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The body is reduced to the essentials: the line of the waist, the breasts, the movement of the shoulders—which no longer need a head or hands. The growth rings encircle the torso like skin, breathing quiet life into the sculpture. The work is not about the details of the face, but about the posture, calm, tension, and dignity of the wood. The viewer is meant to feel the smoothness of the form and the weight of the material, which remains warm.
figurative woodcarving; simplified classical form