s c r a t c h e d

I found great pleasure last week in scratching vigorously into this wooden shoe form.  I see these all the time at garage sales, and when I got the notion to try a pseudo-scrimshaw project, it was something on-hand and interesting enough on its own to fit the bill.  I tinted it with leftover woodstain and I quite like its result.

These have a pheasant motif inspired by Scandinavian folk art and ribbons/banners on the underside....