the bird box experiment

[DJole]

Here's the side of what I call the Bird Box.

It's my first experiment in matte backgrounding, dyed black with a lot of care and a SHARP paintbrush.

The birds are an original design, in a vaguely Celtoid sensibility.

The spirals showed me that a smaller beveler would be useful--I seem to want to work in miniature rather than make big pieces.

Here's the top of the box:

It's an Anglo-Saxon bird.

I like the contrast of the yellowish British Tan background with this antiqued Natural dye. The relief on this carving just begs me to run my finger over it.