Jayne Armstrong

​

Wood: growth patterns

Elements: wood metal

​

Find, make 2021

​

Jayne Armstrong works primarily in fresh, green oak to explore the sculptural and aesthetic
possibilities of a material that moves and changes shape as it dries.

 

Working in a responsive, dialogical relationship with the wood, each piece starts life on a wood turning lathe where it is turned to no more than a few millimeters thick before being left to dry naturally.

 

Once dry, Jayne bleaches, stains, burns, embellishes, oils and waxes each piece to create work that is as light as a feather and soft to the touch.

​

Importantly for Jayne, the wood is sourced locally. Much of the oak will come from her own garden in France which she cuts and chainsaws herself -other sources are friends, neighbours and the local arboriculteur.  Worked in this way, each piece of oak has a story rooted in time and place. 

 

​