Traditional chip carving and other embellishments

Chip carving in timber frames

See also: other examples of chip carving by Richard Cormier.

The house at Head Lake featured other embellishments as well as chip carving.

Richard carved chipmunks into the beam of a deck.

Carving on the timber frame of the Fox Hill Cheese House store

Birds in fences

Wildlife motifs add a sense of play and movement to the structure.

Swallows in a fence	Hummingbirds in a gate	More swallow cut-outs
Swallows on a deck	Another swallow fence