Bent Wood Sculptures - CODAworx

Bent Wood Sculptures

Submitted by Ed Carpenter

Client: Private

Location: Tillamook, OR, United States

Completion date: 2024

Project Team

Artist

Ed Carpenter

Ed Carpenter Studio

Artist

Ed Carpenter

Ed Carpenter Studio

Overview

I started making these un-commissioned wall sculptures from Douglas Fir logged, milled, and re-sawn from my own property in the Tillamook Forest. Later on, I transitioned to Western Red and Alaskan Yellow Cedar. They are created spontaneously, without drawings, on a big horizontal table, then held together with myriad clamps until glued and finally sealed. I envision them at various scales in public settings, or as exhibition pieces, and potentially made from metals as well as different wood species, perhaps with patina or paint.

Goals

Un-commissioned. Installed on Artist's own studio buildling

Process

Artist and client were one in the same