Barbara Cooper — Sustainable Wood Sculptures
Barbara Cooper
Chicago, IL
I’ve been working with discarded pieces of wood veneer scavenged from woodworking factories for over twenty years. I am taking industrial waste and putting it back into organic form.
This quote from the poet Mary Oliver inspires me:
‘Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.’
As a sculptor, I think about what influences us as we move through a space and how different spaces make us feel whether expansive or confined, intimate or lost. My job is to get someone to move and explore a space.
Originally published at Wescover Blog .
