Pear(s)

A Lora Irish pattern. I grabbed a piece of live edge wood for this one. It wasn't until I started in on it that I realized that it was birch, not basswood, though the package did say basswood. Birch isn't easy to carve, compared to basswood, so I didn't go too deeply into the wood. It does make for crisp edges, though. This is one of my earliest, made about 6 years ago. The dark streak is the grain, it's not a split. No finish. 12" X 9".