Branching Out WoodworksTo be created by Elana
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
2′ 11″ w x 2′ 8″ h This creative client wanted to hide from view the flat-screen TV above her living room fireplace except when using it. I designed and commissioned a cabinet from a cabinet-maker to cover the TV screen, mounted it, then created a mosaic sculpture over the cabinet doors. The idea was […]
1′ 6″ w x 1′ 2″ h This piece sold through a gallery and I never met the new owner. So, no testimonial!