Residency Blog

If we accept David Pye’s oft-stated claim that risk is an index of workmanship, then Zina Manesā-Burloiu easily ranks among the most accomplished of wood artists. The dazzling swirls of hand-chipped facets and micro perforations that characterize her work epitomize...

The fellows had another full day carving, clamping, cutting, glueing, sanding, sculpting...Many new pieces are appearing in the wood shop with finishing work being done on pieces already begun. Julia is making a door with beautiful carving, Rex continues to work on...

If you came to the UArts Wood shop this week, you would be watching many active hands and have to shuffle through lots of sawdust. The fellows continue their daily work on completing their pieces. Their working hours vary. Rex is a real night owl - who tends to...

The fellows are working around the clock now to finish their ideas, and begin possible new works. The shop is humming with an assortment of sounds. Julia is trimming large pieces of wood, gouging and carving other works, while Rex works on a large scale piece and...

UArts MFA Studio Lecture - Julia Harrison and Adrien Segal Both Adrien and Julia were invited by the UArts MFA program to give lectures and critiques of the MFA candidates work. Julia Harrison gave her lecture at 12:30 on June 30th. Adrien Segal's lecture and...

Look long enough at Julia Harrison’s work and you may feel like you’re staring. That is, in fact, precisely the point. Harrison explains (click here to listen) that “the act of looking really hard at another person to try to figure out what the hell they are...

“When I’m thinking about things to do,” explains Grant Vaughan, “I’ll go for a walk in the bush.” He doesn’t have far to walk. Vaughan hails from New South Wales, Australia, where he lives on eighty-five acres of bushland. Although his work has shifted over the...

We traveled out to the beautiful environs of New Hope, PA, to visit the studio, showroom, finishing department, Peace House and guest house of gifted wood sculptor George Nakashima. His friendly daughter, Mira Nakashima-Yarnall, gave us a wonderful guided tour...

The fellows are onto new beginnings. New art pieces are evolving on what seems like a daily basis. Rex is working on a very large sculpture. Zina is working on new techniques and ideas combining turned pieces with traditional Romanian carving. Adrien is beginning...

Perhaps none of this year’s ITE fellows are more at home in Philadelphia than Rex Kalehoff, who earned a BFA in sculpture from UArts before moving on to RIT’s MFA program in woodworking. As he tells it, Kalehoff’s work is inspired by long travels around the Pacific...