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Medium Something To Suck #66
Hersk
Sculpture - 92 x 32 x 7 cm Sculpture - 36.2 x 12.6 x 2.8 inch
£1,303
Matrix Index 7 / Red
Colleen Wolstenholme
Sculpture - 66 x 66 x 13 cm Sculpture - 26 x 26 x 5.1 inch
£1,438
Matrix Index 6 / Red
Colleen Wolstenholme
Sculpture - 51 x 51 x 8 cm Sculpture - 20.1 x 20.1 x 3.1 inch
£1,258
Matrix Index 5 / Silver
Colleen Wolstenholme
Sculpture - 66 x 66 x 15 cm Sculpture - 26 x 26 x 5.9 inch
£1,438
Matrix Index 4 / Yellow
Colleen Wolstenholme
Sculpture - 66 x 66 x 8 cm Sculpture - 26 x 26 x 3.1 inch
£1,438
Matrix Index 3 / Charcoal
Colleen Wolstenholme
Sculpture - 66 x 66 x 8 cm Sculpture - 26 x 26 x 3.1 inch
£1,438
Matrix Index 2 / Gold
Colleen Wolstenholme
Sculpture - 66 x 66 x 8 cm Sculpture - 26 x 26 x 3.1 inch
£1,438
Banksy X Basquiat Pez Dispenser
Ske
Sculpture - 37 x 37 x 6 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 14.6 x 2.4 inch
£629
Tiny - Wild - Totem
Thierry Corpet
Sculpture - 26 x 19 x 7 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 7.5 x 2.8 inch
£404
Umbra series 17
Rodrigo Zuliani Hauck Zampol
Sculpture - 39.9 x 30 x 2.8 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.1 inch
£1,096
Umbra series 16
Rodrigo Zuliani Hauck Zampol
Sculpture - 39.9 x 30 x 2.8 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.1 inch
£1,096
The abstract eagle
Ghost Art
Sculpture - 190 x 85 x 77 cm Sculpture - 74.8 x 33.5 x 30.3 inch
£20,218
Eclats 20-13 (Bas Relief)
Sezny Peron
Sculpture - 20 x 20 x 3 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
£449
ua langu (my flower)
Mosoti Kepha
Sculpture - 48 x 32 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 12.6 x 1 inch
£1,698
Banksy X Jumpman Air Jordan OW Chicago
Ske
Sculpture - 37 x 37 x 6 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 14.6 x 2.4 inch
£629
This is not a Phone
Scott Troxel
Sculpture - 25.4 x 14 x 11.4 cm Sculpture - 10 x 5.5 x 4.5 inch
£584
Straight from the tree 5
Ties Ten Bosch
Sculpture - 30 x 180 x 30 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 70.9 x 11.8 inch
£917
Straight from the tree 3
Ties Ten Bosch
Sculpture - 42 x 250 x 32 cm Sculpture - 16.5 x 98.4 x 12.6 inch
£917
Straight from the tree 2
Ties Ten Bosch
Sculpture - 15 x 80 x 15 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 31.5 x 5.9 inch
£539
Straight from the tree 1
Ties Ten Bosch
Sculpture - 25 x 100 x 25 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 39.4 x 9.8 inch
£539
Old World New World
Bruno Helgen
Sculpture - 30 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
£2,336
Abstract composition in white
Tonino Maurizi
Sculpture - 28 x 16 x 2 cm Sculpture - 11 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch
£1,168
Nature balance...
Irena Tone
Sculpture - 100 x 45 x 45 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 17.7 x 17.7 inch
£4,290 £3,861
Louis Vuitton Skateboard
Guillaume & Anthony
Sculpture - 80 x 20 x 3 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
£1,078
Charlie Brown | Childhood collection
Arnaud Puig aka ARDPG
Sculpture - 50 x 38 x 1.8 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 15 x 0.7 inch
£971
Something to lick (sol) XL #007
Hersk
Sculpture - 102 x 29 x 29 cm Sculpture - 40.2 x 11.4 x 11.4 inch
£1,528
Here's your tea, darling!
