Updated 09/12/2024
Burial IIHand-carved Padauk (wood) finished with graphite dust.
Framed in a black stained Ash frame for vertical orientation.
48”x5”x1” 135 hours 05/2024
The Council
Pet series (continuation).(Sold)
~5”x2”x3” 25 hours 05/2024
ExecutionHand-carved Mahogany finished with Sumi ink.
Featured at Gelman Gallery for the 2024 Black Biennial. (Sold)
7’x5”x8” 45 hours 12/2023
MuleLimestone + red oak with graphite dust.
Variant two of the Pet Series. Experimental stonework & furniture.
36”x12”x10” 40 hours 05/2024
Burial Hand-carved Mahogany finished with Sumi ink.
Featured in “Rubrica” 2024 and at Woods Gerry Gallery for thesis.
20”x2”x1” 45 hours 12/2023
IoHand-carved Mahogany + aluminum finished with graphite dust.
Featured in Gelman Gallery for the 2024 Black Biennial. (Sold)
20“x4”x1” 18 hours 03/2024
CannonHand-carved Mahogany finished with graphite dust + mahogany
Featured in “Rubrica” 2024 at Gelman Gallery
7’x5”x8” 40 hours 12/2023
Voyager IIIFound maple burl, giant leopard moth, moss.
Created during residency at the Carving Studio & Sculpture Center.
36”x12”x10” 40 hours 07/2024
Shepherd’s DreamFound maple branch on basalt.
Created during residency at the Carving Studio & Sculpture Center.
4’x3.5”x6” 10 hours 07/2023
Synostosis
Hand-carved Mahogany & maple finished with graphite dust.
Discovery of graphite dust on wood. (Sold)
20”x7”x2” 20 hours 03/2023
Discovery of graphite dust on wood. (Sold)
20”x7”x2” 20 hours 03/2023
Earlier & Experimental Work
CuriosityCarved black jade, polished graphite, and walnut.
Featured at the Woods-Gerry Gallery for the 2024 Sculpture Triennial
9”x4”x3” 20 hours 10/2023
How Minerals are Made (Sex)Cut & polished peanut obsidian and graphite on walnut
Experimental lapidary work.
11”x3”x2” 10 hours 09/2023
ISNA Found red oak tree trunk.
Experimental chainsaw & pneumatic chisel project
Permanently displayed on the CSSC nature trail (W. Rutland, VT)
5’x12”x12” 50 hours 08/2023
Celebration Walnut and steel
First large-scale hand carving and exploration of abs
48”x8”x1” 90 hours 12/2021
Graphite Pets100% filed and polished graphite
Material exploration +
Variant one of the Pet Series. (Sold)
4” x 2” x 2.5”
2” x 1” x 1.5”
12 hours
02/2023
Spoiled FishHand-carved Bass finished with graphite dust.
Experimental intuitive carving (searching for new vocabulary)
4” x 1” x 1”
4 hours
03/2023
The Sound of War Hand-carved Mahogany and ash
Exploration of shape vocabulary -> Cut down the middle and entirely hollow inside.
4’x1”x1” 4 hours 03/2023
Birds of Paradise Hand-carved Mahogany + steel
Experimental hand carving. First exploration into fragility.
10”x10”x1” 10 hours 12/2022
Parade Hand-carved Mahogany & Oak
Origin of the Pet series, featuring abstract explorations (simple, fun
carving to a good audiobook). (Sold)
~ 8” x 4” x 1.5”
30 hours
10/2022
Walnut TotemsHand-carved Walnut
First small-scale hardwood carving.
Carved throughout my sophomore semester at RISD.
10” x 1.25” x 1”
5” x 2” x 0.5”
50 hours
10/2022
Bass TotemBass
Second carving.
Development of themes that continue to permeate my work (symmetry, negatives, fragility, figuration).
12”x1.5”x0.5” 8 hours 01/2022
Balsa TotemBalsa
First carving.
Featured at Brown University’s Joukowsky Institute for Archeology: “The Stories Objects Tell”.
12”x2.5”x1.5” 8 hours 01/2022
© 2024 Florian Okwu. All rights reserved.