Addicted to the Rhythm #4

1993

Stoney Lamar, North Carolina, U.S.A.
H. 14" x W. 11" x D. 7"; Cocobolo
Photo by Tim Barnwell

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The development and use of multiple axis techniques as a way of applying texture or sculpting asymmetrical forms on the lathe has allowed me to transcend the round object and to create a sense of image and movement that is suggestive of what I see while the object is being formed on the lathe. A multiple axis approach has also allowed me to draw from a wider range of influences and to develop a more personal imagery and narrative. The work also begins as a relationship I have established with a particular piece of wood and how its characteristics will interplay with my intentions and my emerging technical and conceptual vocabulary. As I adjust the work's axis and continue turning, new challenges and possibilities are constantly presented, thereby allowing a subtractive process to become an intriguing way of constructing an object. The resulting figurative, architectural or abstract objects are an attempt to create balance and tension by juxtaposing asymmetrical and symmetrical elements.<Challenge V