One of One · No. 77c2
Russian Olive - North End - 15"
CA$850
A big statement from the phomopsis series, and one of its final chapters. Of that entire Selkirk Avenue tree, I have three logs left. When they are carved, the series ends, permanently; there is no more of this wood anywhere, because there is no more of this tree anywhere. Phomopsis figure this dramatic is not a style, it is a biography: fungus, carpenter ants and years of weather, written into pale wood as dark calligraphy. I filmed the tree coming down, and I filmed this piece being carved, so this bowl arrives with its whole life on record, from standing tree to finished form. Scarcity is usually a sales word. Here it is simply the truth.
The Selkirk Avenue Russian olive: spotted leafless in late spring, taken down by an arborist at my cost before it could reach the house, traded back to its owners as vases. There is a time-lapse of the felling itself, and it will live on this piece's story page alongside the carving film. The pin marks the avenue; the address stays theirs.
Filmed on Selkirk 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.