This piece came about because a friend, after seeing my hand series, held out his hard working, calloused hands, and said “I’ve got a challenge for you”. He has restored his historical home on Moss Ave. in Peoria with his own two hands. I took photos of him working with old tools that he had used when he was restoring his house. So even though he was not actually carving in wood, I portrayed him in the act of carving out his  home.