Contractor Mick Yoder Finds New Calling After Losing Sight
Hand Carved Custom Woodwork
Mick will bring your vision to life
Wood working and carving has always been a large part of Mick’s Life. For 50 years, he worked in construction. Then in March 2015, Mick slipped off a metal roof, cracking his skull and losing his sight when internal bleeding damaged his optic nerve. Mick could no longer work construction, but he wasn’t about to give up.
With the help of the Oregon Commission for the Blind, Mick began to reeducate himself. He learned how to safely use woodworking equipment while visually impaired. He rediscovered his passion for carving. Most importantly, he discovered his vision: to bring art and nature to both the visually able and the visually impaired.
If Mick doesn’t have the carving you are looking for, contact him. He will work with you to design the piece and try his best to complete it.
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Here are Some of Mick’s Religious Carvings
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Mick Doesn’t Just Care About Wood Carvings
He Cares About You
Optical nerve damage ended Mick’s contractor career, but it brought him new purpose and a greater understanding of wood carving.
With his limited sight, Mick developed new ways to ‘see’ his art. He learned to experience the true tactile joy that hand-carved art can bring both to the able-visioned and to the visually impaired. Now he seeks to bring that experience to others.
What Mick Carves
Religious
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Wildlife
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Domestic Animals
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Carving Art for Everyone
“I lost my sight, but not my vision”
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Mick knows that his carvings are a gift from God. By losing his eyesight, he was able to see why he was given this gift.
Mick shows his work them to people who have no sight—some of them have never had any visual sight. With their hands, they can “see” the arch of a cougar’s back or the swoosh of a fish’s fins.
With his wood carving, Mick brings art and nature to both the visually able, and the visually impaired.