'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.