As a young adult, Jason apprenticed with master craftsman building Early American Period reproductions for his father’s company. Those skills enhanced his production of his fish decoys and other early American folk art reproductions. Licensed by SPNEA (the Society for Preservation of New England Antiquities), now known as Historic New England, to reproduce well known wood carvings from the numerous historical sites throughout the East Coast. Historic New England owns and manage more than a dozen historic homes and their collections throughout New England.

Jason has always been called by the water, and looking to spend some time outside of Ohio, he became a whitewater guide in West Virginia on the New and Gauley Rivers. From West Virginia, Jason moved to Naples, Florida where he started spending every free moment on the Gulf. Up close interactions with sub-tropical fish led to carving the freshwater and saltwater fish that sold as wall art and fish trophy mounts in galleries all over the United States. 

Jason’s skills with carving continued to evolve and he soon commissioned fish and marine life for various restaurants in Florida and Manhattan. The years of experience in woodworking led to work producing high-end architectural carvings for Southwest Florida’s Thomas Riley Artisan’s Guild, whose projects defined some of the most monumental homes in the country for clients including Celine Dion and Rush Limbaugh. 

Jason married and began a family and moved back to the Ohio River Valley- buying the land his father was born on, which is part of the original 100 acre farm his grandfather owned. Back in Ohio, he learned commercial millwork as a project manager and estimator. He managed high end keystone millwork projects in the region including the Cincinnati Museum Center renovation, and University of Cincinnati Nippert Stadium. As Jason’s boys grew older, he often reminisced about his early childhood, and those fond memories of learning his way around the woodshop. So early last year in 2025, Jason started carving again and teaching his two sons, Dane and Aden. While on a 25th wedding anniversary trip to Acadia National Park in Maine with his wife in September, he started considering using past and present carving images for merchandise. Folk Fish Studio and Barstool Sportfishing were born while hiking Mount Desert Island.