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Artist
Statement
The pieces I
make are simple but finely detailed vessels. Manipulating the color
and patterns in the wood to complement the form and the texturing
and carving to create visual and tactile contrasts
are important parts of the process and the result. What I feel is most
important is the intangible
quality that the piece is "right" that comes with putting emotion
and feeling into the work. A simple object can be very
powerful and emotional just for what it is. These pieces
are simply decorative vessels that
reflect my interest in surface textures/contrasts and
form and the personal responses that I have to them,
which I suspect are similar to the feelings
that makers of decorative objects have felt for thousands
of years.
Many of the woods that I use are from the dump, construction
sites etc. I find great satisfaction in creating elegant
objects from
material that was destined to be buried or burned.
The
finished pieces aren't about the wood, but rather the
object. I am, however, connected to the material
of wood as a potter is connected to the clay – it's what I do and
who I am. |
