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Bobby Knight
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Hey there John. Love your work. I told Dick we need to come for a visit. Take care and Happy Carvings!
Monday September 28,2009 - Bangor, Mi.
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Robert Florczak
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Hello! I have become a friend of your son through our common love of Errol Flynn. Your site and work are wonderful! As a fellow artist I join others in asking you to keep up the good work.
Best regards, Robert
Sunday December 28,2008 - Los Angeles
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John Frassica
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Great site. You have done some great work. I am truly impressed. Who's the young sailor?
Monday July 30,2007 - Newton, MA
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Hollie Ransdell
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Wonderful determination of integrity. The best of your work is that of a loving son. How many fathers today can say that their kids love them so. Wish i had a family like yours.
Sunday March 25,2007 - Half Moon Bay, Ca.
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Brian J Howe
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Mr. Marino,
Your web site is great and my son Isaac loves his carved name. The work that you do is phenomenal! It was a pleasure having you as a patient.
Friday September 8,2006 - Madison, WI
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Jim Spagnolo
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Great website! Enjoyed meeting you and Marty the other day. Hope to see you again soon.
Wednesday July 5,2006 - Saugus, Ma
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Rich
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Very neat site, enjoyed looking through it.
Thanks Rich
Helvie Knives
Tuesday June 20,2006 - Tipton, Indiana
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Robert Hegler
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John, you did not come to my workshop this year. We miss you.
Saturday June 17,2006 - Cortland, Ne USA
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Sara
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Very good website you have here.
Warm regards Sara!
Saturday June 10,2006 - USA, Chicago
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EDSEL JOHNSON
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DEAR JOHNNY,
EXCELLENT WEBPAGE AND YOU CERTAINLY ARE AN ARTIST AND A GREAT FRIEND AND WOODCARVER. WILL ALWAYS HOLD YOU IN AWE!
Wednesday May 31,2006 - Gardner, Mass
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John Moreno (Marino)
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Was curious about the name, and and a comment made by Will Hayden at a carving event that said he knew another John Moreno back east. Woodcarvers, what a unique group!
Tuesday April 11,2006 - Walla Walla, WA.
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Terry and Bob Brady
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Dear Marty and John: Brady and I have just finished looking at the Santas you made for our family. They are truly incredible. We were snacking on our Christmas chocolates as we checked them out. Thank you for the treat and sharing your talent with us. Enjoy every minute of the season. XO
Monday December 19,2005 - Hull, MA
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Louis Dennis
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Hi John, great site. I also had a father that was a great artest. He tried to get me interested but I just didn't have the talant. Some years after he died I started using some of his tools and I believe his love for his work is guiding me today. I have sat in on you class on sun morning at the newc and want to thank you for passing on your knowledge. Great to know and learn from you John, THANKS Louis Dennis
Monday November 7,2005 - Paxton, Ma.
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Ken & Diane Smith
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Hi John and Marty:
Your web site is fantastic. We are glad that we had a first hand look at your carvings on the cruise. Your web site was the first thing we did when we got home. See you soon.
Sunday October 23,2005 - York, Maine
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Charlie Frizado
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John you have a great web site, and the carvings what can I say I envy your work.
Wednesday October 12,2005 - Somerset, Ma
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Why Brother # 1
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Excellent carvings! Keep up the good work!!
Thursday July 28,2005
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Ian Frank Brown (John @ Rockler Cambridge)
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Hey John, Finally made it to the site and boy was I impressed. You have a great talent sir, I hope you have more opportunity to share it with others. And I agree with Sal. Those are some handsome photos. See you at Rockler
Friday July 1,2005 - Somerville,MA USA
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Dan Diefenbacher
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John, enjoyed carving with you this past week in Daone. thanks for your inut on bark carving
Sunday June 26,2005 - Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Stan Townsend
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John I enjoyed your company in Crete and especially the evening bull sessions.
Saturday June 25,2005 - Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Paul Merrills
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John, I thought I had seen John Marino names only in Chip Chats and now on the WWW of the internet. John as you know I feel there is only one John Marino and the stories and the background of your life, it has been a pleasure to meet you and to work side by side with you. God bless you, you are an inspiration to carve on and on and on. Paul
Saturday June 25,2005 - Decatur, Indiana USA
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M. Paul Ward (NEWC)
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John, those pictures of you. What a handsome son of a gun. And all that hair! I'm envious.
