STEPHEN HATCHER · FINE ART WOODTURNING AND SCULPTURE

Rising

Year: 2009

Dimensions: 21"H x 6.75"W x 6.75"D

Materials: Curly-figured bigleaf maple with inlaid minerals. Finished with guitar finishing resins, metal-acid dyes and musical-instrument lacquer.

Comment: Inspired by magma rising in a volcanic vent. It is difficult to find wood suitable for a piece like this on this scale but it is possible. I hope to make another similar to this in the near future. Shown in the "Color of Wood" exhibit at Habitat Gallery, VA and acquired by a private collector.