Emergence
Geoffrey Wilkes
Description
Dale Nish
Born 1932, Cardston, Alberta, Canada
Lives and work in Provo, Utah
Wormwood Vase
1997
Wormy ash
Gift of Robert M. and Lillian Montalto Bohlen, 2002/2.172
Geoffrey Wilkes
Born 1951, Jacksonville, Florida
Lives and works in Gerrardstown, West Virginia
Emergence
1998
Manzanita
Gift of Robert M. and Lillian Montalto Bohlen, 2002/2.184
Starting in the 1980s, woodturners developed a number of working methods that deemphasized wood’s natural appearance. Dale Nish uses worm-eaten ash as his signature material. The worm holes take the place of woodgrain patterning, which Nish further reduces by sandblasting and bleaching his turned vessels.
Geoffrey Wilkes works around his wood’s deformities and natural formations while highly polishing other areas. The resulting contrast of smooth and rough on dark-colored manzanita wood simulates the look of polished stone.
(Out of the Ordinary, 2010)
Physical Description:
egg-shaped wood with natural burl, holes, pockets; polished and smoothed at edges
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