nightserpent

Two sink brackets carved out of butternut, roughly 16".  Since the bathtub has claw feet it only made sense for the sink to have a tail.. or two.  I though I had already learned a sense of how to carve with the grain, but this project brought me a lot more understanding.  Perhaps it is the pronounced grain pattern of the butternut which helped me read the wood better.  However, on the left piece I was working around the pith (center) of the tree, and it was rather disorienting.  Finished with Danish oil and burtcher's wax.

Basswood, copper and glass, 22"/56cm high.  The need to illuminate a
mudroom was the impetus for this project, I wasn't finding any
interesting commercially available sconces so why not make one?  As I
carved I thought about how this character has the duty of bringing light
to the darkness, and so a bit of a story suggested design elements,
such as the stars and moons).

other view: fav.me/dc9zoli
sconce alight: fav.me/dc9zok3
glass crown detail: fav.me/dc9zokq

Basswood, copper and glass, 22"/56cm high.

images of sconce in even light:  fav.me/dc9zoli , fav.me/dc9zomh
glass crown close-up: fav.me/dc9zokq

stained glass and copper, 9"/23cm  The ribbed sections are from a broken antique plate.

this sits atop the Sun King sconce:  fav.me/dc9zoli , fav.me/dc9zomh
see it alight here: fav.me/dc9zok3

Basswood, copper and glass, 22"/56cm high.  The need to illuminate a mudroom was the impetus for this project, I wasn't finding any interesting commercially available sconces so why not make one?  As I carved I thought about how this character has the duty of bringing light to the darkness, and so a bit of a story suggested design elements, such as the stars and moons).

second view:  fav.me/dc9zomh
sconce alight: fav.me/dc9zok3
glass crown detail: fav.me/dc9zokq