StemCell Therapy

An established carver in Happy Valley-Goose Bay didn't give up his craft after losing the sight in one of his eyes. In fact, he's continuing to create pieces of art in spite of it.

John Neville spent his summer crafting over 300 carvings in a shack outside his house, something he finds to be therapeutic.

"I love carving because it's good for the mind," Neville said at he satin his work shed surrounded by his work.

Neville, originally from Black Tickle,has spent 45 years of his life doing what he loves.

Neville said it has been a difficult year for many reasons as he struggled with depression as well as the loss ofsight in one of his eyes.

He had a stroke in his sleep in January of 2017, resulting in vision loss.

"It's been a hard struggle, knowing that I had good eyesight and now I only got one [good] eye."

Watch the video above to hear John Neville's story and see his carvings

"Close up me eyes aren'tthat good. Even me good eye's not good close up," he said.

Neville said he isn't one to take medication for an illness, and instead uses carving to heal him.

"Carving is my medicine, it was always my medicine when I get down and that medicine is going to bring me back up and make me the same fella I used to be."

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Loss of vision doesn't keep this Happy Valley-Goose Bay carver from his craft - CBC.ca

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