Wooden it make a lovely work of art

By JEREMY TAN

Metro News
Monday, 18 Nov 2019

Fares’ creation ‘Unity’ can be played with and rearranged into many different forms. — Photos: JEREMY TAN/The Star

TREES that were uprooted by a thunderstorm that hit Penang back in November 2017 have found new life in the 8” by 6” Project II exhibition.

Some of the fallen logs that had been salvaged and kept in a nursery were broken down into small blocks and given to 60 creative individuals to work on.

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Fares’ creation ‘Unity’ can be played with and rearranged into many different forms. — Photos: JEREMY TAN/The Star

Lee Degreef’s ‘Evolution?’ made from hand-fabricated patina copper shows that obstacles create opportunity for change.

Husband and wife team, Lam (right) and Leow, with their wood block art mounted on clear perspex.

Geh's 'Forest Finds' depicts creepy crawlies that could be found on a piece of wood, such as the Cherry Red Centipede and Daddy Long-Legs spider.

Tommes and his ‘Steel Magnolias’ which represents triumph over obstacles in life.

Nasir Nadzir broke the wood into shards and used it as part of his piece titled ‘Buffy Fish Owls Finding Peace in a Wrecked Tree’.

Geh’s ‘Forest Finds’ depicts creepy crawlies that could be found on a piece of wood, such as the Cherry Red Centipede and Daddy Long-Legs spider.

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Wooden it make a lovely work of art

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Fares’ creation ‘Unity’ can be played with and rearranged into many different forms. — Photos: JEREMY TAN/The Star

Lee Degreef’s ‘Evolution?’ made from hand-fabricated patina copper shows that obstacles create opportunity for change.

Husband and wife team, Lam (right) and Leow, with their wood block art mounted on clear perspex.

Geh's 'Forest Finds' depicts creepy crawlies that could be found on a piece of wood, such as the Cherry Red Centipede and Daddy Long-Legs spider.

Tommes and his ‘Steel Magnolias’ which represents triumph over obstacles in life.

Nasir Nadzir broke the wood into shards and used it as part of his piece titled ‘Buffy Fish Owls Finding Peace in a Wrecked Tree’.

Geh’s ‘Forest Finds’ depicts creepy crawlies that could be found on a piece of wood, such as the Cherry Red Centipede and Daddy Long-Legs spider.

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Fares’ creation ‘Unity’ can be played with and rearranged into many different forms. — Photos: JEREMY TAN/The Star

Lee Degreef’s ‘Evolution?’ made from hand-fabricated patina copper shows that obstacles create opportunity for change.

Husband and wife team, Lam (right) and Leow, with their wood block art mounted on clear perspex.

Geh's 'Forest Finds' depicts creepy crawlies that could be found on a piece of wood, such as the Cherry Red Centipede and Daddy Long-Legs spider.

Tommes and his ‘Steel Magnolias’ which represents triumph over obstacles in life.

Nasir Nadzir broke the wood into shards and used it as part of his piece titled ‘Buffy Fish Owls Finding Peace in a Wrecked Tree’.

Geh’s ‘Forest Finds’ depicts creepy crawlies that could be found on a piece of wood, such as the Cherry Red Centipede and Daddy Long-Legs spider.

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