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"Pots": 1990-present
The 'pot' series began as a simple shift away from the wondrous natural-edged burls and exotic materials I had used up into the late '80's. The focus here is on pure forms and made with a direct design approach that explores the beauty of more common species of woods, many of which come directly off my property in Pennsylvania. It is through these forms that I developed the phrase, "Line as volume, rather than line as shape," for they challenge the viewer to experience the material of wood almost as a membrane that defines the volume of energy within. Idea...Concept...History...Instinct...Influence...Material...Process Define the form: height, width and depth. Sense the inner volume begin to grow, begin to speak...listen This veil of wood - this skin - to see, to touch, to hear; the inside of 'self' revealed, outside from within Now...add pulse
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