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Farmer hauling logs from his woodlot carved by Dub Jube2005
Braeside, Ontario
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Racehorse and driver, commissioned for a local racehorse trainer by Dub Jube of Braeside Ontario58
Racehorse and driver, commissioned for a local racehorse trainer, carved by Dub Jube2000
Braeside, Ontario
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More stock carvings by Dub Jube of Braeside Ontario60
More stock carvings by Dub Jube2005
Braeside, Ontario
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Carved by Dub Jube of Braeside Ontario ,these were commissioned for a local collector of wooden bicycles. Each year he returned with the plans for another model and there are now about 10 in his collection.62
Bicycles, carved by Dub Jube2000
Braeside, Ontario
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A Life sized bear, carved in the early 1970's by Dub Jube of Braeside Ontario64
A Life sized bear, carved by Dub JubeEarly 1970's
Braeside, Ontario
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Close-up of one of the 12 inch figures carved by Dub Jube of Braeside Ontario.66
Close-up of one of the 12 inch figures carved by Dub Jube2000
Braeside, Ontario
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Delbert Juby began carving when he was about 11-years old by sitting under a tree in the shade and whittling the day through. Now the hobby has turned into a business venture and the wood carver can be found at fairs, craft shows and exhibitions, sitting back among his carvings working on another piece of wood that will soon take form and one day sit in someone's home.While the idea of carving first started as a romantic desire to see wood taking form into a fisherman or animal, soon the romance was gone and it became a job. "It's more of a job now than it ever was but still I'm my. Own boss, I don't have to punch any time clock and I don't have to answer to anyone," said Mr. Juby. While most of his carvings are of animals and fishermen, Mr Juby has done some sculpturing in wood of people. "I once did a head for someone. They were satisfied with it but I haven't done any since." The 44-year old carver says that as a carver he's never really satisfied with any piece he does. It's not that there's something wrong with them. You're just not satisfied sometimes. It just may not seem just the way it should be".
Using bass wood, pine and butternut for his pieces Mr Juby starts his carvings with an idea and works from there. He leans back, begins carving and half the time works while day dreaming. Usually when I'm sitting here carving I'm not really here at all. My mind's of somewhere else" he said. Mr Juby said that he has sold quite a few of his pieces to local people and also across the country. "I used to sell to a distributor a few years ago but decided to do it myself and now spend most of my time traveling around to the different craft shows and exhibitions" he said. He said that the majority of his items are fishermen. Everyone's father is a fisherman, so you buy for your father or because it might resemble someone you know. They sell a lot faster than the animals do," he said.
Asked if he ever thought of teaching carving Mr. Judy leaned back and said, "No, that's a totally different field to get into. I've been asked to teach before but I'm not a teacher". And with that he picked up his knife, settled down and began carving a fisherman while passers-by watched enthralled at his ability to create something from a piece of wood.
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Article and photo from local news paper on Dub Jube1977
Braeside, Ontario
Credits:John Nelson
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By JOHN NELSONNews staff
Visitors and residents of the Ottawa Valley often marvel at its scenic beauty and diversity of people. For Dub Juby those qualities have led to 20 years of transforming those scenes into wood carvings.
Mr. Juby is the Valley Woodcarver. "It's kept me going." he says modestly of what he sees in the valley but adds "I don't think I'd ever get around to doing every thing I want to do."
As an indication of just how much inspiration Mr. Juby finds in the Ottawa Valley, he turns out about one carving a day or approximately 350 a year. His carvings, for the most part, feature the people and animals of the area. Mr. Juby says the people are his favorite.
"I like doing the people," he says, taking particular satisfaction in getting a facial expression just right. 'When one turns out, it really gives you a lot of satisfaction." says Mr. Juby. "You can get a lot of little men out of a pine tree," he says. Mr. Juby's greatest satisfaction comes from the many visitors to his Castleford showroom. When thoroughly satisfied visitors pick out a carving, he knows his efforts have not been wasted.
Mr. Juby, 59, began his carving career after 20 years as a cabinet maker but says carving came to him more by accident. He says there was no television and radio so he took up whittling and kind of kept at it." The average cost of a Valley Woodcarver original is $60 but can be had for as little as $15 or as much as $600 for one of his larger than life creations.
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