CARVINGS

I have been carving avocado pits. When the two halves of the pit stay together I am able to create something like the frog which I mounted on a rock. When the pit splits into two halves I carve items that can be made into jewellery. 

Frog carved from whole avocado pit
Sold at Reflections of Nature 2018

Owl carved from 1/2 avocado pit

Bird Skull carved from 1/2 avocado pit
Painted with acylic paints

I had so much fun in the winter of 2018 taking a class from Paul Perron learning how to carve whimsical houses from cottonwood bark. 

I took a carving class from Harvey Welch in the winter of 2016. It was great and I came away with a new talent and a life size carving of a chickadee - carved from a wood called tupelo.

This piece was given to my father for his 85th birthday. 
I am working on chickadee #2 - and have lots of ideas for projects after that.