Wood Spirit carving on folding pruning saw. OOAK ARTifact.

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This Wood Spirit carving is on the handle of a folding pruning saw. The saw has been varnished for display, but is fully functional. The last two photos show other ARTifacts up for auction. Use "Buy it now" and get name or intials woodburned onto the item. Be sure to message with the wording and location for the woodburning. This item is by Rex “Twigmeister” Mitchell, a self taughtwood carver living in Oregon. He willcarve a wood spirit on most any wooden object he can get his hands on. He carves Wood Spirits onto house hold implements andtools and calls them ARTifacts. He also carves walking or hiking sticks fromlocally harvested wood. Besides woodspirits he carves old people, sasquatch, bears, horses, wizards, and just aboutanything that you might imagine. Be sure to look at my other items! If you don’t see something you like here thencontact the artist at , or twigmeister on Facebook. You can get what you want and have customwork done. Wood Spirits were born out of the phrase “Knock onwood”. Hundreds of years ago the forestswere dark and forbidding places, travelers would knock on a large tree beforegoing into the woods to ask for guidance and protection from the spirit livingin the tree. Local artisans would carvea small wood spirit to hang in the home near the entry so that those travelingaway from home would have the protection read more

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