palimpsests: "... something having usually diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface..."

Kai started with a slab of reclaimed hickory. After it was shaped, we began the first few layers with our usual bird & brush process, but instead of a secret wish, we added an entire secret story about home. And then added a few more layers until it seemed ready for the shelf. 

The slice of Shagbark Hickory is from a tree in North Carolina that was milled into floor boards for a razed barn. The shelf is corral board - old fenceposts reclaimed from a Montana farm, naturally weathered by the elements. And crow dream shown here is on a piece of redwood that used to be part of a pickle brine barrel reclaimed from Oregon.

This storykeeper comes with the crow artblock, another palimpsest