I like the piece more in daylight than under our ceiling lights. We moved it to the hall and the small cuts finally started to show. I'd think about where the light falls before choosing a spot.

The expression is gentle, exactly as I remember it.

I worried the wood might make my sister’s face look severe. The shading along her cheek is actually quite soft. We gave it to her on Sunday and she spent ages looking at it before finding a place to hang it.

Really pleased with how the black panel sets off Scout’s white chest.

The photograph was taken from the window of the apartment where I grew up. It's an unremarkable view if you don't know it: a slope, a few roofs, and a line of trees. I asked them to keep the rooftops small rather than making them the main subject. That's what made the finished piece work for me. From across the room I see the shape of the hill, and when I stand closer I can see the old road winding through it.

Lovely work. I'd go a size up for a wall as wide as ours.

My son's original rocket was on the back of an envelope. I love that they left its crooked fins and mismatched windows alone. He picked it out as his drawing straight away when he came home.

My daughter recognised her little fox before I had the frame unwrapped.

Most pictures of our dog make him look solemn. The carver kept the lift at one corner of his mouth, which changes his entire expression. The cuts along the nose look wonderfully fine in daylight.

Even the wobbly pine branches from his drawing made it through.

Dad spotted himself immediately. He never likes pictures of himself.

Our wedding bouquet had a spray of tiny native flowers I thought would disappear in wood. They’re there, all the way out at the edges. It looks especially good near a window where the light comes from one side.