Scarce and loved Walnut burls are scarce. Walnuts are not as prone to this type of growth as are maples, willows, sycamore and oaks. This piece is from the stump of a large tree blown down in a hurricane that passed through New Jersey in the early 1980s. The rest of the tree was sold […]
Naturally light I found this limb of a large cedar tree in 1976 lying alongside Edgewater Drive between Clearwater and Dunedin, Florida, USA. I began working on it in 1994. The extreme interval of time was spent waiting for my creative talent, tool skills and finishing techniques to equal the challenge of doing justice to
Brain Scan (Self Portrait) : Without a doubt, rhododendron is the hardest, most dense wood I’ve worked with, but, in addition, it is also elastic. If you try to use a wood carving gouge and mallet to remove material, the blade of the gouge bounces back instead of cutting.
Brain Scan (Self Portrait) | 7″ h, 7″ diameter | Rhododendron Root | SOLD
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Confluence : This wall sculpture was my first attempt at creating a three dimensional piece of art depicting my instinctive design pattern.
Confluence | 2′-2″ h, 4′-5″ w | Teak | In the private collection of Harry Pollitt
