All of these carved bone whales were hanging on the walls of my booth at the Farmers’s Market and were covered in a heavy layer of ash after the Christmas Day fire. The whales have been through an elaborate cleaning process, and while retaining a patina from the ash, smell only of Dawn dish soap […]

Trebel Clef. This is a recovered-from-the-fire bone piece mounted in a new frame. I originally found two of these little frames in the thrift shop and thought that I’d eventually carve two treble clef pieces. But since I’ve thrown out all my frames and bases that were smoke damaged, this is the original (restored) carving […]

Walking on Sunshine. This is the first antler sculpture from the market fire that I’ve finished restoring. While the dancer is now smoke-smell free, I started fresh with the base. I used a new(vintage) frame and finished it with a gold leaf border. Now it seems to be kicking up its heels in the sunshine […]

I’m still Standing. When I brought home my sculpture and jewelry from the market after the fire, I wasn’t feeling optimistic about salvaging any of it. But I’ve been trying different cleaning methods and I’ve had surprisingly good success in saving some of the pieces. The bone jewelry especially has come out great. As clean […]

Fucus. This is the first time I’ve carved seaweed. On a December walk on the beach, before the ice formed, I found myself taking closeup pictures of patterns in the sand and then seaweed. I decided to try carving it and had this piece started before the day was out. Because I designed it to […]

Small Details. My favourite part of carving mushrooms is adding the gill detail under the caps. You can only see it if you look closely, and it feels like it’s a little secret that only you know about. (And maybe the fairies and elves that live under the mushrooms.) Carved from caribou antler, these mushrooms […]