Our redwood standing Kuan Yin and sitting Buddha sculptures are imbued with a natural warmth and radiance, displaying beautiful grain complexity and profile.

Around the turn of the century most of our old growth redwood forests were logged. These Buddhas have been carved and shaped from massive redwood roots and stumps remaining from that era. These wood pieces, painstakingly excavated from the earth, exhibit extraordinary longevity in any environment.

Sculptures in Wood

Over the years, Pudding River Studios has worked with a variety of wood species. Through our own process and personal experience we have found old growth Redwood stumps to be the superior wood for indoor/outdoor wood carvings. The reasons for this are longevity, stability and color / grain composition.

In the future, all sculpture that Pudding River Wood Carving Studio creates will be carved from excavated old growth redwood stumps. These redwoods are from the Northern California Costal Region as remnants of past logging enterprises dating from the 1880’s through the 1950’s. Generally we know the particulars concerning a wood piece that comes through our studio.

General Details

At the Pudding River Studios we enjoy the mass and beauty of wood in and of itself. Consequently, we do not do small sculptures with our sitting Buddha statues start at 24” (24 inches) up to 10 ‘ (10 feet) in height. The smallest Kwan Yin begins 40” (40 inches) and can be made up to 12’ (12 feet) in height.

All of our images are single pieces of redwood without joints, glue, bolts, etc. This makes it all one solid piece of beautiful wood with a Buddha or Kwan Yin image revealed in the carving process.

Pricing

Buddha prices start at $1,000 plus shipping.

Kuan Yin statues start at $1500 plus shipping.

We will do commissions within our area of expertise. Once the communication and agreements are in place these projects become priority and can be ready in about 3 to 5 weeks.

Shipping cost is based on destination, dimension and weight, along with the cost of packing materials.

Shipping Examples:
A life sized Buddha or Kwan Yin weighing $150 pounds will cost about $250 to New York and about $200 to California being shipped from Oregon.