Christian Burchard
„I have worked with wood for most of my life. We are comfortable with
each other, we have a close relationship and I value this connection
enormously. Wood inspires me, its beauty, the story and history of individual
pieces, the tracks that the passing of time has left; I am driven to expose
this beauty, to make it shine. Equally, I am fascinated by the inner structure
of wood, by revealing its more subtle form and spirit.”
Born in
Hamburg, Germany in 1955, Christian has been living in the United States since
1978. Starting out as a furniture makers apprenticeship in Germany in the
middle seventies, he studied sculpture and drawing at the Museum School in
Boston then at the Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver BC.
In 1982 he
opened a studio in Southern Oregon. His early focus was on furniture and
interiors, but gradually shifted to woodturning and sculpture, moving between
vessel oriented forms and sculptural turning. His work has been included in
most of the major turning related exhibits of the last twenty something years
and is exhibited widely throughout the US. His pieces are part of many public
and private collections. His current work includes wall sculptures and
freestanding sculptural objects. He is also sought after as a teacher and
demonstrator at craft schools and conferences and related turning events. He
currently resides with his wife at the outskirts of Ashland, Oregon.
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| The Courtin Game |
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| The Vow |
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| Baskets |
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| Journey |
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| The Riddle |
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| Book |
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A Lightness In Being
(Excercises In Zen 2) |
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