Heart once again

And here we go again - ''Home is where the Heart is'', this time done in a 15.5 inches large piece of bark and also finished with red cherry gel stain:

Large cottonwood bark houses finished with gel stain

Three large carvings done in cottonwood bark finished on some parts with red cherry gel stain. I like how this adds distinction without losing the grain patterns underneath.

The first piece is named "The Archives'' and the stain is on both parts of the roof. It is 17 inches tall carving:

The second one is named ''Lighthouse of the Rocky Island'' and is 18.5 inches tall:

A little keychain hanger carved in Catalpa wood

A small ''ball in the cage'' keychain hanger, Catalpa wood finished with Danish oil:

Irminsul jewellery holder

9.5 inches tall Irminsul carving that is to be used as a jewellery holder, it was a custom order done at the end of last year. The piece is carved out of catalpa wood and has the same design on front and back, the small pieces used as hangers are also from catalpa wood:

Another game based relief carving - Samorost 3

The second relief carving done in butternut wood is the ''final battle scene'' from the game Samorost 3. It was done as a gift for my son's 3rd birthday, he really likes the ''robot fighting bubaba'' as he calls it. I decided not to paint this carving, it has some nice grain:

Relief carving - Darkest Dungeon scene

My first proper relief carving done as a celebration of me finishing the game Darkest Dungeon :)

It is a scene of my favourite party combination for regular run - Hellion, Highwayman, Houndmaster and Vestal. The piece is done in 15x8 inches butternut wood board and it is finished with Danish oil and oil paints, which is also something I have done the very first time.

The carving is not for sale, I am keeping this one! Here are some more photos of the relief:

And few picture of the work in progress:

Old Little Lighthouse

Well this 16'' piece is literally ''Old Little Lighthouse'' because it is carved back in 2015!

I had it installed on a frame with a water colour painting in the background and it looked pretty neat, the problem is I was never able to bring it anywhere to display as it was so different from my other carvings and I just didn't have room for it. So eventually I decided to take the lighthouse off the frame and I named it as mentioned in the title. I will either have it for sale in my Etsy shop soon or I will bring it to some show in the spring.