Puzzling Old Interlocking Whimsy Carving antique dog photographs and perhaps the perfect gift

and perhaps the perfect gift for a 5 year anniversary

composed by joining halves of two different woods

There is enough depth to the bowl to make it useful for serving

for me to see that--I was just lost in the strangely balletic/poignantly awkward gestures

an it would be just stunning on the wall

Puzzling Old Interlocking Whimsy Carving antique dog photographs and perhaps the perfect giftI've been living with this one awhile so as to enjoy it and puzzle over it! before parting with it. My pondering was on whether it is actually composed of two tightly interlocking pieces of wood or was just incised on the surface to give that illusion but I've now learned that indeed this was a carpenter's trick, and so this a carpenter's whimsy. I love it as a very satisfying physical object (there is absolutely no wiggle between those two pieces;