The Old Man in the Wood

I am happy to see you do this, Martyn. He deserves to be framed and displayed this way. The ebony accents the Yew beautifully and he is an exquisite piece of art.

Great choice! Sheila

-- Contributing Editor, Creative Woodworks and Crafts, Sheila Landry Designs http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com "Knowledge is Power"

Thank you for the words.
I think you did the right thing, he will look at you in the future, and tell you many storys.
Beautiful job you did, I’m sure you will be happy.
Also it will be interesting to tell kids and friends, a story of the old man in the tree that finally shows his face.
Best thoughts from my heart,
Mads

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.

This morning, my son (3 1/2) sat in his high chair for about ten minutes and contemplated that man in the wood. We believe he has a pig nose and was trapped in the wood. Also, Elijah is certain he saw him move his nose.

-- I came, I was conquered, I was born again. ἵνα ὦσιν ἓν

Good fun, I love it.
What a beautiful piece of wood. Yew nailed it.

A while ago, LJ GaryK posted a bookmatch veneer with another face.
http://lumberjocks.com/GaryK/blog/4796

Steve

-- -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Scary!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

It is as if the wood is speaking to you. Cool!

-- If you don't work, you don't eat!.....Garland, TX

That’s really neat. I see the popularized depiction of Nero in this. Ironic, as he had that prediliction for setting fires which is the enemy of wood…. you have trapped him for all eternity.

I love this type of behavior we humans share – it’s called pareidolia. It’s a an evolved trait which enables us to quickly pick out the faces of creatures/enemies that would eat/kill us if we weren’t quick enough running away basically. :-)

You can read all about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia

I can easily pick out a face in each horizontal surface of my bar that I made: http://lumberjocks.com/projects/25926

Too cool Martyn – that deserves to be framed and displayed!

-bob

-- Man is a tool-using Animal. Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. - Thomas Carlyle http://www.ffrf.org

I also see the pig’s nose in the photo. Maybe is is a picture of “Old Pig Woman with a Lizard in her hair”. Whatever anyone visualizes it to be, it is a rare piece and needs to be framed and on the wall.

-- Every step of any project should be considered your masterpiece if you want the finished product to reflect the quality of your work. http://www.FineArtBoxes.com

sure looks like a tinted mirror to me

it’s good you framed it

pareidolia
now that’s a new one

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

I always wondered what the ol’man of the woods looked like :-) Nice project.

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

Sometimes ya just can’t improve on what mother nature hands us. Just frame it and enjoy it. Nice decision Martyn.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt!

Are we looking at them or are they looking at us?

Maybe one of us should start a forum thread where everyone can submit their “creatures”, a sort of “LJ’s Twilight Zone” gallery.

-- Paul M ..............If God wanted us to have fiberglass boats he would have given us fiberglass trees. http://prmdesigns.com/

I think Mafe’s idea was a good one and you executed it perfectly. Watching your projects and blogs I’ve noticed you seem to have an abundance of Ebony aviailable for use. Lucky you. It’s almost as valuable as gold it seems.

-- Randy, Oakdale, Ca.

Nice project….until the dern thing starts moving at night on ya. I see other creatures in there as well.