A medium-sized Raintree elephant, hand-carved in a village outside Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. The dense, close-grained wood takes on a warm golden-brown tone with darker passages where the grain shifts, and the carving is confident: a broad domed head, defined ears, and a trunk that hangs with some weight to it. Solid on a mantelpiece or bookshelf. The kind of piece that earns its place quietly.
Each elephant is carved and finished by hand, so grain, tone and form vary between pieces.
Raintree wood
Northern Thailand
H 14cm × W 14cm × D 7cm