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Christian Burchard | White Basket #13, 2013
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Christian Burchard | Ashland, Oregon
White Basket #13, 2013
Madrone Root
6 x 6 x 8 inches | 15.24 x 15.24 x 20.32 cm
My conceptual framework is very closely connected to my chosen medium, wood, specifically Pacific Madrone (Arbutus Menziensii). You could call me a strongly material based wood sculptor. I was first trained as a furniture maker and timber framer, two professions were the stability of and control over the medium are crucial. I am good at that and have enjoyed mastering those skills.
But control and the predetermined outcome of a given project do not feed my curiosity. The question that comes up for me, why do it, if I already know what it will look like when it is done.
I basically create rather simple forms in green (unseasoned) madrone. As the moisture evaporates, the forms go through some subtle and not so subtle changes. Some are predictable, some are not.
Over the years I have studied this particular wood species, which is indigenous to the Pacific Northwest. It has a rather unique cell structure. I utilize wood from the entire tree, from roots to burls, trunk and branches of the tree. Each part of the tree had a different function and so it has different grain structure, resulting in a different movement.
As I am slicing or turning my wood very thin, the resulting forms are a depiction of the inner life of the tree, either in round or in flat form. The thinner I work the wood, the more it can move/change, but it also gets more fragile.
As a maker, over time a struggle ensued. I wanted to do my ‘Art’ thing, but that often would be too much interference, too much about me really. I had to learn to listen, to watch and be quiet and let the material have it’s say.
Someone coined it once, predictable un-predictability. It fits. The result of my process is that objects emerge that I could have never made by my vision and my skills alone. But when I get it right, gorgeous pieces emerge. But for these I can only take part of the credit.
My evolution over time has been finding the right balance, to actually relinquish control at times and be content with that. And then step back in and be in charge. Simplicity is not always easy for me to find, and there is that need to show that skill…!
But I thrive on this process and feel enriched by it. To work so closely with my material, it is an unusual experience, a real treat.
Wood is one of the earliest material used by man, so there is a lot of history of its use. It also was once a living thing, again with a history.
As a material it is easily controlled and tamed, used for its strength and for its beauty.
I respect that but I aim at a different direction.
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@CHBurchard
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