Woodcarving
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Farley Tree Project
This is progress on the Farley Center Tree Carving project. I’m putting the burr oak from the Welcome area and thinking how to add honey comb and bees. Continue reading
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The Life of a Seed
The acorn results in the oak. They are not the same, but there is continuity. The red of the acorn remains but is fractured and faded in the bark. The small and smooth becomes tall and rough. The oak has become a host for vines and lichen. This is for a show entitled… Continue reading
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Earth Dance 2019
My participation in the Earth Dance 2019 environmental art show is to continue to work on the Farley Tree Project. The tree is a 10 foot trunk of a fallen oak tree. After some planning, we settled on using carved vines to divide the tree surface into distinct panels that artists can use to create… Continue reading
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Sanctuary Show
It has been great to see Barry Sherbeck’s photographs of the Sanctuary environmental art exhibit. This is currently on display at the Overture Center in Madison, WI. Here is a Link to the exhibition. Continue reading
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Wooded Home – Sanctuary 2017
At a rental cabin up north we noticed peculiar birds climbing down the trees – the nut hatch. That family like mine found rest and security in our woodland homes. We had rented a hillside cabin for a week’s rest. It was a rambling house set into the hill. The owners appeared to be… Continue reading
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The Sanctuary
I’m participating in an environmental art installation project. Here is a hint of what I will be creating Continue reading
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“The Seer” – Advent Show 2015
I have finished “The Seer” in time for the show at Bethel Lutheran Church in Madison. The concept was to think about the long hope of the ancient Hebrew believers. This is the head of a prophet. Another word for prophet is “Seer”. I think of this as Isaiah, because we read so much from… Continue reading
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Advent Art Show at Bethel Lutheran Church – Nov 29 into Janurary
I have been thinking about a carving that suggests Hope in Advent. I went through a lot of very complicated iterations until I hit on the idea of the Prophet as Seer, looking into the night sky to see a special star. The prophet will have a long lyrical beard, suggesting time. Continue reading
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In the Eco Squared Show – Hatch Art House
I submitted two carvings to the Eco Squared show at Hatch Art House on Willy Street here in Madison. The art is to contain upcycled or recycled elements. I took some of the wood I received at the Urban Forest Fest. This is a slab of wood cut from an Ash tree that was knocked… Continue reading
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Blue Heron
It started with a summer storm. Severe winds tore through the East side of Madison and downed a number of trees. Three of these were saved and taken to the Urban Wood Fest to show how fallen wood can be saved and used. That is where I acquired a slab of ash. This tree came… Continue reading
About Me
“…the universe is before our eyes like a beautiful book in which all creatures great and small are a letters to make us ponder the invisible things of God.” Here I want to explore the Two Books: the World around us and the Word within us. I am an artist and a writer, and recently retired from pastoral work. My name is Dave.
Two Book Retreats 