Gandalf the finished

Tolkien of my appreciation

This is a "Gandalf" walking stick I'm making for one of my grandsons. I'm carving it from pecan wood. I still have a lot work to do, but I should have it finished in a few days. 

Just another phase

Another example of a moon ornament from the "Sun, Moon & Star" series

Hobbit hobby

This elf ornament is one in a series I made for my grand-kids

An old post from an old post

I posted this carving awhile back (Henry with Druid) from a picture I took shortly after it was finished and placed in the garden. Here it is a few months later showing a little age. 

Raspberry moon

Another ornament with an attitude.

Two for tea

Both of these walking sticks are made from sassafras wood. Mother nature did most of the work here -- honeysuckle vines wrapped themselves around the young trees, giving them their winding look.

Bowled over

This is my first attempt (maybe last) at making a bowl. It's made from a cross-section of a maple tree. It was fun for the first couple of hours. Then it turned into hours and hours of hacking and hewing, then hours more of scraping and sanding. 

Well, I guess it looks pretty good, but I think I'll stick to walking sticks.

Hey, Moe!

I was in Houston this week at a photo shoot and met Moe, a two-year-old bulldog. He lives at the studio and, from the looks of things, runs the place. I did a few sketches of him doing his job. He's pretty cute, huh?

Hare of the dogwood

This cane was craved from dogwood, the long bunny ears serve as the handle.