This is where we are today. The ceiling is being clad with reclaimed barn wood from kentucky, (I believe). I will double check. This face frames are sanded fitted, then lacquered white with sealer, then sprayed black. After all has dried, we then sand through at random. After the dust has settled we then stain with perfect brown dye stain. Once this completely dry, ( the next day) we finish all with top coat of lacquer. The key to all is that every coat is lacquer base, so there is chance of ill compatibility. f This the same job. Above pieces will be at the south end of the kitchen, with an island and bar area. the main kitchen is distress very little to match the above. These frameworks are again sprayed white, but then we wipe on Van-dyke brown glaze, and then as above, with semi gloss lacquer. Vanity outside corner cabinet, before finishing to match the white/van dyke framework. The barnwood on display...
From my mind as a black man living in modern American social ills. Gerard Merchant was born in 1959 in Lynchburg, Virginia. My works are primarily in wood sculpture. My sculptures emerge through a process of retakes and variations that mark my creative journey of examining the ambiguity between my vision, and the wood’s already exquisite origination. As I execute unclear and less formal rules and which should always reference the partnership with Nature, we create Art.