I cut it out avoiding some cracks in the newly acquired hard wild cherry wood. One of my aims is to create pieces that can be enjoyed from a few angles. I will create a few interesting facial expressions that will make you wonder which side to place it in front of.

The beech tree's soft, young leaves, still covered in down, sought the light that filtered through the gaps between the upper leaves.

Taking photographs from a different perspective gave me new realization into beech trees and made me appreciate them once again.

Pleasant sounds. The wood of the wild cherry tree is hard, and the size of the wood and the design I want to create, there is only a limited area that can be struck with chisels. When I carve a piece like this, I feel like I'm setting out on the open sea in a small boat.

The flowers of the heloniopsis orientalis bloom in different colors depending on the individual plant, the altitude, and the environment in which it lives. I felt her determination as she stretched her stem out from among the leaves.

When I arrived at the habitat of the golden orchids, I was disappointed to see that most of the flowers were still in bud and only a few petals had opened. However, when I developed the photo, I was surprised to see that even just the undulating leaves had a bewitching beauty.

I have only progressed a little bit so far, but I am fascinated by the unique colors and depth created by the wild cherry wood catching light and shadow.

When I saw the trees decorating this huge rock, they, which should always be the main characters for me, became supporting characters.

The trees that live near the water looked down on the aquatic plants that still retained last year's color, letting them know that spring had arrived.

The slightest lapse of attention will cause the gears to gradually fall out of alignment and eventually have a major impact on the whole project. The material is wood, so if I carve too much I can't take it back. That is why I am always very careful and meticulous in my work.

He is always disliked by people. Of course, I don't like him either. However, when I took a picture of him and enlarged it, I was surprised at the beauty of his eye. Although it was boldly cropped, I was also surprised at the depiction power of my macro lens I always use.

In the forest, I came face to face with the eight tiny little eyes of the beautifully colored spider. I'm afraid of spiders. When they come to play in my room, I try hard to let them go. However, recently I was surprised to learn that spiders have as many as six to eight eyes.

It's getting interesting to compare the already carved parts with the parts that haven't been carved yet. To create a rounded shape from a rectangular prism, I need to carve deeper and deeper toward the bottom than I expected.

In the forest on a rainy day, we can see the trees come alive in a different way to the way they do on a sunny day.

After the rainfall, a thick mist covered the entire forest, and the trees frolicked quietly.

I wonder what the advantages are of using hard wood for carving. Hard wood means it takes longer and requires more patience to carve. However, I realized that because it takes a long time, I can spend more time interacting with the wood and the design I am trying to create.

Watching him from the side as he slithered up the beech tree trunk, it looked as if he was doing push-ups with a smile on his face.

They are pure white and appear in unexpected places. They are a saprophytic plant, so they look more like mushrooms than flowers.

There are many elements that make up a single undulation, and how I make them move backwards and forwards, left and right, determines the intention of the undulation. How I make each of them move determines how dynamic the work as a whole will be.

Although the amount of snow that remained was small, it stood out beautifully in the forest and provided water to the trees and plants.