Art Where Nature Ends
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Scott and Stephanie reside in the rural mountain area of Candy Kitchen New Mexico. Both Scott and Stephanie have always been involved in the arts from an early age, from painting, drawing, scratch boarding to vocal performance. This has evolved into their passion of working with wood together. Scott began his love of woodworking in high school and is mostly self taught. They both started creating fine furniture over 27 years ago and approximately 14 years ago began carving bowls to have smaller items for art shows. That evolved into carving vessels and sculptures using a chainsaw and grinders, becoming more elaborate and sculptural in design, by creating tunnels, waves and folds. They both love the fact that the vessels and sculptures bring out their artistic freedom and allows them to express their visions from within themselves, working with influences from nature. Another aspect they both love about carving is bringing new life to discarded logs and forest reclaimed woods, such as Alligator Juniper from New Mexico. These ancient trees can be over 1000 years old and vary rare. Endless scouting for just the right logs and burls, brings about abundant possibilities. Carving through into the center of the tree, reveals its life from the beginning to the end; Bringing out the Beauty and Spirit of the tree from within. Stephanie does most of the inlay work, sanding and finishing. Scott is a true artist. His carving ability is like no other. He lets the wood talk to him and sees an idea in his head, then yields the chainsaw to form and create this vision. Together they work in synce to create “One of a Kind” sculptures. They are award winning artists, showing in museums and galleries and their work is sought after by collectors from all over the world.