Title: Ornamental Nuisance; Beautifully Ornamental

Size: 12" x 16" x 16"

Year: 2007

Materials: Wood (Chinese Tallow)

Exhibition: "Turning Green" - American Association of Woodturners June 2007 - "Ornamental Nuisance; Beautifully Ornamental"

Description: This grouping was selected for the "Turning Green" exhibition sponsored by the AAW and opened in Portland Oregon at the Oregon College of Art and Craft.  The theme of the exhibition was "green".  Green can be interpreted in many ways such as environmental consciousness, recycling, the color green, etc...  The wood used in this piece was from a Chinese Tallow tree that a nearby homeowner removed.  It was destined for a landfill or burn pile.  The Chinese Tallow tree is also a nuisance plant in the southeast United States.  In keeping with the theme of the exhibition, I salvaged wood that was from a nuisance source that would have otherwise been destroyed and turned it into objects of beauty.