UPDATE: “Very excited to have been a part of AAW’s auction. Thank you to everyone that participated in this event. The winning bid supports the American Association of Woodturners (AAW) and Professional Outreach Program (POP) educational and outreach programs, as well as the artists who create the work.”

Virgil Aurand

https://auction.woodturner.org/Virgil-Aurand-and-Jim-Christiansen-Upon-Being-Human-2021_i41808473

White oak, silver maple, basswood, birch
14 x 17.5 x 4.25
Collaboration: Virgil Aurand | Jim Christiansen
$ 2400 * Sold

Rice bowls have become deeply rooted cultural objects that have the potential to help us understand ourselves and the place in which we live. The form invites us to cradle and contemplate. The decorative scheme reminds us of relationships, feelings and beliefs. These bowls are beckoning us to take time to share and remember. The presentation cabinet is designed to showcase the importance of meaningful objects by utilizing intricate joinery, quartersawn White Oak, and a door that suggests sharing our deepest and fragile feelings with only a select few. In a sense, it is a shrine to help us understand who we are.

In a sense, it is a shrine to help us understand who we are.