MAPLE SORROW

This sculpture took me very long time to complete. Initially it was a huge very rotten piece of maple wood in my friend's fire pile.
I saw some potentials. I took it home, pressure washed it, and started to carve it. The process took me a very long time. I tried to put in this piece a lot of different ideas, forms, space perceptions and visual effects. Different textures and colors gave this piece a certain mood.
Making this piece carried me through a
very difficult personal time.

Initial. When I got it to my backyard	Bark is peeling out with pressure washer	Cleaning iside out
Trying to establish space inside	Got it in the shop	Still a lot of stuff to remove
Start carving Getting some ideas
	Back view	Trying to preserve bark and defining the edge
Carving Making dynamic forms		Trying to separate upper level and show the burl
	Shavings
This position looks intresting
Exciting View from above
Details are very impotant		Drying
Still a lot of carving to do		Light inside
Excruciating sanding