One of One · No. a770
Russian Olive + Brass - North End - 11"
CA$1150
A very large member of the pebble series, with brass inlay set into the wood. It is a stunner, and seriously heavy in the hand. Russian olive keeps its drama on the inside: this tree's core had been eaten out by ants, and the wood runs thick with phomopsis, the fungal figure this species is famous for. There was enough character in the boughs for an entire phomopsis series; this vase is the biggest statement to come out of that tree.
I was driving down Saskatchewan Avenue one morning in late spring and noticed a tree that had not come back to life: bare branches while everything around it was green. I knocked on the door and offered to pay for an arborist to take it down; left standing, it would sooner or later have come down on their house. They agreed. I gave them a few vases carved from their own tree, and I ended up with all of it. When it hit the ground we found the core hollowed by ants and the wood full of phomopsis. The pin marks the avenue; the address stays theirs.
Filmed on Saskatchewan Avenue in July 2024: the tree this piece was carved from, coming down before it could take the house with it. Very few pieces of wood anywhere can show you this moment.
One of one. When it is gone, it is gone. Ships worldwide, fully insured, from the Winnipeg workshop. Every piece carries its tree’s record: where it stood, its rings, and the carving on film. Leave your details and Sean replies personally, usually the same day.