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Mark Gardner | Shrink Box, 2023

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Mark Gardner | Shrink Box, 2023
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Mark Gardner,Saluda, North Carolina
Shrink Box, 2023
Cherry, poplar, milk paint
4 x 5 x 5 inches | 10.2 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm

Shrink boxes are made from green wood that changes shape after having been turned and allowed to dry. The box wall shrinks around the dry disk of wood that makes up the bottom. In this way the box itself goes from being open to being closed. As woodworkers we typically try to find ways to avoid wood that warps or to rework it once it has and is dry. I find this approach to working with the natural properties of wood absolutely satisfying.
Mark Gardner lives and works in Saluda, NC and creates functional and decorative works from local hardwoods. He teaches and demonstrates woodturning around North America. His work can be seen in many public collections including the Minneapolis Museum of Art.