Washington County Open Studios Tour

40 Uli Kirchler

Media: Wood

Artist’s Statement: I shape and sculpt west coast woods.It is important that I select each piece of wood, for in each piece lies the art, waiting to be revealed. Many of the pieces I select have a fungus that causes discoloration, known as spalting, in the wood. Other natural characteristics, such as holes and cracks, give me the opportunity to inlay twigs, rocks I find hiking, different colored eggshells, grains of rice, bricks, aluminum shavings from my broken lawn chair. I exclusively use a scrollsaw to cut each tower of my landscape castles and villages. With the right angle and a few precise cuts I’m able to create wooden towers that burst in and out of chunks of wood with the flick of a wrist.

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Address: 1419 S Dogwood St, Cornelius Show in Google Maps
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Directions: 26 W, exit Glencoe and turn left, R on Zion Church Rd, L on Susbauer Rd, go straight and pass E Baseline St, R on Dogwood. 1419 S Dogwood St is my address