Bog Oak Celtic Prophet No. 3

Celtic Prophets No.3

This face was found deep within a piece of ancient Irish bog oak — not carved onto the surface, but revealed from within. The wood itself holds and frames it, ancient arms of bog oak reaching up around the face like hands cradling something precious.

I work prophetically with the wood — praying before I start and waiting to see what's already there. I don't decide what's in the wood. I look until I see it — and then I open the door.

This face was waiting inside the wood long before I found it.

Hand carved and wax finished by hand in Co. Tipperary, Ireland.

Details:

— Ancient Irish bog oak, estimated 3,000–5,000 years old

— Hand carved and wax finished

— 11 inches / 28cm tall

— Numbered No.3 on the base