Sea Turtle Wall Carving

The sea turtle carries its home on its back and moves through water with unhurried ease. This wall carving renders that quality in beech wood sourced from the Black Sea forests of northern Turkey — the shell detail, the outstretched flippers, the gentle curve of the body all worked into a compact piece that suits smaller walls, shelves, and tighter spaces just as well as larger ones.

The form is first established by machine, then passed entirely to hand — the shell pattern, the texture, the edges all refined by chisel and blade until the piece reads as carved rather than cut.

THE FINISH

Once sanding is complete, the piece receives a single finish: pure olive oil, nothing else. It absorbs into the beech rather than coating it, deepening the natural warm tone and nourishing the grain from within. No varnish, no lacquer, no paint. The color you see is the wood itself.

SIZE

— 15 × 16.1 in (38 × 41 cm)

A NOTE ON NATURAL VARIATION

No two pieces are identical. The grain shifts from one block of wood to the next — tone, texture, and pattern will differ slightly from what you see in the photograph. What arrives is its own thing.

READY TO HANG

A metal wall hook is fitted to the back before shipping. No tools, no assembly. Also suitable for shelf display.