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00000177-ba84-d5f4-a5ff-bbfc9ab20000Our series Creative Life discontinued on October 30th, 2017. It has been replaced by Ways of Life. The Creative Life archive lives on this page. Creative Life offered an audio tour of arts, culture, and inspiration on the Cape and Islands. Our region is rich with creative diversity, and so are the stories we tell.Creative Life is edited by Jay Allison.Creative Life is made possible by The Circle of Ten, ten local businesses and organizations committed to local programming on WCAI.

In Pursuit of Perfection: A Bird Carver Has To Take His Time

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Photo by Mitch Borden.

Eric Kaiser started wood carving for a simple reason: he wanted a creative challenge. He  decided to focus on one subject only, over and over. Birds. This fascination gave Eric a career and a passion that has lasted him over thirty seven years.

For more on Eric Kaiser's work, you can visit his website.

Eric Kaiser in his studio in Cotuit. 2017
Credit Photo by Mitch Borden.

This piece came to us from our production partners at Atlantic Public Media through their media training program, The Transom Story Workshop in Woods Hole. Mitch Borden is a graduate of the workshop -you can find out more about the program at Transom.org.

Creative life is edited by Jay Allison and made possible by the Circle of Ten- ten local businesses and organization committed to local programming on WCAI. 

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