‘Unfurling’, began through a call of inspiration to find my inner connection with carving again. Connecting to the sensual process of wood, visceral flow, the stream of consciousness and stillness of mind in the creative process. With this piece, I elected not using power tools. Rather I focus on connection to a repetition of tapping with mallet and chisel. Using a keen eye to observe and appreciate direction of line. Not once here had I brought a pencil to the making of marks, suggesting which way I should guide the chisel. The chisel became the guide and my mind observed. The piece unfurled, hence the name. I chose too, an importance in keeping it as minimal as possible. Leaving as much of the post intact to suggest what lay inside the wood; better expressed, what moves within the wood as ‘Unfurling’. It is alive with movement.
- Subject Matter: Wood c arving of an unfurling pattern