This limestone tree stands over four feet tall (1.3 meters) and is one of a pair forming a fireplace surround. The top half has a bird peeking through the branches, and the bottom half has a turtle hiding in the roots.

My fireplace pages:

• Return to my Gallery of Fireplaces
        Many more of my hand carved mantles.

• Introduction to my fireplaces

• Hand Carved Fireplaces in Limestone and Marble
      An explanation of my fireplaces, with a variety of examples.

• The story of a fireplace
        From design, through carving, to the installation.

• Marble fireplaces
        Hand carved in Italian and Portuguese marble

• Fireplace in 3D
       Progress drawings and photos of a current project, a large limestone fireplace

• New fireplaces
       My most recent fireplaces