Wall flower

This wall vase was carved from the stump of a dead dogwood tree. I wish I had taken a picture of the wood before I started work on it, because it looked so bad until I got through the rotten bark
an discovered this wonderful grain under it.

Orange bowl

This bowl was carved from a limb of a chestnut tree just around the corner from me. The limb was in bad shape and had to be cut because it was hanging over the road, the tree is now doing fine.

Go figure

I carved this bowl from the wood of a fig tree. I had no idea that fig wood would carve so nicely.
I love figs.

Changing table

I didn't make this table. I did redo the inlay top and refinished it for my friends Gene and Donna. It was in rough shape (water damage), but I think it turned out fine. I don't usually do this kind of woodwork, but it was nice for a change.

To be or knot to be

This six-foot-tall figure was carved from a very old heart pine beam that came out of an old building in Virginia. I've titled it "Joy". It reminds Catherine of Allen when he was a little boy.

I found this in an old trunk

This large bowl was made from a cross-section of a dead maple tree trunk.

Are you a Manatee or a mouse?

I carved this manatee cane from privet wood.

Bowling for dollars

Here are a few bowls that I've made over the last couple of weeks. I'm in a rush to make the deadline for the Inman Park Festival coming up this spring in Atlanta.

Snake rattle & roll

This rattlesnake walking stick was carved from curly willow for my friend, Gene. I think it will be better company on walks than some he's come across in the past.

Give 'em the hook

These Hawaiian fish hooks are carved from native Koa wood. They graced the tops of two awards presented to distributors at an international conference in Hawaii.