No, this isnt an April fool stunt. Before covid I did a lot of woodcarving and have let the practice slip. As I carved relatively large pieces, members of the group I worked with, who specialised in love spoons and other detailed carvings brough…  | graham mcquade April 1 | No, this isnt an April fool stunt. Before covid I did a lot of woodcarving and have let the practice slip. As I carved relatively large pieces, members of the group I worked with, who specialised in love spoons and other detailed carvings brought me felled tree trunks as feedstock for my work. So I have an outbuilding with quite a lot of large tree trunks in it and they are deteriorating. So I decided to resume my carving. I started with an old cherry tree - one of my own - that had succumbed to honey fungus. I had the notion of creating a hand with fingers opening much in the way of a boabab tree. Unfortunately I didnt have enough wood to splay the fingers and had to compromise. There is an option to add wood to the work to achieve your ends but joints get tested in the open wet environment - a fact that I have learnt to my cost in the past. So here is the latest piece, now guarding my pond, like an arm reaching out skywards trying to stop the rain. Who knows? Now that summer is here it will soon be joined by other pieces I have made over the years Always work for sale on my recently updated website: grahammcquadefineart.com | | | |  | You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. | | | | |
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