Branching Out Woodworks
3′ 7″ w x 6′ 10″ h – from the Germination Series The assignment here was to design a tree for a wall with inherent challenges: air vents and an opening to another room. The tree was to grow around and over these obstacles, and remind the owner of a key theme in her life. […]
1′ 6″ w x 2′ 3″ h – from the Germination Series We have one of the “Sprouting” sculptures from Elana’s “Germination series.” It’s amazing. The beautiful wood adds warmth to the room. It’s so soothing to live with; it has a flow. We and our guests enjoy the organic nature of the design. It […]
3′ w x 4′ h – from the Germination Series Elana’s mosaic is a multisensory feast. It’s sensual to touch and alluring to the eye. See the entire Germination Series
2′ 8″ w x 2′ 8″ h – from the Germination Series The sculpture is so vibrant and warm it seems alive to me. It seems not to be a set of separate pieces of wood but a whole, an organic whole new piece of wood with grains and colors merging and meshing in a […]
2′ 6″ w x 2′ 6″ h – from the Germination Series Karin says: Walking into the house throughout the day, to the sight of Elana’s beautiful sculpture, is a delight. It is a full, vibrant tree—branches, trunk, and roots, with an overlay of textured leaves. The variety of woods is striking and perfectly balanced. […]
What isTikkun Olam? Rachel Naomi Remen, a physician and writer, explained on NPR’s show “On Being” what the Kabbalists told: In the beginning…this world…emerged from the heart of the holy darkness as a great ray of light. And then…there was an accident…the wholeness of the world broke…We [humans] are born with the capacity to find […]
3′ w x 2’7″ h My client tells the story of this one: With our first baby on the way, we started thinking about the baby proofing we needed to do. The entrance to the stairs leading downstairs is directly across from our front door, so we weren’t too keen on getting a standard plastic […]
2’6″ w x 3’8″ h We need a vigorous, proactive Peace Dove these days – one that invites us to seek peace as the most exciting, alluring choice. Like its younger sister Peace Dove 2, this one is actively flying, has a destination in mind, is prepared to intervene creatively, and hopes to inspire us […]
4’5″ w x 3’5″ h This client lived in the sand dunes right at the Lake Michigan shore, in an unusual house she and her husband designed. She wanted shapes from the dunes and from a native reed she loved represented in the large sculpture she commissioned. I designed it to mount on the exterior […]
2′ 3″ w x 3′ 7″ h We need a vigorous, proactive Peace Dove these days – one that invites us to seek peace as the most exciting, alluring choice. Like its older sister Peace Dove 1, this one is actively flying, has a destination in mind, is prepared to intervene creatively, and hopes to […]
3’3″ w x 5’2″ h Layers abstractly represents a desert and mountain landscape with a river. The wood pieces at the bottom are thicker and lighter in color, and toward the top the shapes get thinner and darker to suggest receding into greater distance away from the viewer. I recently visited these folks and saw […]
Crucible: a) a pot in which substances are heated to a very high temperature or melted; b) a difficult test or challenge; c) a place or situation that forces people to change or make difficult decisions. The Moses Cone Cancer Center, an outpatient part of Wesley Long Hospital in Greensboro, NC, now houses Crucible 1 […]
2′ w x 1′ 6″ h The California owner of “Eruption” commissioned his sculpture from a distance after seeing my work in Indiana. The assignment was a certain size piece with dark woods, for someone who loves mountains, lakes, and green meadows. Other than that he trusted me to follow my nose. I found an […]
4′ w x 4′ 6″ h Created with a rich variety of types of woods, oiled, no stain. Best hung in a room with cathedral ceiling; “flames” lick up toward high part of ceiling. Comes with map of woods, mounting bracket, hardware, instructions for installation and maintenance. Contact me to purchase.
2′ 5″ w x 2′ 5″ h My playful sculpture A Dance is now on the dance studio wall of The Asheville Ballet Inc. and Asheville Academy of Ballet and Contemporary Dance Inc. This is a marvelous dance school and professional performing dance company combined, founded in 1964. It occupies a special place in my […]
4′ w x 2′ 6″ h The goal for this sculpture was to use broad strokes to tie together the various elements of the finished attic space, playing with the flat angular surfaces of the room yet softening them with some rounded shapes. The clients wanted mostly light and medium shade woods, with a few […]
6′ w x 2′ h For a house on top of a sand dune in northern Indiana, surrounded by trees and sand dune-y shapes, the challenge was to integrate the natural forms with the “man-made” flat surfaces and straight lines of the house itself. This sculpture for many years lived on the outside of the […]
Growing as a person and as an artist (it just never stops, does it?), I began to explore the theme of germination, using mostly maple wood to develop organic shapes of seed pods, sprouting, and growing. This series is not yet complete! I got as far as Seeds and a few versions of Sprouting, when […]
5′ 5″ w x 4′ 6″ h My parents Lotte & Seymour Meyerson, who lived for several years at Deerfield Retirement Community in Asheville, NC before they died, were planning for their 70th wedding anniversary. Wanting to honor their own long, remarkable history together and Deerfield’s wonderful facilities and services, they commissioned me to create […]
2′ w x 1′ 6″ h Currents was one of my first sculpture commissions. This client in Madison, WI missed her childhood home in Oregon. She wanted a reminder of the creeks and streams and tactile shapes she remembered, and she had a particular spot in mind for it in her Midwest home. Every day […]