im has spent an entire lifetime, literally, involved in and around the arts and antique furniture pursuits, working professionally for over 30 years. He was taught the art of woodcarving and cabinet making by his grandfather Rollo Haskard, himself a second generation woodcarver/sculptor and master craftsman with additional skills as a wood turner and landscape painter. Kim's interest started as a child, playing with and around items of furniture made by his grandfather, and watching his father's home projects take shape. His career started with weekend projects as a teen, given test pieces to develop his skills (and test his patience) and then apprenticed first to a furniture company producing antique reproductions and then finishing with his grandfather as mentor. Music has also played a part in Kim's early years, playing the trumpet for nine years. Kim has also studied commercial art and industrial design, and even taught woodcarving at TAFE part time for a short period. A belief in the need to nurture and develop the ancient traditions of creating in wood and associated materials has driven him to strive for perfection in design and technique, and he sees his role as an artist to use the original beauty of nature and extend it to a more permanent object of inspirational beauty and pleasure. It may be also relevant to note the evolution of the genetic artist trail, leading back to the artist Conrad Martens, writer Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a Colonial carriage maker, a First Fleet upholsterer (later farmer) from the Furniture Quarter of Georgian London, and earlier still, Huguenot migrant craftsmen from France, with traces of Viking heritage (from the "other" side of the family). Kim's projects to date range from items as small as a pendant of a Cedar of Lebanon tree and miniature 10cm violin to as large as the fully carved wall of a Greek Orthodox Church. Clients range through all circles of life, including a sculpture of a TaeKwanDo Dan to desks and bookcases for doctors lawyers and judges. Kim now has work in churches and cathedrals of various denominations, as well as the Architectural and Antiques Trade, and private homes and businesses. Some of Kim's prominent commissions include:   Adelaide Club Wall plaque emblem Adelaide Town Hall Colonial cedar dining table conservation St Peters Cathedral Bishops crosier case and various repairs Church of St Nicholas Reredos (11m by 3m) and ceremonial table Church of St Martin De Pores Holy Family (sculpture) Bethlehem Lutheran Church Carved organ pipe screens Mt Osmond Golf Club Trophy case St Marks College Heritage Stairway conservation Numerous Churches Alters, pedestals, and various ornaments Numerous Antique Dealers Conservation work Copyright © 2008 Kim Bellette