I was born in 1953 in the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in Central Africa from parents who emigrated to Africa from Europe.

Each artist is able to carve a number of different animal species and/or human busts (male and female). However we sculpt mainly African animals and especially elephants, rhinos and hippos although we also reproduce all the antelopes and the big "cats": lion, leopard and cheetah and the other "big 5", buffalo.

Every sculpture is carefully designed taking cognizance of the natural stance of the animal and the beauty of the natural log. Execution by each artist is done to painstakingly reproduce the exactitude of every detail such as wrinkles, contracting and pulling muscles, veins on the ears of the elephant, skeleton parts, tendons and skin texture.

Concentration and a high level of skills combine to generate some of the best animal sculptures made on the African continent. Our quality and exclusivity contribute to a highly valued art investment with good appreciation potential into the future.

The medium we use is leadwood, a hardwood indigenous to South Africa. Local people walk through the African bush and collect dead leadwood trees and branches. The trees have all died of natural causes such as lightning and damage by elephants. The wood lies on the ground for many years whilst natural weathering occurs through agents like rain, wind, insects, light and sun. The bark falls off and eventually reveals the parched "skeletons" of Africa. One big truck brings the collected raw material to the studio every two to three months. Leadwood is dark in colour and extremely hard, heavy and durable. The wood is so hard that Africans made blades for their hoes from it before metal became available. It is commonly used for sculpting in Southern Africa.

Many of these pieces find their way to the USA mainly but also to Europe.

We crate all the large pieces ourselves with pine, plywood and high density foam and ship via air freight to any destination in the world.

I look forward to help you choose and bring the most intricately detailed sculptures of wild African animals into your beautiful home. For you to treasure and keep for posterity together with other memories you might have of visits to our beloved continent...

Please visit us again soon as we plan to add more carvings in the next few days. Updated July 31st,2004

Here are a few comments from people who live abroad and who have purchased from our studio:

Dear Bernard, The rhino has arrived safely in his new home in Barcelona! He is magnificent, a true reflection of this magnificent species! Many thanks Flemming Morgan Spain, July 6th 2003

Hi Bernard, It gives me great pleasure to inform you that I received the carved elephant just moments ago. I followed the instructions you gave to me and the elephant was in excellent condition. Mark Lee California, March 7th 2003

Mr.Remacle: We pick up the crate today, 29May, and everything was in perfect condition. Thank you very much for excellent service. Best regards, Paul Cunningham Colorado, May 30th 2002

Jumbo arrived... the sculpting is superb, it made us and our neighbours speechless, well done and thank you!!... Jumbo arrived in perfect condition, packing was perfect and no damage to be discovered and we looked! Henk Havinga Netherlands, October 9th 2000