Morning – This is the 2nd in my Walnut Navy Series. I call this piece The Chase. Each ship is done in a Walnut shell. The decking is basswood, sails are Maple, masts are Oak and the “ocean waves” is out of Cottonwood bark I harvested myself. Just to tease you, my next project will be a Pirate Cove with many ships at anchor. I hope you enjoy.
Thank you
Larry

Spire’s Reach is just 1 section of a series of Cottonwood Bark carvings I am doing. Once completed they will all be fitted together to form Stone Keep, a part of the Trembling Mountains Journey.
My idea for this is to create a “story”. I hope to do about 6 of these all with a common theme. You will be able to hang them on the wall or put them together for display on a mantel or coffee table. And yes, my Walnut Navy is part of the overall theme of Stone Keep.

Each of these carvings are done in Cottonwood Bark that I have harvested. I just follow the wood and I never know exactly what will appear. Every brick, every step of the staircase and every window frame is etched out with a V tool, sanded then I wood burn the edges to give it that ancient, weathered look.

Hope you enjoy

This is a fully function Clock Tower carved out of Cottonwood bark that I harvest myself. It took about a week of work getting it just right and I followed the contours of the bark. Each brick was initially carved and to add a 3rd dimension I used a minature V tool to make the bricks then I used my wood burning tool to trace over each brick. This gives it depth and realism. Once it was done I sealed the tower and inserted the clock.
Enjoy

Here is my completed Navy Nuts One
This is the first of a series of Walnut Ships. Each ship is made of Walnut shells, Maple Sails, Basswood planking and Mahognay Studs the rigging is attached to. Each piece of rigging is tied in a knot and glued to the stays. The base is made out of Cottonwood Tree Bark. From start to finish this display took me about 20 hours.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it.

BTW, This series I am calling Navy Nuts and each set will have a unique number such as Navy Nut One, Navy Nut Three, etc

There will be more to come.

I have started a series of Walnut carvings that I am calling Navy Nuts. Each set of 3 will feature a different type of masted sailing vessel.
The ships are made out of:
Base – Walnut Shells
Deck – Bassword with carved ridges representing deck ribbing
Sails – Maple formed to represent full sais
Masts – Sanded toothpicks

As you can see they are very small but detailed. I hope you enjoy them as much as I had making them