This idea-packed compendium presents the work of today's top wood
artists in over 500 photos. More than 130 artists from nine countries
are showcased, including furniture makers, turners, and sculptors who
borrow ideas and techniques from one another to create their art. Their
disciplines have blurred as furniture makers use sculpture and turnings
in their work, as turners make furniture and sculpture, and as sculptors
throw purism to the winds and use anything and everything to further
their expressive ideas. Woodworkers in every discipline will marvel at
the creativity, artisanship, and variety shown here. Teachers of art
history, creative art, craft, industrial design, and woodwork will
discover new material for teaching about wood as a medium. Curators,
collectors, interior designers, and all who appreciates wood will find a
full platter of ideas that will take a long time to digest.