Meleah Gabhart works from her studio in Durham, NC creating highly sculpted wood mosaics that are carved and composed entirely in raw wood.  Each piece is a distinct sculptural wood tapestry involving hours of carving, designing, and finishing to achieve a richly dimensional artwork.  

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These works being texture and dimensionality through utterly unique techniques and perspectives.   Wielding wood into fine art transcends how we think about this material and infuses it with motion and emotion.  

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Her work finds the beauty in raw common wood.  Often, the wood she uses is from discarded furniture, or scraps from wood shops.  In fact, she prefers the wood that is mostly rejected by traditional woodworkers.  Those bent boards where the grain twists and swirls become focal points within the sculpture.

Wood has a willingness to be transformed, making it the perfect medium for carving into movement and life. 

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Living with art that pay tribute to the natural world reminds us to slow down and connect with deeper levels of life.

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Full name: Anna Meleah Gabhart 

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