Gaspard Mitz
Sculpture - 24 x 34 x 6.5 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 13.4 x 2.6 inch
£629
Alien artefact - slimy
Guillaume Carabin
Sculpture - 50 x 10 x 3 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 3.9 x 1.2 inch
£1,650
Forms and shapes
Guillaume Carabin
Sculpture - 30 x 15 x 3 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 5.9 x 1.2 inch
£1,117
Ripple serie - Raw
Guillaume Carabin
Sculpture - 50 x 10 x 3 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 3.9 x 1.2 inch
£1,516
Alien artefact - Engineer
Guillaume Carabin
Sculpture - 50 x 10 x 3 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 3.9 x 1.2 inch
£1,650
Ripple serie - Sinkhole
Guillaume Carabin
Sculpture - 50 x 28 x 3 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 11 x 1.2 inch
£1,250
Shelby skateboard
Guillaume & Anthony
Sculpture - 80 x 20 x 3 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
£1,078
Totheme rouge 1
Anmarie Léon
Sculpture - 139 x 36 x 36 cm Sculpture - 54.7 x 14.2 x 14.2 inch
£8,078
Grande panthère allongée
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 40 x 120 x 56 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 47.2 x 22 inch
£16,175
Panthère sur le rocher
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 33 x 63 x 20 cm Sculpture - 13 x 24.8 x 7.9 inch
£14,378
Keith Haring dog Vs Looney Tunes
Koen Betjes
Sculpture - 30 x 24 x 11 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 9.4 x 4.3 inch
£494
kijana shujaa (young warrior)
Mosoti Kepha
Sculpture - 49 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 12 x 1 inch
£1,698
Kipusa (gorgeous)
Mosoti Kepha
Sculpture - 48.5 x 31 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 19.1 x 12.2 x 1 inch
£1,698
Something to suck medium #108
Hersk
Sculpture - 93 x 34 x 7 cm Sculpture - 36.6 x 13.4 x 2.8 inch
£1,348
Something to suck medium #110
Hersk
Sculpture - 93 x 34 x 7 cm Sculpture - 36.6 x 13.4 x 2.8 inch
£1,348
Banksy X Jumpman Air Jordan OW Blue/Orange
Ske
Sculpture - 37 x 37 x 6 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 14.6 x 2.4 inch
£629
L'oiseau rêveur
Jean-François Hocq
Sculpture - 127 x 25 x 20 cm Sculpture - 50 x 9.8 x 7.9 inch
£3,203
Pistolet américain
André Robillard
Sculpture - 24 x 28 x 3 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 11 x 1.2 inch
£1,438
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Birds of the mind
Thierry Corpet
Sculpture - 95 x 24 x 22 cm Sculpture - 37.4 x 9.4 x 8.7 inch
£1,438
Breeze - Arm Chair
Poonam Choudhary
Design - 73.7 x 65 x 82 cm Design - 29 x 25.6 x 32.3 inch
£1,012
Les yeux dans les tiens, souris #3
Jéko
Sculpture - 68.5 x 23 x 4 cm Sculpture - 27 x 9.1 x 1.6 inch
£2,336
Jean-Michel Basquiat - Irony of a Negro Policeman
The Skateroom
Design - 80 x 60 x 0.2 cm Design - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
£826
Rayonnement 2 - Le soleil et ses rayons - série sculpture murale
Loïc de Maisonneuve
Sculpture - 70 x 100 x 4 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
£2,426
Wood Sculpture for Sale
Wood and stone were the some of the first materials carved by humans to make tools. Although wood was very commonly used, only few objects survived through the centuries as its decomposes faster and can be destroyed more easily than bronze or stone for example.
Between 700 and 900, most woodcarvers lived in monasteries. Travelling from monastery to monastery, these carvers were few and far between. The was a relatively prescriptive style and many remaining sculptures from this period are quite similar. This era was marked by the constraints of iconoclasm: many religious objects made of wood were destroyed because of the condemnation of representation of religious subjects.
Many sculptures have also been found in England and Scandinavian countries. Wood is also widely used in Africa to create masks, small statues and objects, as well as in India and by aboriginal artists in Australia.
In Europe, it was in the 15th and 16th centuries that wooden sculpture became highly developed, especially in Germany. This was thanks to Gothic sculptors such as Tilman Riemenschneider, Veit Stoss, Michael Pacher, Gregor Erhart and Jorg Zurn who pushed the medium to its limits, creating astonishingly detailed works.
Woodcarving reappeared in the 17th century in England as Baroque ornaments grew in popularity. Master Grinling Gibbons's was a leading artist of the time and one of the few woodcarvers to be widely recognised in his homeland. In France, Rococo brought woodcarving back into fashion, with designers such as Lelange, Foliot and Cressent, who focused on creating furniture.
Several modern artists also used wood, notably Brancusi, who was influenced by the classical tradition which emphasised the finish and materiality of the wood. Henry Moore preferred using this valuable material to create his abstract and evocative shapes, while Barbara Hepworth created incredibly modern works of art and Paul Gauguin used wood to reconnect with and learn from primitive techniques...
Wood is very different from other materials, such as resin or bronze, as it is quite fragile and requires a wide range of tools.The technique to be used differs according to the desired shape because the sculpture can take the form of a low-relief or be carved in the round (a sculpture on base that the viewer can walk around). One must first source planks of wood, flattened, dried and calibrated. Next, a sketch of the sculpture is drawn onto the support, the bulk of the wood is then removed and the object is shaped more carefully using u-gouges to remove as much excess material. Finally, the finer details as well as shadow play are added using a range of tools including flat gouges, chisels, and carving knives.
Artsper features a wide selection of modern wooden sculptures by Nando Stevoli, Gaspard Mitz, César Orrico, Marc Laffolay, Lesley Hilling or Valérie Carmet.
What is the difference between wood carving and sculpture?
Wood carving refers to a process where material is taken away from a block of wood using a tool like a knife, whereas the term "sculpture" refers to any work of three-dimensional art. Sculptures can be produced using a variety of techniques.
Who is the most famous wood carver?
One of the most famous sculptors that has worked with wood carving is Barbara Hepworth. Her work explores themes such as the contrast between the solid and the void, and the relationship between people and nature.
What is the most popular wood sculpture?
Some of the most famous wood sculptures are those of American artist Ben Butler, such as his abstract large-scale work Unbounded, which he created in 2015. The work is comprised of over 10,000 poplar sticks.