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Yann Marot | The Unbearable Lightness of Balance, 2023

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Yann Marot | The Unbearable Lightness of Balance, 2023
Yann Marot | Aups, Var, France
The Unbearable Lightness of Balance, 2023
Maple
4.3 x 3.5 x 5.9 inches | 11 x 9 x 15 cm

The title is of course a reference and a tribute to Milan Kundera and his novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
Reading him marked and built me.

About:
I am a woodturner, a craftsman. Constantly in search of simplicity, my creative work is marked by tight curves, simple shapes and thin textures. I am listening for the emotion provoked by the simple curves that daily nurture my eyes. I really believe that curve IS an emotion. My imagination is full of rope textures, organic shapes, pieces sometimes carved, often turned. My work is speaking about the tree. That’s why I like the distortion of green wood after drying, a sort of second life. I can expect it but I can’t master this movement. It fascinates me. My hand does the main work, of course, but first comes the tree ... its history, and when the sap was still running through its veins.

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