ArtPrize September 19 - October 7, 2012 | Grand Rapids, MI
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Steve Arver
Rockford, MI
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Reflections 2011
Reflections 2011
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Steve Arver

Artist bio

I was raised in the West Michigan area. I had the honor of working and being influenced by my father’s wood working skills. My father worked in the furniture city and taught me the many skills needed to understand the basics of crafting fine furniture.

Nature’s gifts are all around us. These gifts are always created with reason and purpose. There is unseen inner beauty in all of these gifts. My hope is by rearranging and redirecting this inner beauty of the wood into a work of art that brings appreciation to all the ‘life’ that a tree has supported and generated for possibly over a century. My desire is to create a piece of furniture that will complement the natural splendor of this majestic beauty, the TREE for many generations to enjoy.
About the work
Title: Reflections

Art form: 3-D

Medium: Wood furniture

Year created: 2011

Description of work: What I like to do is to make new and fresh furniture designs that tell a story. I do this by arranging end grain crosscuts in a book-matched pattern. This creates a mosaic that shows all the beauty hidden in the growth rings of these awesome trees, which clean our air and cool our earth. My 2011 entry is a desk that sets on spider-like legs. Worms and insects have deteriorated the domestic maple, end grain used for the outside edge detail.

Steve Arver is showing at:

City Art Gallery City Art Gallery
1168 Ionia NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

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