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Pedestal Work
All work in this section is currently for sale either from me or from a gallery.
I hand collect all my bark, white pine and tulip poplar being my favorite barks although I also use aialanthus, maple, fir, sassafras, elm and cherry. I work with very few materials that I feel are archival enough to withstand many years, decades. these include eggshell mosaic, broom corn(it has this silica coating that makes it strong and shiny), and honeysuckle and twigs, both very woody. Recently I’ve been using the human form as a starting place for many of my pieces.
I strip bark off newly cut trees in early summer when the trees are full of water and life. I’m really not sure why the bark does come off, because when it’s not summer, that bark is not going to let go of it’s tree. There are an abundance of unwanted white pines (I have a whole overgrown Christmas tree farm) and tulip poplars so don’t think I am wantonly cutting down trees. White pine bark is quite pliable when it is new or resoaked after storage. with the flexibility of leather. when drying the bark I must make forms or stuff my pieces with crumpled newspaper to get it to do what I want it. And still it wants it’s own way.
Spiral III, tulip poplar bark, sweet birch pegs, sold
"Cactus 2012" white pine bark, sweet birch pegs, eggshell mosaic 17"h x 19" dia. 2012
"Cactus 2012" detail
"Egg 2012" detail
"Egg 2012" various barks, sweet birch pegs, eggshell mosaic, 10.5"h x 19"w x 16"d
2012
"Vessel 2012" white pine bark, reed, waxed linen, eggshell mosaic, sold
"Vessel 2012" detail
"Loofa Lamp" loofa sponges, maple, lighting fixtures, 28"h x 11"d x 11"w 2012
"Loofa Lamp" detail
Bird Reliquary, various barks, sweet birch twigs, fiber, clay
Spiral 2011, tulip poplar bark, sweet birch pegs
"Meeting In The Pines", white pine bark, pine needles, waxed linen, 26"h x 14"dia., 2004 $3500
"Meeting In The Pines" detail
"New Old Growth" white pine bark, 26"h x 20"w x 8"d 2004 $3000
"Two Headed Snake" single piece of sassafras except for the tip of the tail, white pine bark, sweet birch pegs, eggshells, wood burned 29"w x 16"d x 17"h 2010 $4500
"Two Headed Snake" detail
"Container II" white pine bark, longleaf pine needles, waxed linen, sweet birch 16"w x 15"d x 8.5" h 2006 $2500
"Arc" white pine bark, broom corn, honeysuckle, long leaf pine needles, raffia, sumac berries, paint 16"h x 20"w x 8"d $3000
"Arc" side detail
"Triangular Pillow" white pine and tulip poplar barks, phragmites (thatching), broom corn 14"w x 14"d $2200
"Flock" eggshells and freeze dried chicken feet, 12"w x 12"d x 8"h 2007 $1800
"Shrine for a Second Coming" ornamental grass plumes, maple sticks, fiber, the interior has a "mummy" figure and LED for lighting 41"h x 15"d, 2002 $2200
"Shrine For a Second Coming" detail
"Strange Fruit" white pine, oak, pine needles 20"h x 21"w x 16"d 2001 $2200
"Strange Fruit", detail
"Trunk III" white pine bark, honeysuckle, sweet birch pegs 28"h x 28"w x 23"d 2010 $4500
"Trunk III" detail