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In Wind Driven, perhaps more than in any previous sculpture the wood itself was the major player in the resulting form. This could be due in part to the specific
variety of wood with which I was working. I have seldom used American Cherry simply because of its rarity. I feel its beauty to be unsurpassed among domestic varieties
if not the entire world. With this in mind my approach was to shape the wood in a manner to "allow" for this piece to let its own beauty show through, not unlike a
jeweler who facets a diamond, although with this wood facets would not work. To show its beauty requires the same graceful lines as are inherent in the subtle ruffled
billowing shapes defined in its grain. The flowing contours I have defined here seem to capture the movement of the wind as it bends and twists the form with the force of it's energy.
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