These are pieces of art. I have created over the years. The shields were created for my son as he grew thru different stage
the two crows have gone to my sister, the black one is cartoonish. the other has a big burn scar in the wood. that intrigued me. It represents a sister. who passed from cancer.
The carousel half size is a pegacorn. that is a rocker. It is made to resemble a full size Pegacorn that is on the carousel now "Magic". The carousel half size represents about 356 hrs of hand work, no power tools were used to create it.
I do hope you enjoy these, i loved making them. and. my heart is in them
ART, I have created most of my art projects just from conversations, with family and friends. Most artist will tell you they are at their creative best, when they are in love, or have been crushed by love. I find that to be true in my case
The carousel half scale rocking horse came from just such a set of circumstances, don"t ask because I won't give you any of the details. But the horse was started at one of the lowest moments in my life. It is at the Salem Oregons Carousel. I started it on Nov 15, 2018 , it gave me desperately needed focus and a place to push my thoughts at a very dark time.
It was a completely new learning curve for me as I had never tried to carve anything using hand chisels only. As I began to work thru all of the decisions of literally every chisel cut. I really felt Gods hands guiding mine, What ever talents I possess They are God given gifts, and I know they are His gifts for me to use to bless others and His name.
I have right at 356 hand hours in the Half scale pegacorn which is a duplicate of an actual pegacorn named "Magic" that is on the carousel today. As soon as we can get back into the carousel, and I can finish mounting him on his rockers, He will be ready for auction with the proceeds going back to the non-profit carousel.
I have enough pictures of this creation that I will produce a book tentatively titled "My Horse for the Wilderness" which comes from II Kings 3:8 " He said, which way shall we go up? "The way through the wilderness"
This horse was my way thru the wilderness. I hope it will be an inspiring book
The little horse is carved from oak, and sets in a sign I am creating. It is about 4" by 5" will have a rider on it by next week.
