This basswood Santa stands 12″ tall and is jealously guarding a tree he chose..

This basswood Santa stands 12″ tall and was carved feeding his ‘friends’

This Santa was carved from basswood standing on a Christmas box

I carved this Santa holding a Corgi that was modeled after my Corgi, ‘Max’

These are just a couple of carved ’pencil’ witches that I just finished as a part of a YouTube beginning wood carving series, the video is available here.

This carved Santa has a new beard design and is holding a Christmas bag with gifts

This Santa was carved from a white cedar post and because you can’t carve knots I made him stepping up on the knot..

This witch was carved from white cedar

I decided to broaden the carving style with this Santa that is holding a lantern: