Jeff de Boer was profiled in a Dec. 22 article titled 'Meet the world’s first (and only) cat and mouse armourer.'
Shortly after, the artist received an email from National Geographic's social media director saying a video and photo montage about De Boer had received over 12 million views on social media."It took me a week of nonstop, every day responding to people and emails," said de Boer. " people inquiring to purchase my work. I've never had this kind of exposure and very rarely do artists get this kind of exposure.
De Boer likes the title he received from Nat Geo, saying it's something he started doing in 1986 while enrolled in Alberta University of the Arts as a jewellery maker.De Boer estimates he's made more than 500 cat and mouse pieces and with more attention, comes more work. "The number of inquiries for my work is through the roof right now," he said. "I'm probably booked until 2025 at this point, with new work so it's pretty wild."
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