Frederick is head of the carving division at his company and is the master carver. He was born in Baguio City, Philippines and is 34 years old.
He has been working with this company for over 12 years, but has been carving for over 20 years.
Frederick started carving when he was 12 years old. He was taught by his father, who had him start with very simple items. When he was about 15 years old, he began to practice carving figures and faces on his own. One day, his father challenged him to carve a santo figure from a photograph. When he produced the figure exactly, he was proud to realize that he had achieved a certain level of skill as a carver. It was then that he decided to make carving his craft and profession.
What he enjoys most about working for this company is that they always have new and different items to work on, and he enjoys learning or developing new techniques. He also appreciates the emphasis the design group places on getting details right.
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