"Imagine" 11 x 24 woodcut 2010

I love this image. It is still hard to believe that I carved all of this out of wood. First, I free-handed the design onto the surface of the 2" thick board. Then I scored the outlines and began to carve out the wood between them. After a few hours I was grateful for my husband's idea of attaching a small router to the shop vac to speed up the process. Of course I still had to use hand tools to get the sharp points of my design. All total it took me a full day and a half to complete. I could not be happier with the way that it turned out. If I ever did another wood carving I would surely do it the same way.