Eighty-eight-year-old Lorne Collie has been making musical instruments for more than three decades, creations that dazzle for their unique materials as much as their sound.
Lorne Collie holds a guitar made from a moose antler at his home in Hope, B.C. in this Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, James Collie *MANDATORY CREDIT*
"When people wanted to buy them, I always said No," Collie said from his home outside the tiny and remote Manitoba community of Hilbre, about 230 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg. Collie said he needs the funds to upgrade his older model electric car to one with better range and speed, so he can see his large family.
He said he was"working tremendous, long hours at a high stress" job in the late 1980s, when he collapsed with a brain aneurysm that put him in a coma for more than a week.Collie said he woke up with a clear head, and after a friend challenged him to"put strings on a shovel," he began making instruments from other odd, kitschy implements.
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