Kindred Love - Abstract Form 30cm Awards The tip of the bill

The tip of the bill is exceptionally flexible and sensitive to catch its unsuspecting pray of worms

Bog oak 28cm

The bittern is a rare and secretive bird

The base is carved from the roots of the yew tree

yew and pine -all of it almost five millennia old -they handcraft elegant shapes and dramatic forms

Kindred Love - Abstract Form 30cm Awards The tip of the billSpirals are in the grains of wood we carve. The loose spiral forms in this collection are synonomous with the celtic tradition, are very pleasing to work into the wood. We see them in the physical forces which shape the Earth the tides of the ocean, the winds in the atmosphere and within life itself. This piece represents the energy of the waves in the loose spiral shape and form and tries to capture the energy of the wave in motion.