Old School

John McAbry, Oracle, Bay Laurel Wood, 19"x7"x6" McAbry lives and works in his handmade cabin along the coast of California. His media are blocks of bay laurel wood that has naturally fallen, “I enjoy working with bay laurel. It is a fast growing native hardwood, both tough and flexible, with a tightly interlocking grain. The colors in the wood move independently of the grain, so I never know exactly how this will influence the finished piece.” He works with his hands, choosing to forgo the use of power tool for a more 'old school' approach. He creates beautiful shapes, sometimes abstractions of actual models and sometimes indistinguishable forms.