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Michael Hosaluk | Rice Bowl

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Michael Hosaluk | Rice Bowl
SOLD
700.00USDto floor+ applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2017 Jun 24 @ 16:33UTC-5 : EST/CDT
All items are original, and signed by the artist(s).
Michael Hosaluk
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Rice Bowl, 2017
Maple, acrylic gel, molding paste, black gesso, sushi rice, milk paint, copper leaf, gold leaf
6 x 6 x 6 inches | 15.24 x 15.24 x 15.24 cm


About the Artist

"My love of woodworking is not only for the beauty and mystery of the material, but in the inventing of new techniques and processes to create objects.

The materials I use relate to the objects I make. At times a piece of salvaged wood will become a starting point of design. Other times, a design will call for a piece of wood with incredible grain. Using plain wood like birch allows me to approach the objects as a three dimensional canvas. Here, I can apply a variety of surface design techniques to express an idea.

My work tells stories from my life, places I've been. people I've met, architecture, our environment. These stories are interwoven into the objects I create. Craft goes beyond the pleasure of our senses and deals not only with aesthetics, but social and ideological lives."

Michael Hosaluk is recognized internationally and in Canada as one of the world's most creative wood "turners". Born in 1954, in Invernay, Saskatchewan, Hosaluk is self-taught.

Hosaluk's pieces can be found in the permanent collections of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace; Zhao Xiu, Governor of Jilin Province, China; Idemitsu Corporation, Tokyo; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Detroit Institute of Arts; Yale University Art Gallery; Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Royal Ontario Museum.

He has lectured and demonstrated extensively throughout Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, France, Norway and Israel. In 2003, he participated in the French Association of Turned Wood's conference Artistic Woodturning Worldwide in Puy St. Martin, France. Hosaluk is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and earlier this year became an Honourary Lifetime Member of the Saskatchewan Crafts Council. He is active on the Steering Committee of the Furniture Society of North America, and is on its Advisory Board.

Michael Hosaluk lives and has his studio near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

http://www.michaelhosaluk.com/