest. Much like caricature drawings, these carvings exaggerate peculiar features of a person or object. Coates, who grew up and still resides in Winterton, is inspired by the fishery and the majority of his carvings reflect this. This piece is of fisherman and hangashores standing on a fishing stage. Still Image Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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Carvings
Wooden objects
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Carvings
Wooden objects
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Wood carving by Kevin Coates, fishing stage
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Carvings
Wooden objects
description Kevin Coates is a talented local artist who draws inspiration from traditional Newfoundland industries for the subject matter of his work. Coates, who is self-taught, picked up caricature carving about 15 years ago after reading about it in a magazine. He had been looking for a new hobby and this style of wood carving peaked his interest. Much like caricature drawings, these carvings exaggerate peculiar features of a person or object. Coates, who grew up and still resides in Winterton, is inspired by the fishery and the majority of his carvings reflect this. This piece is of fisherman and hangashores standing on a fishing stage.
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author Penney, Nicole
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title Wood carving by Kevin Coates, fishing stage
title_short Wood carving by Kevin Coates, fishing stage
title_full Wood carving by Kevin Coates, fishing stage
title_fullStr Wood carving by Kevin Coates, fishing stage
title_full_unstemmed Wood carving by Kevin Coates, fishing stage
title_sort wood carving by kevin coates, fishing stage
publishDate 2013
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_crafts/id/1638
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op_source Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory
op_relation Intangible Cultural Heritage - Knowledge and Skills to Produce Traditional Crafts
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