Work / Sculpture

Of copper and walnut

Material: Copper and walnut wood
Technique: Carving on walnut wood (Tocte), embossing, and chiseling
Iconography: Security
Location: Personal collection
Description: Sculpture of 23.6” (60 cm) x 15.7” (40 cm), based on a face carved on walnut wood of 21.7” (55 cm) x 15.7” (40 cm), whose skull and neck is made of embossed and chiseled copper of 23.6” (60 cm) x 15.7” (40 cm) x 7.9” (20 cm), filled with resin.

The artist

“Dead walnut wood (Tocte) from Bolivia (Beta) was used for this piece. Since the tocte was not enough to complete the face’s full circumference, I used copper to complete it. Copper was also used for the finishing touches. I drew the face on wood, I set the measurements right there and carved it directly, therefore the expression was coming up naturally, from the toctes’ properties.”