Been Awhile, Taking it up a Notch

[Old Joe]

I haven’t been here in sometime, though I still scroll regularly, I don’t get online as often. I have been expanding into more hardwoods, though I will still cut an occasional portrait in Baltic Birch. This first one started from the Treehouse pattern by the incomparable Charles Hand, though I took a few liberties to make it unique. Instead of BB I used a 5/8” African Rosewood board and cut a large vertical oval with a recessed angle cut. I extended the tree, added the girl in the swing, added the foliage, carved the bark into whole tree, along with a couple of knotholes. Then I cut a piece of 1/4” BB to fit behind the recessed cut and I inlaid the boy with a kite, his dog, the two cats, butterfly, the hanging birdhouse, and the 4 birds over the treehouse. Hope you all like it! This one took a bit of time to do. I will add a couple of other recent projects on another post.
 Incidentally, other than the inlay work and the recessed cut, almost all of the rest of this was done with spiral blades and I used my Pegas saw. The carving was done mostly using a Foredom power carver, and some by hand.

Edited October 6, 2024 by Old Joe

[jerry walters]

WOW Joe, that is really nice.  You should enter that in some kind of contest.  That is a real winner.

Jerry

[sydknee]

Stunning.   

[Peter N White]

Some very fine cutting on an intricate pattern looks great.

[daveww1]

awesome job

[Scrappile]

That is a great piece.  Took a lot of thought, patience, and talent.  Job well done1

[rjweb]

Joe, that is beautiful piece, excellent cutting, RJ