Today’s piece is called Elbara which translates roughly to “Made by God”. We go over our inspiration for this four foot black walnut slab and talk about some of the ideas behind the intricate pieces of stone.
We wanted to accentuate the split in the stump where one tree became two large stumps. In the center of both stumps we placed an ammonite and off of the broken stump you can see azurite poring down onto the rest of the sculpture. Out of the center spiral we have book matched travertine, Petoskey (a fossilized coral), and turquoise. Book matches are when you split a stone or slab in half and place the two halves next to each other. The two spirals meet each other at the crotch of the slab where the two logs grew apart and into each other. We loved working on this beautiful black walnut with these amazing stones. This is truly a one-of-a-kind piece.
