Mike Mahoney: Maple Burl Sculpture Vase, 28 Cm.

Superb vase - sculpture turned by Mike Mahoney in a maple burl particularly rich in contrasts..
Mike Mahoney is a Californian wood turner, contemporary, extremely renowned in the United States, whose works of this quality are highly prized..., and sold very expensively...
Besides his current and "commercial" production, he is better known for his talent to reveal and magnify the natural and organic splendors that certain "brambles" or "burls" of wood contain, tortured and very delicate to work because of their multiple nodules...
This ovoid "vase" is the witness, by the beauty of the chosen wood, the extreme thinness of its walls (barely 1 cm), and the work of the artist who knew how to dominate his work by preserving very fragile places..., an ode to the natural beauty of wood, obtained after months and months of work and drying between each intervention.. (the realization of such an object requires at least three years of patience!...).
Magnificent condition, with a beautiful honey patina... Signed under the base: Mike Mahoney, Maple Burl, and a number, 216 or 916...
Height = 15 cm; Diameter = 28 cm ; Weight = 890 grams!
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