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Pic: Recycled Wood Portrait Sculptures

Pic: Recycled Wood Portrait Sculptures

By Dan Gould on June 15, 2009

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Artist Michael Ferris Jr. recycles old pieces of wood into complex portrait sculptures that express colorful details of his subjects faces. Inspired by the patterns of Maori tattoos and Byzantine mosaics Ferris uses a combination of both carved and layered wood and colored grout to interpret the sitter’s psychological and emotional state.

Michael Ferris Jr.

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