Woodcarving has been a hobby of mine since discovering that I could do it a number of years ago.  It is one of the rare things that came naturally to me; most of my other hobbies have taken years of work to get to any decent level of skill.  Most of my carvings end up as gifts for friends or family, although I am thinking more and more about making some to sell.

 
This is the first carving I made, and I titled it "Abstract."  It has a loose ball on the bottom corner, and a suspended ball in a cage, held by an arm of wood on the side.  I was very fortunate to find this piece of driftwood when I started, as it was very easy to carve and has a wonderful color and texture.  This piece is fragile, and has gotten dropped and so has a few parts which have been glued back together.

 
This one is titled "On the Verge of Something," because as I was carving it I kept feeling that it was going to become something else…yet it never quite got there.

"Twist" is the title I gave to this piece.  There is a loose ball contained at the top.