Eric is one of those chaps you meet who’s always so keen to help, packing bags, carrying groceries, helping little old women of the wood across the stream.
Regrettably his slightly maniacal smile does lend him something of a worrying air and often the poor soul to whom he has offered his services will see all manner of horrors behind his off-centred eyes and run screaming and wailing in the opposite direction … often dropping their belongings behind them.
Being a helpful soul Eric is inclined to pick these items up and attempt to return them which invariably ends up in a cat and mouse chase through the enchanted glen and which has seen the hero of our piece on the wrong side of a cell door on more than one occasion … poor mis-understood Eric and his peculiar ways.
This is the second carving I’ve completed from the stock I acquired whilst on holiday up North of Ullapool in the highlands and is the largest carving I’ve completed to date, standing at approx 8.5″ tall. The wood is Elm and was probably a little less green than I might have liked … although at least the blisters appear to be healing up and my finger tips are becoming increasingly leathery!
Anyway, without further ado, here Eric in all his glory:
Tags: abstract, art, carved, carving, craft, gift, handmade, ornament, sculpture, whittle, whittling, wood, wooden
this is soooooooo cool you are very clever,. thank you for sharing., love Glenda
Thanks Glenda! If your interested I’ll be uploading my latest carving in another few days (hopefully) along witha few other bits and bobs I’ve been working on :)
How cool is Eric! I love him.
You and your wife are so talented!
(I’m Wendy – visiting from Swap-Bot)
Thanks Wendy, Jo’s the talented and motivated one … she crafts while I idle, it’s my guilt at being idle that drives me on lol!