Vladimir Ivanovich became interested in woodcarving later and from that time he worked only with this material.
He found themes for his reliefs and sculptures in folk and author’s fairy tales, folk epos, Slavic mythology, in proverbs and sayings. While reading books, he tried to choose publications without illustrations in order to invent them himself.

 
Vladimir Lugovykh had works made of wood, in which he resorted to minimal processing. The artist found characters or scenes in various gnarled parts of trees, trunk stumps, and small stubs. He slightly processed the surface, gave it the desired shape. So the basis of the tree adjacent to the root, gnarled parts, and growths on the tree trunks turned into a squinting wood spirit, an unusual vase, or an entire plot composition.

 
At the bottom level, the artist carved a vault, in which a monstrous dog with its mouth open guards the treasures and waits for the Soldier. To the left of the vault is a massive stone door. The soldier descends on a rope, the tree roots hang nearby, which practically descend into the underworld.

 
The top of the tree is depicted in the upper row. Its thick trunk with a huge tree hole and wide upper branches stands out from the relief board. There are also two characters in this part. The old woman looks into the tree hollow, bending almost at a right angle, and this emphasizes the angular form of her thin figure. In the center of the tree, a raven looks at what is happening in a detached way.