25. ca. 2002 to ca. 2004

Basswood, units measuring 1, 1¼″, 1½″, or 1¾″ square, each piece cut at its end and on all four sides (19 selections)

Wardy made these small sculptures at a privately owned carpentry shop in Sequim, Washington, where he spent many summers and, after 2003, sometimes longer periods of time. The shop owner taught Wardy to use his saws and provided space for him to assemble the works. The owner was not only generous but also enjoyed seeing art making in progress. Wardy bought the basswood in Port Townsend, about thirty miles away, at a shop that specialized in fine and exotic woods of many types.

The general style of these works relates to a large outdoor hemlock sculpture that Wardy created in 1974 at the Arnot Art Museum in Elmira, New York. See Category 3 (6). 

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