Emergence

Apple wood
H16 cm, L19 cm, P 18 cm

This piece of apple tree, cut in 1991, was first carved in 2026. I initially let myself be guided by the wood’s grain, its lines and growth rings, seeking not so much to impose a form as to reveal what was already there.
When I removed the bark, the tensions within the wood were released and cracks began to open up. Some of these widened even further after I thought the sculpture was finished, forcing me to return to my work and incorporate these openings into the composition.
What was initially a break in the material thus became a new motif. The final form emerged from this dialogue between what I had imagined and what the wood itself brought to light.