Mushroom Man #90

The Mushroom Men began as a simple carving experiment and quickly became favorites at our shows. Each one shares the same basic mushroom shape and carved spirit face, but the decorations are always different, inspired by whatever happens to be on my mind at the time.

Mushroom Man #90 took his inspiration from the Eurasian Steppe. While listening to a podcast about Turkic history, I found myself thinking about the Göktürks and decided they needed to find their way into one of my carvings. The result was one of my larger Mushroom Men, covered in blue tribal-inspired spirals and markings that gave this little woodland spirit an unexpected connection to the ancient Steppe.

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