FIRST AND FOREMOST ENJOY YOUR BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURE, IT WILL BE A PART OF YOUR FAMILY FOR YEARS TO COME!!

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THIS ONCE WAS A TREE. MOISTURE CONTENT VARIES WITH EACH PIECE.

THERE ARE 3 TYPES OF FINISHES. INTERIOR SATIN POLYURETHANE, EXTERIOR SPAR VARNISH (has a UV block), AND AN OIL FINISH CALLED “SIKKENS” (also has a UV block). PLEASE ASK FOR CARE FOR YOUR SPECIFIC SCULPTURE.

ALLOW THE PIECE TO DRY SLOWLY BY AVOIDING DRY HEAT SOURCES SUCH AS WOOD STOVES, FIREPLACES, HEATING DUCTS, SUNLIGHT.

PROTECT THE FLOOR UNDER THE PIECE TO AVOID STAINING FROM THE MOISTURE LEAVING THE WOOD; SHOULD YOU NOTICE SOME MILDEW ON YOUR CARVING, SIMPLY WIPE CLEAN-THIS WILL EVENTUALLY SUBSIDE.

REMEMBER WE GUARANTEE TO FIX YOUR CARVING SHOULD THERE BE ANY CHECKING OR CRACKING UNDESIRABLE TO YOU. MOST CARVERS DO NOT EXTEND THIS GUARANTEE AND SIMPLY STATE THAT THEIR WORK IS GUARANTEED TO CRACK. CRACKING AND CHECKING IS A NORMAL OCCURRENCE IN WOOD - A CHARACTERISTIC. WE SIMPLY STAIN ANY INTERIOR WOOD DARK SO IT IS NOT SO NOTICEABLE, OR IF THE CRACK IS LARGER, WE FILL IT AND THEN PAINT IT TO MATCH. IT IS THE OBLIGATION OF THE PURCHASER TO RETURN IT TO US AT THEIR COST AND IN TURN PICK IT UP AT THEIR COST. 

SINCE BEING IN BUSINESS FOR 10+ YEARS, WE HAVE LEARNED AND GO TO THE EXPENSE OF BUYING LARGE DIAMETER LOGS, QUARTER SAWING OR HALVING THEM IN ORDER TO GET RID OF THE HEART OF THE WOOD. THIS HAS LITERALLY ELIMINATED ANY CRACKING, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LARGE SCULPTURES, WHEREAS THERE IS NO OPTION BUT TO USE A WHOLE LOG.