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Found-wood root sculpture stained red, profile of an open maw with dark cavities, mounted on a black metal rod, work by Robert Bibeau

The Mask

Found-wood root and burl, stained an earthen red, mounted on a metal rod. The raw matter forms an open maw with sharp points, an emergent animal figure.

The found-wood sculpture seen at a distance on a pale wall, a compact red-brown mass with natural hollows and points.
The wood root laid flat, three-quarter view, showing a burl growth and a central tubular cavity.
Frontal view of the upright figure, two socket-like cavities above a row of wooden points resembling fangs.
Close-up of the sharp wooden points and a thin metal sliver jutting between the cavities, earthen-red surface.
Tight detail of the open maw, openwork wooden points and the black metal support rod behind.
The wood-root sculpture wall-mounted, vertical orientation, a wooden arm jutting left and a central cavity.
Root and burl piece in pale wood streaked with indigo, propped against a whitewashed brick wall, a closed loop of wood at its centre and root ends tapering to points along the lower edge
Close view of the knotted burl and blackened trunk, a white stone wedged into a fork of the wood with a monarch butterfly resting on it, wings folded, against a blurred red canvas and a pale wall