Wood sculpture, guided by the material itself.
Rodney Band is a sculptural wood artist working from Kommetjie, Cape Town. Working with wood since the early 1990s, his one-of-one forms bring traditional turning and hand sculpting into a single, material-led practice exhibited nationally and internationally.
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More than 25 years of craft and exploration.
Rodney began working with wood in the early 1990s. The exterior of a work may begin on the lathe, but the interior is developed by hand, allowing an irregular edge, opening or root form to remain part of the finished sculpture.
Rare hardwoods provide the structure and the subject. Rodney often works with timber from naturally fallen trees. Grain, voids, natural edges and contrasting inlays are not concealed; they become the decisions around which each singular form is shaped.
The practice continues to evolve through an ongoing exploration of form and material, moving each work beyond functional turning and towards a distinctly sculptural object.
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