X - Xyloglyphy (wood-carving)

As expected, it hard to find a photo that represented the letter X. My first thought was a xylophone, but I couldn't any photos that were good enough to share.

Next, I resorted to looking up words beginning with X and came across Xyloglyphy - wood carving. I remembered a few photos I took in the mid-80s at the Corner Brook Folk Festival, found them, and am sharing today.

Those of you who have been on my Photo of the Day list for a while, know that I like photographing hands, and these are no exception. When I took these photos over 20 years ago, I was adding to my collection of Hands photos, not realizing I would use them to show Xyloglyphy.
I had never heard of the word before last night when searching through X words. I wonder how many people knew this word before today.

Feel free to check more photos of Hands at: http://www.lanephotography.com/hands/hands_01.htm