Mastodawn

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- Sigrid -
Carved in fresh birch, she was supposed to be a blank for a bowl. So there was a hole drilled for the chuck (spelling?), in what later became her cheek. I had to glue in a piece there to sort of hide it. ;)
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Fall 2024
Un-treated
About 120mm high
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#carved #handcarved #sloyd #slöjd #greenwoodworking #handcrafted #sculpture #whittling

CBC Top Stories 2d ago

Journey of century-old chair carved by WW I Quebec prisoner ends at war museum
Very few archival items exist from Canada's First World War internment camps. But now, the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa is adding a hand-carved wooden chair to its collection thanks to a B.C. woman who got curious about its origins and reached out to CBC Montreal for help last year.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/canadian-war-museum-quebec-internment-camp-chair-9.7156731?cmp=rss

CBC Ottawa 2d ago

Journey of century-old chair carved by WW I Quebec prisoner ends at war museum
Very few archival items exist from Canada's First World War internment camps. But now, the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa is adding a hand-carved wooden chair to its collection thanks to a B.C. woman who got curious about its origins and reached out to CBC Montreal for help last year.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/canadian-war-museum-quebec-internment-camp-chair-9.7156731?cmp=rss

CBC Montreal 3d ago

Journey of century-old chair carved by WW I Quebec prisoner ends at war museum
Very few archival items exist from Canada's First World War internment camps. But now, the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa is adding a hand-carved wooden chair to its collection thanks to a B.C. woman who got curious about its origins and reached out to CBC Montreal for help last year.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/canadian-war-museum-quebec-internment-camp-chair-9.7156731?cmp=rss