Each music stand is specifically designed for my customers.
Vino box
The lid with a carving of Burrard bridge in Vancouver; trees reflected on a lake on the front side of the box.
Ferns meet Cedro
The west coast ferns reach their
way to meet the chest’s top, where a young Colombian cedro tree is growing, even dancing, towards them.
Bambu
Bamboo box with bamboo carvings on four sides
Acacia waves
This piece was made of dozens of small pieces of an old acacia tree originally destined for firewood.
Examples of artistic wood commissions:
Planeten
Combined wood and tile work. In honor of Arthur Clark’s death.
Ty Bach Twt
Nameplate made to name a wonderful studio.
The Welsh dragon sticks out wonderfully on the specially treated douglas fir with an elegant but simple wenge framing.
Memorium
Table top carving based on a picture of the farm my customer grew up in.
Grandfather tree
Inspired by the sheer size of some ancient trees in BC
Skyline
Intarsia made of local woods depicting one of the stunning view in Vancouver
Lions Bay View
A stylization of the stunning view my customer’s house. Note how the figure of the cedar reflect the ocean and the clouds in the sky.
The geometric shape of the mountains was designed to go with the shape of the roof where the piece will be mounted. None of the woods are stained, all are natural colours!
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Snow monkey
Ever seen a Japanese Snow monkey in a hot spring? Seems like they have figured out how to meditate. This sculpture was commissioned to inspire us to seek the profoundness and tranquility we so need in our modern world.
Designed with an asian style in mind, this fine box was a gift for the customer’s friends.
Special boxes
“Together through the dessert” was made as a gift for the wedding of this beautiful couple. The image to the right shows the lid’s reverse side.
Wedding Gift
Box crafted to hold the wedding gift
Mail boxes
Music Stands
Skylight forest
Here we were invited to explore a rare opportunity to create art for a skylight tunnel. This piece links the interior with the exterior of the house. The trees are made of some of the most common trees/woods in the province like cedar, maple, firs, pine, arbutus, oaks and others.
OneTree
A versatile, stately piece; a table (with glass added), a room divider, a door, or simply art. Shaped and carved to highlight its elemental beauty and biography.
The piece measures 40x86x2 inches. Examples of its possible functionality are shown below.
Description of the piece by G.F.:
“The piece represents the symmetry between nature and the human form in decay and the inevitability of death. But it also speaks on a spiritual level, to the possibility that existence, in different forms, is infinite. However you see it, artist Arnim Rodeck has captured the imagination of those privileged to see his work”
Artistic cutting boards
Not a single piece of wood is distracted in our workshop. We honor each piece even making the from all kind of interesting cutting boards to the smallest coasters.
Decomposing Wood marvels
Who said rotten wood is not worth working with? Sure very difficult and rewarding though.
Pieces I crafted to hang on the wall (or pieces to live as part of a cabinet door, table etc)
PhoCarving
What about taking the best of two worlds. The beauty of artistic photography and combining it with some carving and insert work? Frames to hang on the wall.
Carved feathers
Autumn carved leaves
Trouboisdoor
Life is full of Mystery. It is inspiring to not know, to not understand at first glance. The dynamic complexity of this abstract work, like a poem, invites us to wonder, to muse and to be stirred by its enigmatic message.
Jewelry trees
wall art (or an extended version as a room divider?)
wall art
wall art
Glowing Branches
Design and glass provided by friend and collaborator Bill Jamieson. ShamaWood’s work consisted in adding the carved and fine finished wood on both sides of the casted glass panel.
The wood is added contrast and a lovely 3D effect.
Carved stumps
These set of stumps have been carved to add to and already majestic entrance. Fir, Pine, Gary Oak, and Balsam. The holes are not worm eaten but carved to look like it was an old rotten piece.
Carved leaves
As part of bigger commissions I have crafted a set of leaves that even made it into the Lee Valley catalog cover in the Fall of 2018.