michael ferris: wood and grout

michael ferris jr.’s wood sculptures are made of recycled wood and pigmented grout. he captures lifelike expressions on the faces (like sam, below) and the amount of detail is astounding.

“My work consists of wood forms surfaced with a self-invented wood overlay method related to the intarsia technique. The coloration of each work is achieved by the wood tiles natural hue in conjunction with acrylic pigmented grout. I use only discarded wood in the creation of each piece. Inlaid gaming tables from the Middle East have played a particularly important role in the aesthetic formation of this work.”