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"Using both hand and power tools I create carved wood panels and objects. My primary source for materials is salvaged offcuts from local sawmills and cabinet shops. Inspiration is drawn from two main sources; the simple and clean forms of modern design, as well as from the dynamic environment where I live on the southern shore of Lake Superior in Marquette Michigan.
The wood is often worked green then allowed to warp and crack as it dries. After carving I paint or burn the surface to emphasize tool marks. The lines and textures carved in the wood are abstractions from the natural world; rocks, water, sand, waves, trees, ice... I primarily work within squares, rectangles, and grids; exploring relationships between the organic carving and the machined lines."
Education
2007 BFA Woodworking, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan
Selected Exhibitions
2017 Cherry Creek Art Festival, Denver Colorado
Old Town Art Fair, Chicago Illinois
American Craft Show, Atlanta (Piece selected for the Make Room exhibit)
Palm Beach Contemporary, Palm Beach Florida
2016 American Craft Show, San Francisco California
Bellevue Art Museum Artsfair, Bellevue Washington
Old Town Art Fair, Chicago Illinois
Artifex, Peter White Public Library, Marquette Michigan
2015 Art in the Pearl, Portland Oregon
Bellevue Art Museum Artsfair, Bellevue Washington
2014 Nature in Craft, Wayne Art Center, Wayne Pennsylvania
2013 American Crafts Show, Baltimore Maryland
2012 American Crafts Show, St Paul Minnesota ( Piece selected for the Make Room exhibit)
Public Collections
Cowell Family Cancer Center, Traverse City Michigan
Jaimeson Orthodontic, Marquette Michigan
JOSEPH GRACI
WORKS FOR SALE
There are currently no works available by this artist.