The Best Is Yet to Be

byROSI W:germany     owl form a tree trunk     owl of trunk

eule vogel der weißheit geschnitzt aus einenem baumstamm

Romanians use what is in reach. Wood in the forrest. Even the roof tiles are wooden

An abandoned house in the mountains of Romania, but so beautifully wood carved!

Door gorgons, Paris

Craftsman Giles Newman expresses a love for nature through the art of spoon carving

(via 50 Modern Front Door Designs)

The Wonderful Sculpture and Staircases of  Jop van Driel

My daily work is modelling with wood. When I make something I am aware of the resistance of the wood. The wood does not want to be or to be shaped like I have borne in mind how it should be. A tree wants to be a tree and not a staircase or a statue. Every day I am busy ‘taming’ the wood just like a horse (in its heart a horse doesn’t want to be tamed). When you have been working with a natural material as long as I’ve been doing it and recognize its unbelievable beauty, you just can’t help getting tremendously much awe for nature.

The few leisure hours I have I use to make free shape work. During my whole life I have been fascinated and busy shaping organic lines. But also life and its transitoriness. This branch is a result of ideas I have been working with in my mind for a long time. This is the first image which in some way approaches the creations of what I eventually like to make.

A Grand Staircase Can Be Wonderful!!

oh  bansidhe62 this is beautiful - thank you 

The entrance to the viking hall of Borre.  My instagram: voiceofnature My blog: www.naviana.blogg.no

Amazing woodcarved spoons by Giles Newman. He resides in northern Wales and makes individually designed and hand crafted green wood spoons carved using only traditional hand tools. Find his work on instagram and etsy. 

Cat Head Violin

Unidentified maker. Handmade violin with striped cat’s head at top of neck. Beautiful craftsmanship. Ex Mendelsohn Collection.    

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