Folkcraft
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Norsk-style Birch Shrink Boxes. Green Alaskan birch is hollowed out, then a dry base plate is fitted to interior bottom and the cylinder is allowed to shrink onto the plate to hold in place. After complete drying, the lid is fitted to the top. Alaskan aspen and birch and moose hide; 3" Dia x 4" h; 10/2007. |
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Octagonal Lid with Carved Birch Leaf on a Norsk-style Birch Shrink Box. Green Alaskan birch is hollowed out, then a dry base plate is fitted to interior bottom and the cylinder is allowed to shrink onto the plate to hold in place. After complete drying, the lid is fitted to the top. Alaskan aspen and birch; 3" Dia x 4" h; 10/2007. |
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Alpine flowers carved from single blocks. Traditional throughout the Alps in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy. Black and white spruce and aspen, 11" l x 2" dia, 1991.
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Little "Berggeist" or Mountain Spirit after Swiss Valais figures. Black spruce, 9" h x 1" dia, 1991.
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Board with chip-carved rosettes. Aspen, 12" l x 5" w x 1" d, 1992.
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Scandinavian fanbird carved and split from one block. Aspen, 6" l x 5" w x 6" d, 1994.
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Philip Marshall in his studio carving a lastukassi or Finnish shaving tree in the manner developed by Kauko Rossi of Suonenjoki, Finland. It will be all one piece when finished. Aspen, 25 cm, 2005.
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Flat-plane owl after Japanese Hokkaido artist. Alder, 7" h x 1.5" w x 1.5" d, 1993.
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PS Marshall holding a Russo-Scandinavian fan carving created from one block (excluding the base). This is a folkcraft practiced throughout northern Europe. Spruce, 8" h x 7" w x 3" d, 1995.
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Two-piece black raven fan carving in Scandinavian style. Aspen, 8" l x 6" w x 5" h, 2004.
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Scandinavian flat-figure carving after Harley Refsal. Basswood, 8" h x 3" w x 2" d, 1997.
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