Bird on Barbed Wire Carving with Japanese Kanji word

Went to look for the original

carving of this little bird

the other day and could find

no trace of it. Thankfully I

had a print of it, so I ended 

up carving another one. True love :).

Added a little Japanese character carving.

 

I can't decide which bird I like

better. Hopefully I will find the first

one someday.When you lose something 

that you've created, it is almost like

losing a child! Melodramatic I

know, but I think other creative

people will know what I mean!

Anyone else understand?

Family theme stools done for my friend, Kathryn at the end of 2010

Year of the Rabbit!

I love Rabbit's, so I was glad to make this the first carving of the year 

for the PV-21 group, doubly so since it was the

Year of the Rabbit. I loved drawing out the Japanese characters, and 

printing them in gold was so elegant!

Madonna and Child carving

This is a carving that was done for the December issue

of the PV-21 group,2010

The first baby I carved I ended up not liking so I 

drew and carved another baby image,

masked the other baby,  printed the Madonna, and then printed 

the new baby right over where the first baby was supposed to 

have been!

King of Hearts, carving

                                                    This is the Queen of Hearts' husband
                                                  

Queen of Hearts carving

 

Here is a carving that I did for a Valentines Day contest

that Quiet Fire Designs is sponsoring.

        http://quietfirestyle.blogspot.com/2011/02/queen-of-hearts-valentine-challenge.html