091125Branch

12.2009

h 45cm w 15cm d 12cm
Zelkova, Opaque acrylic paint

Photo

Gallery Hinoki
by Susumu Tomizawa

Comment

It is sold out.
This is a piece of wood of the zelkova for bottom end 15 years and top end 13 years. The bit of the big tree is truly shown in 15 years with this thickness.
The curve of the body invites me strangely.
It seems to be a female waist line.
First I carved the core from the top end along the annual rings for the 12th year. Next I carved the core from the bottom end along the annual rings for the12th year. And I made four holes in the surface.
I carved the core from there.
Then, the trace of the branch which broke in the middle of the core appeared.
The branch which broke in the middle of growth caused curved.