Niche Carving - The Work of Gehard Demetz

Fascinated by sculpture lately, can you tell? Over at the Beautiful/Decay blog, I was introduced to the incredible wood sculptures of Gehard Demetz. I imagine that realistic figurative sculpture with wood as your medium must be fiendishly difficult. Mr. Demetz, as you can see, makes it look like a walk in the park. See the whole gallery here.