Wonderful delicate pieces by Melissa Engler. Carving Something Wild Melissa finds inspiration in nature, closely observed Notched legs that look like the horns of a gazelle, tusks, and seed pods: they are all painstakingly carved from wood in Asheville artist Melissa Engler’s work, evoking a sense of something wild. But co-opting forms and textures from nature isn’t Engler’s end goal. Rather, it is a sense of reverence for the spiritual quality of plants and animals that she hopes to convey in her work, along with a statement on the often destructive effect humans have on it. Her carefully observed forms, which recreate the smooth surfaces of pebbles, the intricate details of flowers or the sharp points of antlers, have a certain stillness and depth that encourages deeper reflection on human interaction with nature. Portrait by Tim Robison
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 10:58:58 +0000
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