This composition of a wild boar against a forest background is carved into the moose antler. The feeling of the animal's movement is the focus. The trees and the roots are carefully worked at.
Different tinges of brown make the animal and the background stand out, this effect is achieved by colouring and burning.
Have you ever had this feeling, this fleeting sensation when wandering in the woods all alone in fragile autumn silence, or when darkness is gradually falling down and sounds dying away….that now you look up to see in front of you a pair of eyes looking intently right at you, ears alert, the front paw trembling expectantly raised in the air…and the same suddenly the grey image is fading away, blending and merging with the landscape.
This carving is devoted to this grey beholder of the forest, the Wolf.
Было ли у вас когда-нибудь такое чувство, такое мимолетное ощущение, когда вы бродите в одиночестве по лесу, в хрупкой осенней тишине, или когда постепенно сгущается тьма, и звуки замирают - вы поднимаете глаза и видите перед собой пару глаз, пристально смотрящих прямо на вас, уши настороже, передняя лапа, дрожа, выжидательно поднята. И так же внезапно этот серый образ расплывается, сливаясь с пейзажем.
The composition is not complex, however, it represents a scene treated by many men of word and fine arts - a howling wolf. Here relief carving is applied and the background - of a tree and a night sky with a bright moon standing high behind the tree branches - is made with the help of toning.
