Beam Bowl; 60" x 3" x 3"
Beam Bowl
Beam Bowl is the second explorations of forms inspired by ceramics of Sueharu Fukami. Razor thin profiles and flow lines create near 2 dimensional perspective; a propeller arrested in full motion. Yet, visual sense continues on centrifugal path outwards. There is an additional play contrasting what one should sense in holding a piece of very dense Ipe versus the feather light structure from walls 3/16” in thickness.
Laminated Ipe with oil and wax, hand rubbed finish.
Retail price includes redwood presentation box. Retail price excludes shipping. A shipping quote will be billed separately.
Beam Bowl
Beam Bowl is the second explorations of forms inspired by ceramics of Sueharu Fukami. Razor thin profiles and flow lines create near 2 dimensional perspective; a propeller arrested in full motion. Yet, visual sense continues on centrifugal path outwards. There is an additional play contrasting what one should sense in holding a piece of very dense Ipe versus the feather light structure from walls 3/16” in thickness.
Laminated Ipe with oil and wax, hand rubbed finish.
Retail price includes redwood presentation box. Retail price excludes shipping. A shipping quote will be billed separately.
Beam Bowl
Beam Bowl is the second explorations of forms inspired by ceramics of Sueharu Fukami. Razor thin profiles and flow lines create near 2 dimensional perspective; a propeller arrested in full motion. Yet, visual sense continues on centrifugal path outwards. There is an additional play contrasting what one should sense in holding a piece of very dense Ipe versus the feather light structure from walls 3/16” in thickness.
Laminated Ipe with oil and wax, hand rubbed finish.
Retail price includes redwood presentation box. Retail price excludes shipping. A shipping quote will be billed separately.
The Artist
Joshua Saltman has had a long lasting relationship with furniture, its design, manufacture and import. It was during his time in commercial design that he thought of turning some of the waste materials into artful pieces. Not only does he optimize material waste but also his artistic vision by way of exclusive pieces created under the Saltman by Hand line in his home workshop.
A collection of sculptural bowls emerged to utilize asymmetrical cuts remaining from furniture production. Wood is a valuable commodity and with a bit of imagination trash becomes treasure. As Joshua works the wood it takes on architectural forms delineated by angular profile lines. A perception of visual mass is contradicted by paper thin structure carved or turned to eliminate physical weight of wood.
Joshua’s inspiration comes from his family legacy in Brown-Saltman Furniture, an apprenticeship with master woodworker Sam Maloof, and a lifetime of studying Asian architecture and crafts. These influences are expressed through the lens of post 50s modernism and the American craft movement of the 60s and 70s. Design emphasis is on flowing lines, contrasting hard edges and soft surfaces, integrated joinery and the inherent poetry of wood grains.
