July 06, 2009

The wizard's staff is complete...

On June 14th I posted an entry about the process of creating a wizard's staff from scratch using a pine tree from near here... This is the completed piece. I decided to use a design with three faces on it that I liked. The carving itself is about eighteen inches in length, with the entire staff being just under six feet in height. It took a bit longer than I would have liked but I think the result was worth the wait...








The design for the wizard's staff was inspired in part on a carving I saw on a rolling pin, and by this work that I completed earlier in the year. This is a 12 inch basswood carving..

7 comments:

Pelmo said...

Very nice, like some of the stuff they have here in Lithuania. They do a lot of carving using pine trees.

John Pender said...

Trifecta. Nice! Should get some good coin for that one.

Junebug said...

You need to put some of your carvings on ebay.
This piece is truly beautiful!

Real Live Lesbian said...

THAT is amazing! I love it!

Just me... said...

Absolutely gorgeous!! I swear, on my next trip through, I'm stopping and seeing these in person!! :):)

wendysito said...

... how come all the faces look like you?..

heh

Eve said...

Very cool.