Little Turtle Sculpture

We have little turtles like this one who wander into our yard from time to time from a swamp area out back, sometimes to lay eggs. They are awfully cute, It’s a rare joy to see them hatching and leaving the nest. Hand carved in Tree of Heaven wood. It is a light weight, medium grain wood and an invasive species in Michigan. We have a lot of them on our home property. They grow quickly and several of ours have fallen in the last couple of years so I have been harvesting the wood. When the wood is left outside for at least a year they develop their beautiful spalted patterns. Tree of Heaven wood, Sealed with two coats of polyurethane Approximate size: 3.25″ wide, 2.5″ tall, 5″ long Signed on the bottom