Paul
Wednesday May 25,2005 - Chelmsford, MA
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Vinny
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Hi John, I met you at the work shop my first night . I just wanna say thanks for explaining how wood carving is taught, hope to see you again along with evrybody else.
Tuesday April 5,2005 - revere, ma.
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Warren Blessing Jr.
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John, Thanks for letting me know about your website. I was really touched by the work and words that your son developed, what a wonderful tribute to you as a father and to your life long efforts.
Great Job, Warren
Sunday April 3,2005 - Conn
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John J. Marino III
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Interesting biography with many parallels to my father's life... right down to the cute Irish wife. I've found over the years that the name Marino is almost as common as Jones, especialy in Italy & the east coast of the US. I haven't a clue of my grandfather's (John Sr.) heritage, though I know he, a taylor, imigrated to the US around 1900 & settled in Trenton NJ. He & wife Rose believed to be an American you had to speak English and did not allow their 4 sons, Leon, Ackley, John Jr., & Robert to learn their native language... such a tragedy.
Your carvings are superb!!!
Jack, I admire your tribute to your father. We should all be so lucky to have a son that would honor us so.
Wednesday January 19,2005 - Longmont, CO
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Toot Winchell
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Hi John, My Heavens! Amazing passionate work, Intensity and power, what a way to express yourself! Your work is amazing! WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXCHANGE LINKS???? ARTOPP lists art contests, competitions, art scholarships & grants, juried exhibitions, art jobs & internships, call for entries/proposals/papers, publishing opportunities, non-profit galleries reviewing proposals, museum exhibition opportunities
Your work is amazing
Toot Winchell
www.artopp.net
PS: this is our artist page on the artopp website www.artopp.net/love.htm - KEEP CARVING!
Sunday August 1,2004 - usa
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jr
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keep up the good work
Wednesday July 28,2004
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Tom McNulty
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Jack, this section on your father was particularly fascinating. I loved the photograph of him with that fantastic pencil-thin mustache - He emits an aura of friendship and charm. I felt an immediate affinity with him in his desire and determination to create artistic works. As a writer, I hold the view that to create something from nothing is an act of faith in the human spirit. For an artist - poet, painter, sculptor, actor, singer – there is nothing in life that matches the pleasure of creation. It defines who we are. You are clearly connected to him in a profound way, all for the better for you. Anyway, I really enjoyed those sections.
Tuesday May 25,2004 - Chicago
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Samuel Ursino
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John, nice site, who is the handsome pictures on the web site?? see you Monday nite & Thursday. Sal
Tuesday May 18,2004 - Medford Ma USA
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Tom Blount
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John you probably don't remember me ,but I was in your carving class when you were teaching at the Texas Woodcarvers Guild in Fredericksburg,Texas. It was a pleasure to carve with you and I look forward to repeating that exercise again. Come back to Fredericksburg.
Sunday May 16,2004 - Duncanville, Tx
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John A. Marino
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my name is John Marino as well.
Friday May 7,2004 - Cleveland, Ohio
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Ian Crowe
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Great website, full of interest, keep up the good work. Best wishes from Melbourne. Cheers.
Monday May 3,2004 - Australia
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John Marino
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my name is John Marino too!
Wednesday April 28,2004
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Rick Thibert
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Hello John! How are you? This is a fantastic site. A real snapshot of your journeys in life. Your craftmanship and flavor for art are an inspiration to us all to excel in what we do. I think you're a fantastic man who has surrounded himself with a lovely family and friends. I envy you! :) Take care my friend! :)
Thursday April 1,2004 - Freckenham, Suffolk, England
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Renate Lien
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Hi John, thanks for sharing your website in class at the Senior Center. You are really talented! I hope you will enjoy working with clay as you do with the woodworking. It is such as pleasure to have you in class.
