'Sundry Sunday' 'Carousel Earrings' ~ Carved in Boxwood with acrylic paint and silver findings. 'Torso' ~ Carved in Bloodwood with Basswood base. 'Boxwood Box' ~ The 13/B panels is removable to expose a small opening inside. 'LaoTzu Quote' ~ Scrabble tiles on plywood. #wood #craft #🗝️

Some small cups from a pottery class I took several years back. I managed to make some bowls that turned out decently but apparently I haven't photographed those yet. #craft #art #design #pottery #🗝️

'A Couple... of Pears' ~ Sculpted in polymer clay and pigmented with acrylics. I thought these might make for a fun 'salt and pepper' shaker set but never back around to it. #pears #polymerclay #craft #art #design #figurative #clay #sculpture #🗝️

'Owl Pendant' ~ Sapele wood and Holly. 'Nite Owl Pendant' ~ Lacewood and Ebony. 'Owly Cat' ~ Walnut 'Spoon Pendant' ~ Serviceberry wood. #wood #woodworking #craft #art #design #cat #owl #jewelry

'Tyto' ~ aka 'Owl Girl' was carved from a 4" x 4" post of Cumala wood. Stands about 5' tall without the ebonized base. I like this concept and might try it again as a 'bust' at some point. This one was too lanky and tall. #owl #craft #art #woodworking #carving #sculpture #🗝️ #wood

'Match Box Mosaic' ~ Mosaic panel consisting of 450 individually painted match box 'drawers' in segments of 15. The matchboxes can be rearranged for different effect. #art #craft #painting #design #mosaics #matchbox #🗝️ #woodwork #wallart #acrylic

Some 'masks' ~ 'Simian Mask' ~ Red Mallee Burl 'Knot Head' ~ Some Australian burl wood. 'Glass Mask' ~ Carved in Basswood, covered in gold paint and colored glass fines. 'Seg-Man-Ted' ~ Upcycled computer desk with pigments. #woodwork #craft #art #mask #design #sculpture #carving #🗝️

Sundry Sunday... 'Holey Mackerel' ~ Poplar wood. Currently painted white... and about to be colorfully painted. 'Eyrie' ~ Eagle mosaic from origninal Pinot Noir vines planted in 1965 in Wilamette Valley, CA. Briar Pipe ~ Won National Championship 1993. Bookmarks ~ Wood veneers. #🗝️ #wood

#caturday 'Nine Lives' ~ Pine 2 x 4. 'Wildcat' ~ Marquetry panel. 'Incense Burner' ~ Pear wood. 'Panther Shotgun' When I first posted 'Nine Lives' someone took offense that it was in 'poor taste'. It is actually a tribute to the only cat I have ever 'owned'. #cat #woodwork #🗝️ #craft #art

A couple of 'Heart Mirrors'. #wood #hearts #art #craft #design #mirror #🗝️ #woodworking

'Cat-a combs' Walnut. Koa. (x2) Sapele. #cat #craft #art #comb #design #woodworking #sculpture #🗝️ #woodart

Some 'Snake' hairsticks. Ebony with silver wire inlay... and Lacewood. #wood #woodworking #hair #craft #design #snake #art #🗝️

Hair Sticks 'Flowers' ~ Curly Maple wood with acrylic paint. 'Top Hat' ~ Buckthorn, Ebony and Holly. Assortment... Oak wood with acorn. ~ Ebony with seashell. ~ Ebony, Bloodwood and Holly. ~ Boxwood. 'Red Head' ~ Ebony and Sapele. #woodwork #craft #design #art #sculpture #wood #🗝️

'Diatom' ~ Carved in Sapele wood. Diatoms are microscopic algae that are responsible for half the air we breathe. They are used in the production of dynamite and as a stabliizer for Nitro Glycerin. Diatomaceous earth. #woodworking #art #craft #design #microscopic #🗝️ #wood #carving #sculpture

A cutting board or cheese board made from wooden toothpicks. The toothpicks were individually stacked and then pigmented resin was poured into the block. Block was sliced to reveal cross section view. #woodwork #craft #art #design #toothpicks #chef #patterns #woodart #🗝️

'Chop Sticks' ~ Wooden chop sticks carved in Maple with ebony 'axe blades' and log stand carved in Pear wood. #woodwork #craft #carving #art #design #woodart #finedining

A couple more canes... 'MarsBoro Man' ~ Mahogany head with silver and MOP inlay, wooden dowel shaft with laminated toothpicks. 'Richard's Cane' ~ Maple handle with a vine strangled sapling for a shaft. 'Earth' ~ Ebony handle with silver inlay and a Red Palm shaft. #woodworking #art #craft

More matchsticks... 'Gurdjieff' ~ Carved in Mahogany with burnt matchstick shaft. 'Duck Cane' ~ A duck head handle and a burnt matchstick shaft, handle screwed off to reveal a pipe stem, which when inserted turned it into a smokable pipe. (sorry for photo quality)

More matchsticks.... 'Panther Cane' ~ Carved in Madagascar Rosewood, with Ebony collar, amber eyes, found teeth and silver wire inlay for whiskers. The cane shaft is comprised of about 4,000 laminated, burnt wooden matchsticks. #craft #art #cane #design #matches #panther #woodworking

More matchsticks.... 'Espy' ~ Mosaic of several thousand wooden matchsticks. The dark 'pixels' are burnt matches and the field is left natural. #woodworking #woodwork #eyes #mosaic #art #craft #design

'Color Matched' ~ Wall panel (mosaic) made from dyed wooden match sticks laminated onto plywood. #wood #woodworking #interiordesign #art #craft #matches

A couple of the boxes... 'Space Box' ~ Purple Heart and Ebony with silver and mother of pearl inlay. 'Jack' ~ Carved from one piece of Boxwood, painted with acylics. 'Book Box' ~ Purple Hear with inlaid silver wire. The inside of the box was laminated maple veneer.. to look like pages.

