Green turning, and my experimen t. Willow Acacia, vessel. This is an ex perimental workings. I started with green wood. cut about 6 weeks ago, maybe longer. stored out in the desert, mostly just through the winter.... I started turning while wet. I turned it thin as could muster. The base was a little thick, and as I set it in a room to dry, it cracked, and the to top warped, which I liked. This is a very learning piece. As you can see, I remounted, and watched the wobble, I added the base because I was able to remount it. The cracks, were filled with turquoise and copper flakes. I added a little vine like design. I will post better pics along with the finishing process. Oh I am trying something different in the finishing. I mix shellac, alcohol, danish oil, and a little walnut oil. I will not a walnut again, takes too long to dry. The shellac is to form a ...
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.