C$6,500
The wood for this artwork was salvaged from a derelict building in Port Alberni, BC. It is a ‘Wood Assemblage’, an abstract and suggestive composition made by assembling various-sized pieces of wood, which are cut, shaped, glued, stained, painted, sanded and waxed. The wood’s patina is preserved and polished or left distressed.
Technique: | Wood, Stain, Wax Finish |
Edition: | Original, one of a kind artwork |
Framed Size: | 26.75in x 14.25in |
Unframed Size: | 26in x 13.5in |
Frame: | Framed |
Weight: | 10.1lbs (estimated) |
Laird Campbell
Duncan, British Columbia
These wood assemblages are compositions that randomly emerge from cutting, shaping and arranging pieces of wood, most of which is aged tongue and groove Douglas Fir. Once assembled I sand and paint and stain. The finished piece is waxed and polished.
"I aspire to work as easily with wood as though it were a pencil, so I might scribble and doodle until there is something worth strengthening, aiming for a suggestion that might be easily acknowledged, all the while moving at such a pace that the material seems to assemble itself."