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Wood Design
Work Pieces of Wood Design at 2019 WWD

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Work Pieces of Wood Design at 2019 WWD

Bee House
Jenna Goldberg Rhode Island, USA

Bee House

Jenna Goldberg Rhode Island, USA

Jenna Goldberg created a free “little library” structure that houses books on the topic of bees, beekeeping and colony collapse disorder. She is combining her personal aesthetic of using color and pattern with the structure and aesthetic of the Austrian buildings on the facility in Stübing. Change comes with education. A free little library is a good metaphor for the democratization of information.

Ziegeltisch
Kim Winkle Tennessee, USA

Ziegeltisch

Kim Winkle Tennessee, USA

Kim Winkle’s hall table uses her trademark turned elements with built furniture forms. The changes that the material goes through; from round, to rectilinear, and then back to round, is also topped oﬀ with the use of the stylized shingle forms that honors the traditional Austrian vernacular architecture found within the museum compound. The sheathing of shingles over the table form, and the layers of paint that changes as they are revealed through sanding is indicative of change, much like new growth that emerges from old growth.

Hope Chest
BA Harrington Pennsylvania, USA

Hope Chest

BA Harrington Pennsylvania, USA

BA Harrington has extensive research invested in the history of early American vernacular dowry chests, and was naturally inspired by the Austrian style of vernacular furniture. Her work, Hope Chest, is a diﬀerent interpretation on the dowry chest and has taken on the word “hope” literally, and in 6 languages, as a message of hope for peace and change in the world.

Kontinuum
Yuri Kobayashi (Maine, USA) and Peter Walker (Adelaide, AUS)

Kontinuum

Yuri Kobayashi (Maine, USA) and Peter Walker (Adelaide, AUS)

Collaborating for the ﬁrst time, Peter Walker and Yuri Kobayashi created a large installation made of materials culled from the clearings from the forest around the museum. They are both sculptors whose works incorporate both fabricated and natural wood parts. Their works utilize the emotive quality of wood, both in its natural state and with its tensile abilities. Considerable time was spent selecting branches, stripping them of bark and laying out the framework. They will begin lashing and joining sections together. The theme of change honors nature at its fullest, and harnesses the energy via the transformation from the tree form to its ﬁnal state.

Tom Loeser
Tom Loeser Wisconsin, USA

Tom Loeser

Tom Loeser Wisconsin, USA

Tom Loeser’s bench incorporates cuttings from the surrounding forest of the museum. Tom’s own whimsical works often reﬂect the environment of the surrounding farmlands of his hometown in Wisconsin. Here in Stübing, the bench he is creating is a space for reﬂection and contemplation. With our shrinking forests, the bench serves as a quiet reminder of the importance of forest sustainability and the shelter and sustenance that trees provide. Change is needed to ensure that the forests will thrive.

Regeneration
Mike Oleson Lisboa, Portugal

Regeneration

Mike Oleson Lisboa, Portugal

Nearly everyone undergoes change throughout their lives; whether it be a physical move from one place to another, or switching professions, or having a family (or not). Michael Oleson’s folding screen can be used to change a space by dividing it. It is also providing a narrative about his life’s changes that have been most impactful in his own life. Being two sided, the screen will depict his geographical moves, and the other side the panels will abstractly depict the life process from being a child who grows up and then becomes a parent.

Seeds of Change
Katie Hudnall Indiana, USA

Seeds of Change

Katie Hudnall Indiana, USA

Seeds of Change was created by Katie Hudnall: when ﬁrst approaching this work, one thinks of a small, newly-evolved creature with three legs. Upon closer inspection you discover a small drawer pull: opening the drawer reveals a small maple tree seed (called samaras) found here at the museum, as well as dozens of seeds at the back of the drawer. Also when you open the drawer it pulls open a small samara-shaped ﬂag attached to the top of the back leg to reveal a large eye. Katie was thinking about climate change, the resilience of the natural world and humanity’s relationship with it.

Malala
Michael deForest Oregon, USA

Malala

Michael deForest Oregon, USA

Immediately upon hearing about World Wood Day and the theme of Change, Michael deForest (USA) began to think about tricksters and change agents, those among us who see things diﬀerently and ﬁnd ways to advocate and push for positive change.
Tricksters are written about in myths and creation stories. They are usually presented as messengers between the gods and people and are guides through portals and gateways. They guide us to new understandings about values, culture, and traditions. Sometimes our vision and understanding can become rigid to the point that it no longer serves our values. Someone can become an agent for change when they see a new perspective, a diﬀerent understanding to an otherwise generally accepted view.
Malala Yusufzai is such a courageous example. Her bold promotion of education for all despite tradition has made her a true cultural leader. She does not seek out support but forms it with her compassion, vision, and integrity. Michael chose to portray Malala in a 9x life size carved wood portrait using bold paint colors and present her image with her eyes at normal eye level so one can contemplate who she is and what she means to the world.

Hampelmann
Andy Buck New York, USA

Hampelmann

Andy Buck New York, USA

Inspired by the European tradition of marionette puppets and wooden toys, Andy Buck created a carved and painted ﬁgurative piece with moving wooden legs. Using the imagery of the local surroundings, such as solid slatted doors and timber framed joinery, Andy is assembling an abstracted ﬁgure whose multiple legs represent the many individual voices who have traveled to share knowledge and friendship. We marvel at those who try to bring a marionette to life with movement and a personality: we too are changed as we imagine it happening. Through art making and work with our hands, we change or transform bare material and bring it back to life imbued with our experience and knowledge almost like a puppeteer.