Monday, August 18, 2008

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

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Hobbit hobby

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

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

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.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

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.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

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?

Friday, August 1, 2008

Hare of the dogwood

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