Wood Art - Artist Vas Avramidis

Wooden Monk Sculpture

2007-03-15T09:30:00.000-07:00

Sculpture of a monk in basswood. Approx. 6 inches tall. This was my first attempt at sculpture in the round.

Saints Joachim & Anna

2006-12-14T11:03:00.000-08:00

A relief woodcarving I carved as a housewarming gift for a good friend who recently got married. Its carved after the Coptic style and depicts Saints Joachim and Anna, parents of teh Virgin Mary. Walnut.

Nature Personified - A Wooden Book

2006-07-01T09:36:00.000-07:00

I made this book out of mahogany, its made of five pieces of wood that where cut with a Dremel saw, carved with chisels, coated with Gesso, and painted with Watercolors and Gouache. When all the book panels are closed (see first image), the four panels represent the four seasons of both nature and life. When opened (see second image), the panels combine to show nature as a feminine force.

The Four Seasons

2006-03-15T09:48:00.000-08:00

This is a mixed media installation representing the Four Seasons -Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall (shown in that order). Each season was cut out of mahogany, their shapes corresponding to the energy of that season (winter being the most static, and summer being the most active). Each panel was then carved using wood chisels and then painted with Acrylic. The narrative is the thread of life. Winter for me being the womb, not death, spring the time of birth, summer the height of active life, and fall its winding down to death and ascension to heaven. The panels are cut and designed in such a way however that they can be put in a different order, say starting with spring and ending in winter. This would change the narrative of course. Also, no season is isolated, elements from each adjacent panel bleed onto their neighboring panels.