Toward its apex, the wood flares out a little to each side suggesting a veil, but the details of a face and limbs are left to the imagination. “Madonna,” the only work in the exhibit that is overtly figurative, is a gentle S-curve of cherry accented with an inlaid ebony pinstripe that stands close to human height.
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The result is that his works are unfailingly animated and full of character.
Over the years, he has learned to attune himself to the energetic forces behind its patterns, developing a kind of collaboration with them in which he takes the cues for his gestural forms from their natural flow and rhythms. Each time Von Voss cuts a log open, he discovers the visual evidence of the tree’s life history. But another aspect of truly mastering an art is that it can put the artist and potentially, his viewers into a higher space.īy its nature, woodgrain holds the record of an individual tree’s irrepressible patterns of growth, as well as the influence of outside factors including weather, physical injury and disease. Part of Von Voss’s aim is to keep his craft alive by sharing it in lectures and workshops and with his assistants. In this digital age, true craftsmanship is rapidly disappearing. But there’s more to it than his enviable expertise. In tables, stools, chairs, and abstract sculptures, he pushes his wood and his own abilities to their limits, exploring just how much this basic building material can do. It’s easy to get lost in marveling at his mastery as he bends wood as thin as a leaf, sculpts it into voluptuous curves, or fashions elegant hinges from bits of walnut. A tour de force in bending wood into precise shapes, it’s one of many works that evidence Von Voss’s remarkable skill and exactitude in craftsmanship. Two stacks of curved drawers form its legs and are hinged to swing outward for use, as are the extensions of the desk’s top at each end. “Metamorphosis” is a swirl of cherry masquerading as a desk with art deco-ish touches of stainless steel and acrylic. “Finding Water,” walnut, maple lamination, soft maple, 6″ x 58″ x 14″, 2013
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