Patreon as an Exchange of Kindness
Samhain this year marks two years since I launched my Patreon page, and in thinking about that milestone, I decided it was time to make some adjustments and upd...
Author: Lisa Laughy
Wood Carvings in the Wild
During the month of September I will have two of my wood carvings on display at the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Meredith Fine Craft Gallery located in the...
89th Annual League of NH Craftsmen’s Fair
This year I will be participating in the League of NH Craftsmen’s Fair in two ways. First – I am very pleased to have my Sleeping Bear Triptych wood...
The Wild Wood New Hampshire Collection
I’m very excited to announce the launch of Wild Wood New Hampshire – a collection of wood carvings that explore and celebrate the wildlife that we s...
Green Man as Memento Mori for a Dying Planet
As a woodcarver it seems almost inevitable that one will eventually carve a Green Man. When I was first learning how to carve I subscribed to the video carving ...
The Promise of Spring
Imbolc has always held a special significance for me among the cross-quarter holidays. It may have less of an established awareness among those in the US, and i...
After Solstice: The Path of the Deer
When I lived in the North Country of New Hampshire, every winter I would go out into the woods in hopes of finding deer antlers. The accumulation of snow is alw...
Strange Jewels Found, Finally
It was over 20 years ago that I began a series of paintings on paper, inspired by Irish myth and the early medieval manuscripts of Ireland, the first of which w...
Sciath Fia Bairr: Stag Shield
In 2017 I spent several months working on a carving of a stag wreathed in runes. It was inspired in part by a painting I did several years ago called Crainn na ...
Acanthish Column
One of my favorite projects that I had the opportunity to work on in 2017 was a carved walnut column for a friend’s house in Canterbury, NH. He provided m...