Tuesday February 24,2004 - Woburn, MA
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John Marino
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Hello, my name is also John Marino :) I have a great appreciation for woodworking, carving and art in general. I was passing the time surfing the internet...checking out sites that provided information on this hobby of mine when I saw a site with my name, titled as "A New England Woodcarver". I chuckled and was eager to see what it contained. Awesome! There's a man with the same name who lives in the same state I grew up in who's passions are similar to mine...the love of creativity, devoted to family, proud of his heritage, appreciation for his country and its opportunity. What makes this even better is that my family is also first generation Sicilian from Chuisa, Sicily. (1975) All of my family with the exception of Mom, Dad, and my sister live in Sicily. Just want to make sure this wasn't just a coincidence. Could there be a relation? My grandfathers name is Paolo Marino. Let me know if that means anything to you. Otherwise, great website, wonderful story and beautiful craftsmanship!!! Ciao.
Thursday February 19,2004 - Franklin, MA
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George F
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Enjoyed your website! See you Monday night at the club.
Sunday February 15,2004 - Belmont, Ma
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Bob Blymire
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From the early days of your carving I remember giving you some instructions but now the teacher could learn a lot more from the student...... Well Done, John
Thursday February 12,2004 - Mass
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Flossie
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Johnny, I was so impressed and moved by your works! I've always known that you were talented, but until now I never knew just how great you truly are. My girls & granddaughter were also impressed with your artisic talent. What can I say, except keep up the good works. Your loving "baby" sister, Flossie
Saturday December 20,2003 - Datona Beach FL
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Hector Fuster
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John, it gave me great pleasure to read your Web Site. I am glad I met you at Hegler's workshop June/03. Following your advice, now I'm not so hesitant to gouge out some big chunks. The good Lord willing, I hope to see you @ Hegler's in 2004. I enjoyed seeing the picture of you with your carving of the Civil War soldier. Is it completed? You gave me several good carving pointers at Hegler's workshop this past summer, thanks. Your Web Site is most enjoyable. Do you have a phone # or address for Johnny Reb?
Sunday November 9,2003 - 2 s. 381 Arrowhead Dr., Wheaton, Illinois 60187
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bernie feinerman
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John, Your carvings are almost as great as your character. Keep carving and updating your web site.
Tuesday November 4,2003 - fairhaven, mass
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Danny Saulnier
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Your father is at my house looking at the site you made for him.
Wednesday October 22,2003 - Malden MA. U.S.A.
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Peter Steckowych
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I found a new and wonderful friend in John
Wednesday October 15,2003 - Goffstown, NH ,USA
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Harley Schmitgen
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Great web site John, will be sending you a study stick tomorrow. Harley and Paint info. Harley
- Blue Earth, MN USA
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Esther DiLuca
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Fantastic!
- USA
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John Freels
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Great Site. Great carvings. I am one of the founders of the Smoky Mtn. Wood Carvers in 1973 and also member of NEWC . I was in the Navy as well but later Signalman QM2. 1953-1957 LCURON II LCU"S in Little Creek, Va . Dropped a few Marines on Vieques and around the Med but only for training. Korea ended while I waas in Boot camp in San Diego. Little added note, my Mother-In-Law was born in Lynn and came south when she married in 1926. My son is a grad U of Tenn and then went to Gordon Conwell in Hamilton AND our daughter-in-law worked as a Med Teck at Woburn Hosp. You are a fantastic carver.. JIF
- Knoxville, TN USA
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Frank O'neill
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Nice job John, see you on Monday nites Frank
- Waltham, Ma USA
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Bill Campbell
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Hi John. We were shipmates on the Platte. I was aboard from the sunday before Labor Day 1946 until the first week of January, 1948. I remember you as an easy going, lovable guy and would do any thing ask of you. It was an honor and my pleasure to serve with you. I'm looking forward to seeing you at the next reunion. Wishing you and your family the best..... Seaman 2/c Campbell, B.G. U.S. Navy
- Lakewood, Ca USA
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James Clemeno
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As a new woodcarver and a fellow member of the Woburn Woodcarvers with John, I want to congratulate him on his great web site and his many accomplisments. Your website is as good or better then the hundreds I have visited trying to gather a little insight into this wonderful art form WOOD CARVING. Thank you John
- Medford, Ma USA
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Van Johnson
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Hi Mr. Marino, I have known your daughter, Joan for many years at LAX and have spoken with you & your wife a few times. Your website is great and your life history is very interesting. Could you please include a short story section of some of your wonderful adventures. thanks ...Van
- Keller, TX USA
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Leda
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Your work is great John, both woodcarving and painting. Keep it up.
- Cambridge, Ma USA
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