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Found things arrive, wait, and slowly become something else under the hands.

All Studio Projects11
HonorDisguiseRegrow
Jack Rabbit, beetle-inscribed wood and bark on a black plinthDisguise | 2024 to 2026AnimalsSix works in found and altered wood, driftwood, horn, copper pipe and paintLEARN MOREWing, a piece of driftwood found intact, polished and placed on a baseHonor | 2026WingDriftwood, nothing added or subtractedLEARN MOREOld No. 35, a seventy-year-old steer horn with its ranch number joined to altered eucalyptusHonor | 2021Old No. 35Steer horn with its identifying number, beetle-inscribed eucalyptusLEARN MOREScream, a beach rock head on a driftwood body against a painted waveRegrow | 2017ScreamBeach rock, driftwood, paint on boardLEARN MOREToo Ugly to Live, Sierra tree roots and Mendocino driftwood on painted wood, six feet tallRegrow | 2022Too Ugly to LiveSierra tree roots, Mendocino driftwood, paint on woodLEARN MOREBreakup, hornet nest paper over papier-mache, a cohesive structure fraying at its edgesHonor | 2021BreakupHornet nest paper and paint over papier-mâchéLEARN MORE

ON WOOD AND DRIFTWOOD

I have been working with scavenged wood and driftwood for so many years that I have forged a close bond with it and a heightened sensibility about it.

I treat it with the respect it deserves because it usually is far older than I am and has experienced many things in its journey to me.

I keep it until it speaks to me about what it wants to become. I try not to impose my will on it as I am just a being helping it become something new.

Trees have a profound wisdom that we can learn from because they have existed on the planet far longer than humans.

ANN SAVAGEAU