Originals in this selection, Expressive and gestural, Material Wood.
Formats from 47 x 40 to 172 x 50 cm.
Blow and swing as language
Expressive wood sculpture shows blows, swings and breaks as its visual language. You can look for gestural wood sculptures for sale when you want to see force in the material and form alone is too little.
Gestural woodwork lets you feel the axe, the chainsaw or the chisel. Furrows run straight across the form, surfaces stay raw, burn marks set accents. The energy is evident at once, and no high gloss hides it.
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Pairing the raw with calm
Put a rough object into calm surroundings: a pale shelf, an empty windowsill, a plinth in neutral gray. Then it gets room without the setting competing against it. Dark woods also tolerate strongly contrasting walls.
To consider when buying
Unsmoothed surfaces collect dust, and a soft-bristled brush helps. Ask whether sharp edges were eased, especially with children in the house. A note on how the wood was dried explains whether more cracks are to be expected.