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T H E H A N D C A R V E D B O W L

Mostly they tell the story of my ignorance and earnest

intent to wrest a spoon from a chunk of apple wood.

So many years and spoons later, I couldn’t make those

spoons if I tried; it was a moment in time. I treasure

them. This isn’t to say that there is something better

about work that looks crude, that it’s somehow more

honest. This is again where I turn to Danielle’s work

to teach me. Her bowl might have deep gouge cuts

all over the surface, but the expertly rendered forms

reveal a deep understanding and prowess. Her choices,

both subtle and bold, challenge our expectations of the

object and the person who made it.

This kind of work is worthy of study.

Woodworking has a history hangover; there’s just too

damn much of it. It can be crushing to the practitioner

that so much of the past surrounds us, taunting and

tempting us to believe that the ditch has been dug.

I encourage you to step out of time, become the cave

dweller, make sense of this material, these tools, this

object. It’s just you in the flickering light, discovering

for yourself what is possible and beautiful.

Danielle will show you how.