Ovide Trudel. sculptor. Woodcarver. Saint-Severin, Quebec. Active 1963 – 1970.
Ovide Trudel, after retiring from farming became a model maker. He specialized in model farm equipment, in particular traditional horse drawn farm equipement. Tools such as field rakes, harvesters, threshers, hay press as well as smaller farm and house tools such as those for working linen and wool and making butter. He also made the various waggons, buggies and sleighs found on the early farms. He worked mostly with metals where used and wood, both hardwoods and soft woods. Wooden parts were usually painted. he never signed his work. He never carved the animals that used the machinery.
Ref: Jean Simard, Pour Passer Le Temps: Artistes Populaires Du Quebec, Gouvernement du Quebec, Ministere des Affaires Culturelles. 1985.
