Acanthus and the Sea

Artist: Henry Carter
Media Wood Carving, Wood type, Butternut

This piece is 43 inches in height and took almost a year to complete. It consists of 5 pieces of Butternut glued together to make a  48 inch square plank. A CNC router was used to cut the hole for the mirror. The outer edge was done with a jig saw. After lots of gluing, lots of tool sharpening, much banging with chisels and a mallet and plenty of patience I found this in the wood! The Acanthus Leaf style is a traditional European pattern, but I added the shell, which is not traditionally used with this type of pattern, because of where I live in Santa Cruz.

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