A found olivewood heart, with additional carving by me. 2-1/2 inches high, 1-3/4 inches thick.
I came across a plain honey-colored wooden heart in a "on sale" tub outside a beautique, and immediately knew what I wanted to do with it. The honeycomb pattern of holes go to a single chamber carved out through the holes. The wood is mostly two shades of color, a darker one (with some very dark veins) that is mostly on the front, and a lighter one that is mostly on the back, though it wraps around to the front on the right side (that's your right, looking at the front). Besides the holes, I carved some shallow spirals and such on the darker part, but just a few lines at the edge of the lighter/back part.
The left-hand picture was done by sitting the heart on my scanner with a fake-leather menu cover held up behind it on three corks for background. The right-hand picture was done by sitting the heart on my desk top and using the macro function of an Olympus C-730 Ultra Zoom digital camera; lighting is by my Luxo Lamp.
There was a time when I couldn't imagine it either. I worked up to it gradually. There's lots of stuff on DA that I can't imagine having the skill to do, but maybe I will find some of it.
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i was wondering what do you do with wood after the carving? do you cover it with some kind of wax or just leave it as it is?
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Yes, I did all the carving, including the honeycomb, except the basic shape.
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