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.

Cool garden

A bird in the hand

This eagle walking stick was carved from oak.

mortise and tenonitus

This piece of heart pine is part of a more-than-200-year-old timber from an old house in Virginia that I'm using for a larger sculpture. My dad had gotten the timbers to use in renovating and repairing his own house in Drewryville. Notice the roman numerals on the side, used by the carpenters to identify the timber for placement in the original house.

Gift horse

I made this piece with koa wood. It's mounted on a small block of sandstone.

Nostrildamus

This walking stick was carved from dogwood. The finish is clear lacquer and wax.

Working with friends can get squirrelly

A while back Catherine and I helped our friend, Mike, publish a story he had created for his children about a squirrel named Charlie and his friends. We enlisted the help of another friend, the amazingly talented Walt Taylor, to illustrate it. For Christmas, I carved Charlie from a piece of cypress wood Mike had. It now stands in his family's garden next to a grand gazebo.