Korean Artist Turns Discarded Tree Trunks And Branches Into Art
Discarded wood can be useful, at least that’s what Jae-Hyo Lee thinks while making his wooden sculptures. He uses natural shapes like the globe and the cube, forming them out of wood. However, Lee’s sculptures aren’t solid – the effect is achieved by using a torch on the insides of the statue. The blackened parts contrast with the polished wood, accentuating its coloring and the shapes of the circles.
Jae-Hyo Lee is a Korean artist. His first works were metallic and whimsical, but with time, he started working with the natural materials that surround him, manipulating them to artful ends. Working in a quiet mountain village, he has a house he planned himself, where his earliest pieces are displayed. Jae-Hyo Lee’s rise to fame came when he had to decorate a hotel interior with his sculptures. He actually prefers his art displayed in hotels and other busy places: unlike in galleries, these art pieces are surrounded by people every day.
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Hypnotizing Wilderness Landscape Carved Out Of Wood
After almost 2 years of on-and-off preparation and work, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based artist duo Paul Roden and Valerie Lueth are almost finished with their new woodcut print, called “Overlook.” The meticulously intricate woodcut of a speckled landscape with forests, mountains and lakes will be soon available as a three-color print, the final size reaching 28” x 46”.
“ Layer upon layer of undulating pattern builds a dizzying intensity in ‘Overlook’, ” write the artists. “ A panoramic infinity will be suggested by the print’s ability to eventually meet itself seemlessly at the edges, expanding like an eternal ‘wallpaper’ into an ever stretching vista! ”
The “Overlook” print will be available as a single piece, a diptych, a triptych, or “ an entire room’s worth of loping, abundant wilderness as far as the eye can see! ” – all from their Tugboat print shop.
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