Climate Change Spring Sale

 

 

Spring has arrived disturbingly early up here by the Canadian border, but this is good news for you as it means my Spring Sale has also arrived early. I’m offering three of my favorite wall art carvings at reduced prices, namely:

 

 

“Om shanti shanti shanti om,” in the exquisite Pallava script that was used in the religious center at Angkor a thousand years ago. Carved in tiger maple. 36″x7.5″. Reduced from $650 to $475. SOLD

 

 

 

 

 

“Dharma,” in a different branch of the Pallava script that was in the process of morphing into Cham, an endangered minority script of Vietnam. Walnut, 18″x16″. Reduced from $550 to $425.

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Whenever I chanced upon blooming flowers and moonlight,” by the Manchu poet Jakdan. Golcalo alves, 20″x10″. Reduced from $650 to $475.

(Prices do not include shipping.)

 

 

 

Now, the main course, the entrée, the pièce de résistance.

Every so often I make the leap from art to craft and incorporate the Alphabets work into something actually functional, and the results can be pretty spectacular. The final piece in my spring sale is a side table in rare and remarkable Bastogne walnut, with the Tibetan phrase “Graceful kindness” carved and painted in the top. (See top photo.)

As with all my craft pieces, it is intended to be more than furniture–it’s intended to be an heirloom, something you’ll want to keep in your family, or in your company, for generations. People don’t make tables like that any more.

Reduced from $1,250 to $875. SOLD

P.S. Newly added carvings!

I’m adding a couple more carvings to the spring sale….

The most famous of the Adinkra carvings from Ghana, this is Sankofa, a stylized bird looking backwards over its shoulder as it walks ahead. Like all the Adinkra symbols, it expresses a nugget of common wisdom–in this case, that in going forward, one should never lost sight of the past, or be afraid to go back and pick up whatever is of value. Maple. $275 plus shipping.

 

 

 

 

 

Another Adinkra symbol, which might be expressed as “That which you don’t know you can always learn.” It’s an endorsement of lifelong learning and education, and as such, ideal for the mantelpiece of an educator! Maple. $275 plus shipping.

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Thank you all” in the Tifinagh script for the Amazigh or Berber family of languages. Carved, suitably enough, in amazing olive wood. $350.

 

 

 

 

To order or ask questions, email me at tim@endangeredalphabets.com. And remember that I am always open to considering commissions!

Cheers,

Tim