“Uplift” and “Blossoms” are my bamboo mosaics, currently at the Works in Wood 2011 Exhibition at New Hope Arts.
Please join us for the closing reception of Works in Wood 2011 this Saturday, December 17th from 5-7 pm. We hope to meet you there! Visit New Hope Arts for map and details.
Works in Wood 2011 runs through December 17th – there’s nothing like it! Visit New Hope Arts for details. At the bottom of this poster you’ll see a detail of “Uplift” – one two bamboo mosaics I have in this show, which received a mention here. This article by Gwen Shrift gives a great description of what’s in store for the curious viewers!
It’s that time again! You never know what to expect from artists who work with wood. Join us at the opening reception on Saturday, November 12 if you can. We’d love to meet you! See poster for show dates and all details.
Never cease to be amazed! Check out the current online exhibition – “Small Treasures” – on Crafthaus. It is wildly fascinating!
This is my submission to the show, a small bamboo container 2.5″ high x 1.75″ wide. Read more about this, and all the other artist entries at “Small Treasures 1″ on Crafthaus online.
Miriam Rowe curated an interesting idea for a Crafthaus online exhibit – she asked artists to take a series of photos showing the evolution of a creation from start to finish. Click here to see for yourself the wide range of talent and materials – and all that goes into a work of art!
My 6-slide “Piece Progressions” is of a bamboo mosaic from selection of bamboo poles, to cutting and detailing, to finish work titled Falling. It’s listed on the Crafthaus page under Norine Kevolic.
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Bamboo vessel
2.5″ x 1.75″ bamboo, cherry base, sycamore lid
I have quite a nice selection of wood varieties in my workshop, assorted scraps that fellow woodworkers have saved for me. And now I have the perfect idea for combining them – these small containers!
I cut this piece of bamboo on an angle, and figured out a pleasing thickness for the wood caps. I sanded through the outer skin where bamboo meets sycamore lid and cherry base, leaving the node area in its natural state. The lid is shaped to fit inside the bamboo about 1/4″ and is an interesting piece of wood in itself. I sand and sand until the edges feel like a natural extension of the bamboo.
This one is not for sale, but I’m working on others…
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Bamboo Mosaic
16.5″ x 16.5″
This is the 4th of my recent mosaics celebrating bamboo. I’m really surprised at how many shapes and patterns I’m finding with this medium. The patterned bamboo circles reminded me of rose windows in Gothic cathedrals, so I went with that idea. I added curved bands that wrap across the bamboo strips – to suggest offerings. Uplift seemed an appropriate title for this piece.
Each of the mosaics are mounted in a deep frame made of poplar wood, that I designed to protect the edges of the bamboo.
Bamboo Mosaic
16.5″ x 16.5″ bamboo with umber paint glaze
This is the third of 4 of my bamboo mosaics currently on exhibition during the “Meditations on Nature” show at the Artists’ Gallery in Lambertville, NJ. I’m really excited to be adding this medium to my other favorites: painting, silverpoint drawing, and wood mosaics.
Here I used an umber paint glaze that I rubbed through to accentuate the bamboo grain – and lines of swift movement. After splitting the bamboo poles and rough-cutting the shapes, I sand the edge of each piece to a slight bevel. The “H” shapes inside the circles are cutaway sections of the ridges (nodes) that are seen on the outside. To protect the thicker bamboo edges I designed a shadow-box type of frame and gave it a “patina” of age.
Please email me for purchase of this framed mosaic.
Bamboo mosaic
16.5 x 16.5″
This is one of my four bamboo mosaics that will be on exhibit until June 5 at the Artists’ Gallery in Lambertville, NJ for my 2-person show with landscape painter Michael Schweigart. If you’re anywhere near the river towns of Lambertville (NJ) and New Hope (PA), please join us Saturday (tomorrow) night from 5-8 pm for our opening reception. Our show “Meditations on Nature” features Mike’s beautifully detailed landscape paintings, my silverpoint drawings, paintings of glass spheres with natural elements: stones, cinnamon, bamboo, and mosaics in wood and bamboo.
My bamboo mosaic process requires lots of time, energy and exploration. First, I split the dried bamboo poles and rough-cut them. As my design ideas unfold, I cut shapes, scribe the pieces to fit, sand the undersides flat, and hand-sand the edges of each piece to a fine bevel. I use epoxy and metal weights to adhere the pieces to the back panel.
Please email me for purchase of this work for $800 plus shipping.
Bamboo mosaic
16.5″ x 16.5″ on panel
I’m thrilled with this mosaic! After much experimentation with the cutting and patterning possibilities of bamboo, I created this work. Each piece is a natural tile, and the edges are finished with a slight bevel.
The poplar frame I designed for these mosaics is deep enough to keep all the edges protected. This work, and whatever others I’ve finished, will be included in my May show with the Artists’ Gallery in Lambertville, NJ. More about that as the time approaches.