I've always loved the old carvings and sculptures of the "Green Men", or old forest gods that adorn many places in Europe.
Silvanus was my first attempt at one such work and having finally got the time and the nerve to attempt a similar piece, I'm attacking a large chunk of forest redgum which I sliced out of a stump nearly two years ago.
As it turns out, the finished product is more Greek in appearance than Norse. But for the beard ring he wouldn't look out of place in a line up between Homer and Herodotus. I was determined to do this one in a tool finish; partly as an exercise in better chisel management, but mainly due to my monumental hatred of sanding. I blame "Patience" for this.
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