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As a young man the founder,
Trevor Dodd, had a passion for wood crafts and a longing for travel to
exotic countries. Born and raised in the United
Kingdom, he spent his early years in King’s Lynn, a small Norfolk town with
a proud maritime history. Trevor spent
 countless
hours with his Grandfather Gerald who as well as being a local character of
some notoriety, was a master boat builder.
To this day, many of Gerald’s hand
crafted boats still operate out of King’s Lynn’s fishing fleet. Others they
created went to ‘homes’ in all parts of the globe.
After a few years working in his home town,
his itchy feet took him to London and employment with a US Information
Systems company. He was selected for an assignment in Iran in the
late 1970s, and with subsequent brief stays in the USSR and South Korea,
this marked the beginning of a rich cultural experience.
Trevor went on to live and work in
Scandinavia during the early 1980s before being invited to join a small
international marketing team being formed on the east coast of the US. Here,
he was responsible for marketing to a myriad of subsidiaries, joint
ventures and distributors in all parts of the world and traveled
extensively. He was fortunate to have the opportunity to develop a deep
understanding of diverse cultures and pursue his new hobby of collecting
artifacts from many of the countries he visited.
In the early 1990s his career took him to
Hong Kong and new experiences working with such diverse territories as China, Korea, Taiwan, India and all of South East Asia. He also lived
and worked in Malaysia and Singapore before returning to the US in 1999.
While in Asia, Trevor and his wife took
every opportunity to explore the cultures and art of the many fascinating
countries within easy reach. They developed a passion for Bali in Indonesia and during
frequent visits there became familiar with the culture, the artisans, the
work ethic - and collected more artifacts.
Trevor and his wife Debby live in Southern
California. The Cultural Artifacts hobby
became an online business, specializing in woodcarvings and other craft
items which we hope you will enjoy as much as we do.
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