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Jeff Uitto’s Driftwood Sculptures Workings

Jeff Uitto’s Driftwood Sculptures Workings

Carving, Featured
Driftwood Sculptures Workings. Jeff Uitto live near the coast of Washington State.  Jeff also makes all sorts of furniture and was commissioned to make driftwood installations in Alaska and Hawaii. Check Jeff Uitto’s site here. Woman Riding a Driftwood Horse - By Jeff Uitto On the Washington coast there’s a place where nature’s leftovers get a second chance at stardom. The place is Knock on Wood, and Jeffro Uitto is the artist making the magic happen. Jeff Uitto has sculpted horses, eagles and giraffes out of driftwood that are washed ashore from a forest up northwest. Since high school Jeffro has been creating with wood, his favorite medium. This stuff isn’t from a lumber mill either. Each piece is found and rescued from the shores of Tokeland, the banks of Smith Creek, or the v...
Top 5 Examples Of Tree Carving Art – June 2017

Top 5 Examples Of Tree Carving Art – June 2017

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Top 5 Examples Of Tree Carving Art - June 2017 Tree carving is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool, resulting in a wooden figure or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object. The making of Tree Carving Art has been extremely widely practiced, but survives much less well than the other main materials such as stone and bronze, as it is vulnerable to decay, insect damage, and fire. Wood is light and can take very fine detail so it is highly suitable for masks and other sculpture intended to be worn or carried. tree_carving_art_june_2017 Many of the most important sculptures of China and Japan in particular are in wood. Here are some of the most gorgeous examples of tree carving: More: https://www.instagram.com/thewoodworkingenthusiasts/