Richard Fitzgerald has spent his life in Southwestern Colorado surrounded by the Anasazi ruins and culture. Their ancient pottery forms have a strong influence on his work in wood. His materials include the finest native woods of Southwestern Colorado and the western United States - aspen, tamarisk, box elder, maple, and buckeye burl.
Wood carving is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object. The phrase may also refer to the finished product, from individual sculptures to hand-worked mouldings composing part of a tracery.
Nationally Acclaimed Wood Turner, Richard Fitzgerald. Sleeping Beauty High Quality Turquoise with other types of wood inlay and stones. Using the prime portions of the tree insures the uniqueness of Fitzgerald’s work. Wood selected from the crotches or crowns of trees, spalted wood, burls, and wormhole wood are accented with inlay of turquoise or malachite and completed with a hand rubbed finish.
