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2021 Heart of the Season Window “Calendar”
About this 2021 Heart of the Season “Calendar” Wisconsin Artist couple, Tom Rauschke and Kaaren Wiken, have been exploring the different possibilities in the traditional “Advent Calendar” format. This “Heart of the Season” calendar has 14 transformations to a brighter World. Peace and Love! Most of our past calendars are available any year. The dates…
2020 Lego Downtown Christmas Advent Calendar
About this 2020 Xn-trix Xmas Calendar Wisconsin artist couple, Tom Rauschke and Kaaren Wiken, have been producing their own version of the traditional Advent Calendar since 1980. The themes for each year’s calendar have varied from nearly Auto-biographical to complete flights of fantasy. The 2020 calendar was inspired by time well spent, at home, in…
2020 Brighter Days Window “Calendar”
About this 2020 “Brighter Days” Window Calendar. Wisconsin Artists Tom Rauschke & wife Kaaren Wiken have been producing their own version of a traditional “Advent Calendar” annually since 1980. This is their first offering of a window calendar simply promising, Brighter Days ahead. There are 16 doors in this version, and no numbers, so you…
Crane Mobile for the Waukesha Library
In 2018 the Waukesha Public Library Art Committee commissioned Tom to make his largest Sandhill Crane Mobile to date. Several gracious Donors volunteered to finance the Project. The official unveiling was held on October 7th, 2018 The crane mobile for the Waukesha Library consists of 15, nearly life-size, Sandhill Cranes that were sculpted from native…
Bee on a Coneflower Sculpture
In this Botanical scene a bee made from Black Walnut, Mulberry, Hickory, and Ebony woods, lands on a Purple-Headed Coneflower with petals carved from Purple-Heart wood and the seed head lid, and the container below it, turned, cut, and carved from a single piece of Mulberry wood. It could actually be used as a functional…
Damselfly on a Lily
A delicate Damselfly on a Lilly. The damselfly is carved from Ebony and Greenheart woods, and the Bullhead Lily, turned and carved from Mulberry wood. The stem, lid, and bulb are Black Walnut, and the sculpture could be used as a functional container. This piece is in a private collection. I make similar pieces from…
Green Man Truth Window
This Green Man Truth Window was carved from a single block of Cherry wood, and has been installed in the wall of the 1st Straw-bale house built in Milwaukee. We do accept commissions for special site-specific projects such as this one. Move the slider on the image below to see before and after versions!
Bee Teapot Wood Sculpture
The “Beepot” is a perfectly functional, non-functional teapot. Lifting the lid by the wings, the teaball inside is revealed to be a honeycomb. Turning the end of the abdomen handle unlocks the tea compartment. The bee is made from Black Walnut, Mulberry, Hickory, and Ebony woods, and measures 8.5″ long, 7.5″ tall, and 5″ wide.…
Butternut Tree Goblet Sculpture
The very first Tree Goblet sculpture I made was for a “Goblet Show” at the Northwest Gallery of Fine Woodworking in Seattle WA in the 1980’s. After that I continued to explore the Tree Goblet theme with different types of trees. Trees with multiple trunks, trees with birds, trees with leaves,…and then a tree with…
Wood Pin Sculptures
The Whooping Crane pin is made from Hickory, Ebony, Purple Heart, and Osage Orange woods, and has a hinged wing that flaps up and down. These swimming Fish Pins are made from Greenheart, Buckthorn, and Bloodwood trees, and measure 3″ in length, and 1.7″ in height. Their tail and pectoral fins are hinged to help…
Wood Inlay Art Panel (Pond Life)
This wood inlay art panel was created using 14 varieties of hardwoods utilizing marquetry and inlay by Tom Rauschke – 54″ X 8.5″
Rainy Day Teapot Sculpture
The Rainy Day Teapot has 2 distinct sides, a city side (shown) and a country side. Lifting the lid by the Lightening bolt handle, reveals a mini-mobile of a flock of carved ebony crows in place of the teaball. The Patron who owns this piece subsequently commissioned matching teacups and a sugar and creamer set.…
Dragon Teapot Wood Sculpture
This Dragon Teapot has been turned and carved from Black Walnut with Ebony fins and measures 13.7″ long, 9.4″ tall, and 8.3″ wide. Suspended under the lid in place of a teaball, is the Dragon’s heart which is carved from Bloodwood, and hinges open to reveal a burning fire made from Mulberry wood. This piece…
Shrew Teapot Wood Sculpture
This perfectly non-functional teapot is made from Cherry wood and measures 9″ long, 5.5″ wide, and 5″ tall. The spout is the head of a shrew and the tail is the handle. There appears to be a leaf on top of the very rotund shrew, and a large Box-Elder Beetle on top of that. The…
