Hi!

A number of my friends and family have asked to see my carvings or pictures of the carvings.  

To send the images by email is a pretty long winded procedure so I have attempted to produce this website so that anyone interested can log in and browse at their leisure.  I hope, if you are interested, that you enjoy reading the history and  looking at the images of the carvings I have created to date.

I also hope  that   I have done them  justice in displaying them on this  web site.  

I'm  Mike  Street  and  I really didn't know that I had any artistic  ability  until  I was  introduced  to  wood carving  by  my friend in  2008.

I have taken pencil to paper on occasions and done a reasonable copy of a   subject but I certain didn't pursue any ambitions in becoming a capable artist.

Mind you, there are artists in my family.  My Great Grandfather earned his living as an artist and signwriter, my Mother was an able painter in her youth and my Sister was fond of painting pictures of horses.  They all used both water colour and oil paints.

So the realization that I had some small ability in producing a recognizable image from a piece of wood with the aid of a few handtools came as a great surprize.

I only carve for my own pleasure and do not sell  the finished article although I could have sold several of them many times over.  

You are welcome to read the continuing story or click on Gallery to see carvings I have managed to produce since 2008.