Thanks for that Gill and nice title.
Those fell sticks are very nice Pixy I don’t think I have seen pyrography on sticks before and it works so well because it is somehow in harmony with the wood. My favourite is the badgers head, not just because it is so effective but also because badgers somehow symbolise the countryside.
There is so much I love about the dogs head (boxer?); what a breadth of talent and mastery of crafts! It certainly has a big ‘wow’ factor. I do have a slight reservation and that is in the choice of material. I know MDF is consistent and fairly easy to carve but the dust is nasty. Some people are allergic to some exotic woods and that is no joke but the stuff used in the glue of MDF (formaldehyde) is a threat to your health. Have you tried this sort of thing using a wood like lime or jelutong? They are as easy to carve I am sure the end result will look and feel more ‘alive’ and probably sell for more if that is your aim. To put that another way, your obvious skill would be perceived as more valuable when executed in wood. There are quite a lot of lime trees growing in this country, it might we worth getting in touch with your local tree surgeon, so he has you in mind next time he need to lop a big branch off a lime tree.
Thanks for showing us your work,
Jon.