nightserpent

16x7" Catalpa, oil and wax finish.  Two views of the same carving, mounted on old hand-hewn beam The same beam which contains the other characters).  This is longest piece of catalpa I have carved so far, it is also a larger scale and the first time carving more into the side grain than the end grain.  I felt it was more enjoyable working this way as I could make cleaner shapes and I think more interesting grain patterns were revealed.

9x7" (not including tenon)  Carved catalpa wood, oiled and waxed.  I've been looking at medieval art and sculptures, and noted how much humor is in some of them.  It inspired me to make something whimsical!  Below you can see it installed in an old hand-hewn barn beam.  There are many more notches in the beam to be filled, for some reason I thought to number them in the order they were created, this is number 3.

close up of grain from this unidentified burl:  fav.me/dckxpam

redwood or cherry, perhaps?  for scale, each floor tile is 6x6"