Art in Wood

A visit this week was made to friend Mark Sharrock’s woodshop and showroom. Mark is a retired firefighter who moved with his wife, artist Laurinda Stockwell, to Santa Fe last year. Mark is an artist who works in wood; beautiful wood. He brought with him from New Jersey gorgeous fruitwoods, apple and pear, and uses wonderful hardwoods such as hickory and maple to created furniture pieces that lets the wood speak for itself. His pieces vary from rustic to contemporary in beautiful simplicity that showcase the texture and depth of wood in its purest form.

The inner bark of hickory sits at the end of a stair waiting to fill the back and seat of a rocking chair.

Waiting to become a work of art is its own still life.

                                     

A detail of a chair arm allows the art of nature to reveal itself. 

The combination of wood and metal brings tables into modernism that is timeless (“Cats” by Laurinda Stockwell).

Mark’s work may be viewed at his showroom by appointment. msharrock49@gmail.com. 908/500-6392.

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