Carvings

Knife handles

Here I show some carvings I make. I made a some pocket knife handles. From various materials but mostly boxwood. I use the blades from existing pocket knives. For example Opinel knives. A few are shown here. Most are inspired by Japanese subjects.

Escher sfere

I like the work of MC Escher very much. He once made a wooden sfere with 12 fish carved on it. In an interlocking pattern. This subject was repeated by Masatoshi in ivory. I had an old oak sfere lying around for over 30 years. The wood was very hard, it took a long time to complete. The eyes are beechwood and walnut pupils. The stand is applewood. The sfere is 21 cm in diameter.