Snake Wall Carving

The snake is pure line — coiling, extending, folding back on itself with no wasted movement. This wall carving takes that sinuous form and renders it in beech wood sourced from the Black Sea forests of northern Turkey, the grain of the wood following the curve of the body from end to end.

The form is first established by machine, then passed entirely to hand — the texture, the scales, the transitions between curves all refined by chisel and blade until the piece reads as carved rather than cut. Unexpected and striking on any wall.

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.

SIZES

• Small: 5 × 19 in (14 × 50 cm)
• Medium: 7 × 25 in (17 × 65 cm)
• Large: 9 × 35 in (25 × 90 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.