FOUNDWOOD CARVINGS: August 2008

Sunday, August 24, 2008

SANTA'S 2 through 46

The 2008 Santa Ornament is inspired by the words fromThe Night Before Christmas which reads,

"A stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth…"

Each hand carved Santa Ornament is carved with traditional woodcarving tools. Santa is always portrayed with a pipe of various styles and no two ornaments are exactly alike. The back of each Santa has a winter night time motif, and they are varied. The ornaments are approximately 3 ½ “ x 6” and hand painted. They are an original work of art by woodcarver Millard Harrell.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

NEW 2008 SANTA'S

2008 Santa's

2008 Santa
#2 Front & Back

2008 Santa
#3 Front & Back

2008 Santa
#4 Front & Back

2008 Santa
#5 Front & Back

2008 Santa
#6

Front & Back

2008 Santa
#7 Front & Back

2008 Santa
#8 Front & Back

2008 Santa
#9 Front & Back

2008 Santa
#10 Front & Back

2008 Santa
#11 Front & Back

This is the situation that produced this carving (#11). Here we have Santa with a panic stricken look on his face just after one of the elves said, "Hey Santa, yer ball is afire!" Santa was careless with his pipe and caught the ball at the end of his hat on fire. Don't worry, children, Santa shucked that hat off in no time and Dancer and Prancer stomped the fire out in the snow! That's the story behind this special edition in the Stump of a Pipe Series.