Artist Statement:

"Neither the American, or British, or European empires invented woodworking, wood turning, craft, art, city construction, or general making practices as originators of the intent for an individual's personalized human endeavor found within any cooperative modern-day landscape; being that humanity has always enacted upon these expressions of itself, and has been doing so with advanced techniques using the moldable, physical materials of Earth individually, or in groups within societies for eons—Nor does the way in which a person's efforts, and preference of artistic expansion & development as a maker, related to any current, modern-day global industrialization era throughout recent history (or of any revolution) change that. Thus, "Original Art" doesn't exist within most, if not any time period of purported human history. Yet, personal signature for form, tactility, method, texture, and story is always seen, learned, applied, and has always been made effectively by the human hand, all throughout time, up to the current day; to be expounded upon for reflection, new perspective, and methodology -- given that

no professional who either practices a trade, or any other general form of human expertise beyond the hobbyist, or digital media-platform scale of expression is self-taught—until they’ve mastered both the rigor, and intent found within their training”

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