Bowls... 'Everything is Looking Up' ~ Sculpted in polymer clay and cast in petwer. Wenge bowl with inlay. Myrtle bowl. Mauser Birch bowl. #woodworking #bowls #woodwork #sculpture

Some wooden boats... 'B.O.T.E.' ~ (Bark On Top Edge) carved in Serviceberry wood. A couple of 'Candle Boats' carved in Sapele and Lacewood. 'Napkin Boats' Dyed Maple, Walnut and Sapele wood.

A repost... These two pieces were made from an old computer desk. 'Blue Bill' ~ This one reminded me of Mr Bill from the old SNL skit. 'Seg-Man-Ted' ~ Segments were cut from the desk to form 'slices' which were held together by horizontal dowels.

'ArrowHead' ~ Carved in Maple wood.

A repost... 'Afowl' 'About Face' '7-UP' 'African Blackwood'

A repost... 'AK 1' ~ Sapele wood. 'AK 2' ~ Quilted Sapele and Ebony These two spoons were based on sculptures by Anna Korver (with permission). Love her work!

A repost... A couple of spoons carved from Ambrosia Maple. 'Ambrosia' is not a distinct specie of Maple... it is a discoloration caused by fungi which are carried by Ambrosia beetles as they bore into the wood.

A repost... A couple of 'Ann Teak' wooden spoons with wire inlay.

A repost... 'Ant Eater' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Ebony sapwood with Bloodwood tongue and inlaid resin ants.

A repost... 'Antelope' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Ebony and Bloodwood.

A repost... An Apple a Day 'AppleSauce' ~ Sauce spoon carved in Wild Apple wood. 'Apple and Ebony' 'Apple Twins' ~ Salad servers. 'Worm' ~ Carved in Wild Apple wood.

A repost... 'ArrowHead' ~ Thuya Burl, Sapele, Holly and Ebony. 'Astray' ~ Sapele wood. 'Attached' ~ Cedar with sapwood. 'Australian Cedar'

A repost... 'Babanki Mask' ~ Wooden spoon carved in European Pear wood with BB eyes. Inspired by a Cameroon ceremonial elephant mask.

A repost... 'Aubergine' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Basswood, with pigments. I encountered the word 'aubergine' for the first time in reference to an Alice Walker novel. Come to find out... that's what the folk on the other side of the pond call an eggplant.

A repost... 'Balancing Act' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Bloodwood with figured Maple base. When set on a surface this spoon would roll over on its side so I fashioned a base for it.

A repost... 'Banded Snake' ~ Wooden spoon carved in York Gum Burl with Bloodwood bands and Ebony spacers. The 'banding' wasn't intended when I began carving this snake spoon. I somehow managed to snap the thing in two and I figured this was a good way to salvage the project.

A repost... 'BeSpoked' ~ A wooden spoon carved from an old cart wheel spoke that a friend brought me from France. I believe the wood is some type of Acacia wood. The wedge that helped to hold the spoke in place is featured in the spoon bowl.

A repost... A couple of spoons where a knot in the wood was used as an 'eye'. The first one is Australian Silky Oak and the second is Surinam Cherry (which really isn't a cherry at all).

A repost... 'Ebony with Birch Bark' ~ The handle of this spoon looks like 'cork' but it is actually pieces of Birch bark laminated together with a metal rod drilled through for strength. Not my favorite design... but the tactile quality of this experiment was superb.

A repost... 'Bi-Polar Bear' ~ One side happy, one side angry. Wooden spoon carved in Horse Chestnut wood.

A repost... Happy Valentine's Day ! 'Light Heated' ~ Rosewood with sapwood. 'Hole Hearted' ~ York Gum Burl and Ebony. 'She Loves Me' ~ Cedar with sapwood. 'Home and Heart' ~ Maple with Bloodwood.

A repost... These spoons were carved from seed pods from an Australian tree/shrub. Although most of the pods are wood-hard there are also areas that are covered with a velvety soft fuzzy material that feels sort of like a horse's muzzle.

A repost... Black is the theme for the day... 'Black Mangrove' with black waxed linen wrap. 'Black Dress' ~ Maple with acrylic paint. 'Black and Forth' ~ Ebony with sapwood. Spoon bowl from spalted Weeping Beech with underbark texture.

A repost... 'Black Micro-Dot' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Ebony with (thin) wire inlay. Narra base.

A repost... 'Blanco' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Brown Oak wood with a painted vine handle.

A repost... 'Bolivian Rosewood Spoon' 'Bottlebrush with Bark' 'Bleached Macadamia Underbark' 'Blackbean' ~ Carved in two-toned wood.

A repost... 'Bonnet' ~ Carved in Sapele wood. 'Bongo' ~ Cedar wood with sapwood. 'Bottlebrush Loop' 'BoneFish' ~ Cedar wood with sapwood.

A repost... A 'blue' theme for today. 'Blue eyes' ~ Carved in Oak wood. 'Blue Bird' ~ Dyed Ebony sapwood. 'Blue Brothers' ~ Dyed Cherry burl. 'Blue Dress' ~ Maple wood with food coloring.