just completed this one

[stuckinthemud]

Hi everyone; this has been distracting me for a few weeks, all finished now, carved front and back from recycled mahogany. 

[Stubby]

Amazing !

[onetruth]

Lovely.

[Steve Bullman]

Nice work mate

[oldwoodcutter]

Impressive

[billpierce]

That's mint. What's other side like?

[stuckinthemud]

I carved down to relieve the stems from the flowers which were rounded over and then I hollowed out the leaves but all you could see in the photo was a dark brown mass of shadow, so I'm afraid I deleted it. The main function of all that work was to take the sides out of the viewers' lines of sight and make everything look lighter and more delicate from the front but it does look good if someone takes it down off the wall for a closer look.

[westphalian]

Aldi are doing those next week