Authentic wooden carvings by Alexandr Davydenko – The Artsology Weblog

Take a look at these whimsical and but wonderful wooden face carvings that I purchased a couple of months in the past and added to my artwork assortment. They’re the work of Alexandr Davydenko, and there’s a bit of story behind the place I purchased them … scroll down for extra.

wood carvings by Alexandr Davydenko — Two wooden carvings by Alexandr Davydenko.

I used to be in New Mexico final fall, and made the drive from Santa Fe as much as Taos on the Excessive Street to Taos. I continued on west of Taos to see the wonderful Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, a metal deck arch bridge that crosses the Rio Grande Gorge. The bridge spans roughly 600 ft above the Rio Grande, making it the tenth highest bridge in america.

Rio Grande Gorge Bridge near Taos, NM — View of the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, west of Taos, New Mexico.

I pulled into the car parking zone on the west aspect of the bridge, and realized I used to be fairly hungry, and there have been a handful of distributors arrange within the car parking zone, able to are likely to guests like me. I ordered a hamburger from a lady with a grill, after which proceeded to take a look at among the different distributors’ tables, and occurred upon the desk of carvings by Mr. Davydenko – and what a sight it was! I don’t recall ever seeing something fairly like these, all hand-carved out of items of wooden, all of which retain some parts of the unique piece of wooden, however then with fantastical faces and expressions carved into them. They ranged in measurement from only a couple inches tall as much as 12-15 inches, and I made a decision immediately that I needed to go residence with a pair of them. The 2 I’ve vary from 5-7 inches tall, and are signed (by way of a carved title) and dated on the again.

Alexandr Davydenko wood carvings — Wooden carvings by Alexandr Davydenko, seen on the Rio Grande Gordge Bridge west of Taos, NM.

Sadly, plainly Mr. Davydenko doesn’t have an internet site or Instagram account. His enterprise card gave me his title and a house base of Los Alamos listed on the cardboard, so sadly there appears to be nothing additional than this put up for me to higher promote him and his artwork – I suppose you simply must go to the Rio Grande Gorge if you wish to purchase his artwork for your self. If anybody on the market is aware of of a web based presence for his artwork, let me know within the feedback part beneath and I’ll gladly hyperlink to it and encourage individuals to take a look at extra of his wonderful wooden carvings.