#wood carving

[desimonewayland]

Hands of Saint Ginés de la Jara (detail), about 1692, Luisa Roldán. Polychromed wood (pine and cedar) with glass eyes

Getty Museum

[ink-the-artist]

look at my spoons boy

[newguineatribalart]

Aboriginal Sculpture of a Camp Dog angel carved in Aurukun

[letmeinimafairy]

Two archways in the fog, wood, resin, sand and dry grass. Both available as pendants

[nemfrog]

p. 17. Supplementary catalogue of wood carvings, mouldings, rosettes, newel posts, balusters, twist work, capitals, columns, etc. n.d.

Internet Archive

[umabloomer]

19th century Purim pastry stamps from Odessa, Ukraine. Pisces and Fish symbols are associated with the Jewish calendar month of Adar in which Purim occurs.

The Jewish Museum, New York City

[heartnosekid]

phoenixcreationstas on ig

[itscolossal]

Sthenjwa Luthuli Evokes Ancient African Traditions and Spirit Worlds in Meticulously Carved Paintings

[godsofyfirheim]

"Where did you get that?"

"The Grey Warden. Bethany said if you ask him real nice-like he'll make you whatever you want. She got a horse."

[deer-knight]

black walnut, carved by hand [image description: a photo of a white person's hand holding a hand-carved wooden spoon against a white background. the spoon is dark brown colored black walnut, and the handle is wavy with the end carved to look like a leaf. end image description.]

[ottervortex]

A carved stump I saw a bit ago

[newguineatribalart]

Aboriginal Sculpture of a Camp Dog carved in Aurukun

[letmeinimafairy]

Shipwreck in a cove, experimenting with shells and carving. Resin, wood, sand and shell

[teeter-beetle]

Arborglyphs, the Art of Carving Stiff Bark

The handiwork of historic herders can be found all around the aspen groves of Upper Gambol. Naturally, snail herders had an abundance of time on their hands while their slow-moving flocks grazed. One popular pastime was carving glyphs into aspen trees. Arborglyphs could be used as territorial boundaries, path markers, or merely creative expressions.

Popular designs include frogs and snail shells, including creative combinations like Snail Shell + Bird (the two creatures herders are most concerned with), Snail Shell + Mushroom For more, visit frogiverse.com