Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Chainsaw Carving

One of the main reasons we came up with Twin Bridges Nature Park, or whatever it may end up being, is D.Burnett's artwork. He's always been artistic; we have several paintings around the house that he did in his childhood; but he pursued physical work like roofing and tree repair in his younger days, he even called himself the Tree Doctor at one point. I guess it was spending so much time working with trees and stump grinding in the Washington area that inspired him to start chainsaw carving. After living out of state for several years, some things in the house needed to be fixed before you could even live in it, the pipelines had all burst in the cold and several appliances were not working properly, including the water softener. Then we had to investigate some cracking along the walls and that opened the can of worms that is our foundation. After deciding to update and renovate basically the entire house, we realized the whole place is made of wood and bada-bing! We put two and two together, D.Burnett's artistic skill and construction skills, and we came up with the idea for a completely custom home, with beautiful views and green and organic living and every leisure-activity you can think of.

We envision D.Burnett carvings being a part of the house, on the deck, on the cabinetry, on the walls, etc.; but we haven't gotten that far yet. So for now, I wanted to show you some of the work he's done recently. Unfortunately, we don't have pictures of a lot of his older work (They were lost in one of our many computer crashes...), but he's done some really beautiful custom work in a family's yard, and we've got a few brand new pieces he just completed that I would love for you to see.
He also did the antler carving on the wall.

We're calling this "Dress Up". I asked him what his inspiration was for the Native woman and he said, "I just didn't want to carve a dude."

The base of the carving has inlaid turquoise and carved feathers.


 This bear has a hole in the back that we didn't get very great pictures of, but here's a look at the process!

There is turquoise on the bottom of the bear and the base is redwood.
The bear to the right is holding a fish.
There is a paw carved underneath the bust of the bear.







 This mirror was a gift for my mom back in 2005, but it had broken and had been sitting in the dump pile for 8 years. D.Burnett finally fixed it and this is the new design he came up with. The original mirror is on the right.

2 comments:

  1. I am lucky enough to have some of your dad's artwork. He is a wonderful artist and his work is very distinct. Nice blog.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks, Bonnie! We're all his biggest fans, so I'm glad to hear you're one, too! Thanks for checking us out! We're planning on adding a lot of topics within the month, like winemaking, cooking, and chickens, so I hope you come back soon. :)

      Delete