Stoney Lamar. Transcending the round object, he uses multiple axes to sculpt asymmetrical forms and create texture. By juxtaposing asymmetrical and symmetrical elements in his work, the figurative, architectural or abstract wood objects are Few who treat the lathe as a carving tool do so with the skill of imbued with a sense of movement, balance, and tension.

"A multiple axis approach also has allowed me to draw from a wider range of influences and to develop a more personal imagery and narrative," notes Lamar. "As I adjust the work's axis and continue turning, new challenges and possibilities are constantly present, allowing a subtractive process to become an intriguing way of constructing an object."

Lamar received his BS degree in industrial arts (wood technology) from Appalachian State University. A friend's borrowed lathe led him away from his original goal to design and build furniture, however, to sculpt woodturning. He apprenticed with Mark and Melvin Lindquist and the year's experience there freed him from many self-imposed restrictions and limitations of traditional lathe approaches. It opened new avenues and processes for the expression of his aesthetic.

His work is in such collections as High Museum of Art (Atlanta), American Craft Museum (NY), Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Los Angeles County Museum of Craft and Folk Art, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., and Episcopal Diocese of Lexington, KY, Chapel of Broken Vessel.




PERMANENT MUSEUM AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

· the smithsonian museum of american art, renwick gallery
· yale university art museum
· museum of art and design, nyc
· detroit institute of arts
· l.a. county museum of art
· r j reynolds tobacco co., corporate headquarters
· mint museum of craft + design, charlotte
· episcopal diocese of lexington, ky, chapel of the broken vessel
· idlewild paper corporation, winston-salem
· ethan allen furniture corporation, Danbury
· bank south, atlanta
· salem investment corporation, winston-salem
· huntsville museum of art
· high museum of art, atlanta
· arkansas arts center
· mobile museum of art
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