Solving a woodcarving Riddle
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Woodcarver Alex Riddle likes to carve lighthouses.
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Alex Riddle, a retired Michigan Bell Telephone manager, has carved wood for more than 70 years. Tiki statues are among his signature pieces.
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This wooden sculpture of Jesus in walnut wood took Alex Riddle three months to carve.
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Englewood Resident Alex Riddle, a retired Michigan Bell Telephone manager, carved wood for over 70 years. One of his pieces is the bust of Jesus made of a walnut tree.
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Englewood Resident Alex Riddle, a retired Michigan Bell Telephone manager, carved wood for over 70 years. One of his pieces is the bust of Jesus made of a walnut tree.
SUN PHOTO BY TOM CHANG, tchang@sun-herald.com
Englewood Resident Alex Riddle, a retired Michigan Bell Telephone manager, carved wood for over 70 years. One of the pieces he carves are lighthouses.
This wooden sculpture of Jesus in walnut wood took Alex Riddle three months to carve.
SUN PHOTO BY TOM CHANG, tchang@sun-herald.com
Englewood Resident Alex Riddle carved a wood bust of Jesus from a walnut three, which is one of the many assortments of carvings he's selling from his garage. Riddle said it took him three months to finish.
ENGLEWOOD — As a young boy, Alex Riddle loved fishing but had no money to buy fishing lures so he carved his own out of wood.
Seventy years later, Alex Riddle is still carving wood.
