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Cetus Sculpture

Jerry C Monteith

United States

Sculpture, Wood on Wood

Size: 103 W x 26 H x 4 D in

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The linear element of "Cetus" was made from 4 separate branches saved after pruning one of my pear trees. While these have been "barked' and left largely intact, they were carefully joined and appear more or less seamless. The conical, red section was made from wood saved when the beloved "Fletcher Oak" was taken down at Sweet Briar College in Amherst, Virginia. In addition to Cetus, I made a bench from the same oak wood and donated it back to the college. I enjoy making works that appear at a glance to be no more than fallen tree branches. Traditional- and not so traditional joinery, allows me to create forms that are more than they appear and seem highly unlikely.

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Sculpture:Wood on Wood

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:103 W x 26 H x 4 D in

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Much of my practice includes collecting and preparing wood from local trees. When I began this process years ago, the material came from friends or neighbors who cut down trees and offered the wood to me. Now I have many trees on my property that may drop large branches. Most require careful and regular pruning. Recently I was forced to take down a sugar maple that was rotting from the inside out. This provided me with a considerable amount material that is dense and quite excellent. It also provided much of the material used to make “Red Fence.” The scroll form in the piece was made with wood I saved from pruning pear trees some years ago. I’d like to think that my work functions like poetry, except it uses forms instead of words to evoke thoughts and feelings that lie deep and barely realized.

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