Joel Hunnicutt (NC), Maple Bottle Vase

Contemporary turned on a lathe, dyed and then finished with a high gloss lacquer, ink signed on the underside.

23 1/2 x 10 x 10 in.

Private Collection, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Based in Hendersonville, North Carolina, woodcarver Joel Honnicutt has exhibited his unique modernist wood turned vessels at various galleries throughout the US, including Ariel Gallery in Asheville, NC; Chasen Galleries in Sarasota, Florida; ZFolio Galleries in Monterey, California; Dare Gallery in Charleston, South Carolina; among others. His work is in many public and private collections throughout the United States, China, New Zealand, the Caribbean, Syria, Canada, Switzerland, Turkey and the Maldives.

"Approximately twenty years ago I signed up for a furniture making class at a community college. The idea was to learn how to make furniture for my home. As soon as I turned the pedestal for the table I was creating, I was hooked. Not on furniture making, but on using the lathe. I cut many small segments of wood, assemble the pieces into a rough form and then turn it to the final shape. Through an additive process, I reinterpret the ancient and classical forms and couple these forms with 21st century surface treatments. These forms are made new again with vibrant colors not normally associated with wood.

Small abrasion and few minor marks to the body, otherwise good condition.