Ikebana Bowl; 53" x 10" x 3"
Ikebana Bowl
Ikebana Bowl pays homage to the ceramic work of Sueharu Fukami. Aggressive edges set the work distinctly apart from surrounding environment while simultaneously allowing surfaces to guide the eye beyond those boundaries. The form is an unexpected outcome resulting from excess material cut out of a curved garden bench.
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.
Ikebana Bowl
Ikebana Bowl pays homage to the ceramic work of Sueharu Fukami. Aggressive edges set the work distinctly apart from surrounding environment while simultaneously allowing surfaces to guide the eye beyond those boundaries. The form is an unexpected outcome resulting from excess material cut out of a curved garden bench.
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.
Ikebana Bowl
Ikebana Bowl pays homage to the ceramic work of Sueharu Fukami. Aggressive edges set the work distinctly apart from surrounding environment while simultaneously allowing surfaces to guide the eye beyond those boundaries. The form is an unexpected outcome resulting from excess material cut out of a curved garden bench.
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.
