Saturday, January 7, 2012

Woodcarving

My son, Caleb, with his 2011 Santa ornament from Uncle Steven

In today's post I wanted to show off some wood carving done by my Dad and my brother.  They've been doing it for a while now and are getting pretty good. Every year my brother, Steve Cotton, carves my son a tree ornament for Christmas. Caleb has several now. The photo above is the latest. My dad, Glenn Cotton, carved the wooden cross pendants this year for us. I'm trying to decide what type of necklace cord I want on them. And the final item is a Santa wood cutter hauling home a Christmas tree. My brother carves a Santa of some sort for my mom every year and this is the one for this year. I keep trying to get my brother to open up an on-line shop for his carvings, but he's busy being the voice of the Thundering Herd for Marshall University.

Carved wooden cross pendants by my dad
Carved Santa the tree cutter by my brother Steven
detail of Santa the tree cutter
back of Santa the tree cutter

13 comments:

  1. The carving is.........(I hate to overuse the word) awesome. Yes, they should open and etsy shop..............

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  2. wOW, I love Santa the tree-cutter.
    It looks so detailed. And it must have been really hard to carve the spirals in the snake. They are very clever.

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  3. Oh - that is great -- I love these carvings.
    I saw some carvings here on Etsy that were very expensive. They are more special because they are just for you and not for sale!

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  4. So wonderfully done! Woodcarving is one of those arts I have always admired. :)

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  5. Oh, I thought the first one was a snake! With boggly eyes up on top of its head. Sorry.

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  6. What a beautiful legacy. Treasures forever.

    ♥♥♥
    Sue

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  7. Wow they are so talented! Beautiful ornaments. Blessings Niki xx

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  8. They absolutely must open a shop. Beautimus...♥

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  9. WOW! What a talent your brother has. They are fabulous! I have a collection of carved Santa's, but few are handmade (mostly store bought- manufactured to look like handmade). What a gift for you and your family. Let us know when they are available to purchase. :D blessings to you!

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  10. Valerie, he has some items for sale in the gift shop at the Huntington Museum of Art: http://www.hmoa.org/shopping/museum-shop/

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  11. Their work is really, truly, amazing! Wow!

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