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No. 14

Fine Woodwork & Resin

Tree of Wealth

A freestanding timber sculpture hung with coloured resin crystals.

Tall timber sculpture with arms radiating from the top, hung with fine chains carrying coloured resin crystals, against a plain wall.

The project

A tall timber sculpture with a slender trunk, stepped cut-outs and arms radiating from the top. Fine chains hang from the arms, carrying cast resin crystals in many colours. The photographs follow its construction in the workshop, from the prepared timber sections to the assembled trunk and arms.

Craftsmanship shown

  • Long timber sections prepared and joined into a slender trunk

  • Stepped openings cut into the trunk

  • Radiating arms fixed at the head

  • Cast resin crystals

Category

Fine Woodwork & Resin

Year

2023

Gallery

Tall timber sculpture with arms radiating from the top, hung with fine chains carrying coloured resin crystals, against a plain wall.
Cast resin crystals in purple and clear, laid out before hanging.
Tall timber sculpture with arms radiating from the top, hung with fine chains carrying coloured resin crystals, against a plain wall.
Cast resin crystals in purple and clear, laid out before hanging.
Tall timber sculpture with arms radiating from the top, hung with fine chains carrying coloured resin crystals, against a plain wall.
Cast resin crystals in purple and clear, laid out before hanging.

Process

Long timber sections prepared on the bench for the trunk, with stepped notches cut at their ends.
The trunk assembled and standing on the bench, showing the stepped openings.
The arms fixed at the head of the trunk in the workshop.

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