The 'Art' of recycling - a-n The Artists Information Company

Venue: Open House
Starts: Saturday, June 19, 2010
Ends: Sunday, June 20, 2010
Address: Kingston, Rowden Lane, Hampsthwaite, (near Harrogate), HG3 2ER, off the A59 out of Harrogate towards Skipton
Location: Yorkshire

Open House of Wood Art and Rag Rugging. Insideoutwoodart specialises in creating both decorative and functional items from reclaimed wood that otherwise would be destined for burning. Rags2rugs maintains the age old tradition of rag rugging, using quality hessian stretched across a frame, to produce unique rag-rugs, cushions and bags.

Chris Rymer

Take home a piece of Yorkshire

Hand crafted from locally reclaimed wood

My source of wood (logs) is from locally reclaimed trees – diseased, wind blown or through intervention by tree surgeons.

I create contemporary wood art by ‘Reshaping Nature’, revealing fascinating combinations of patterns, lines and wood grain.

The work evolves through careful shaping, a controlled drying process, seasoning and finally finishing with natural oil - a slow process, but well worth the effort in order to conserve the beauty that is wood.

The original piece of wood is turned 'Inside Out', in order to display to you the 'Wood Art' that has been hidden away for many years.

Not every piece ends up being totally symmetrical – natural drying allows nature to influence the final shape with some fascinating and quirky results.

The resultant hollow form creation is not a single piece of Art - a very different perspective can be enjoyed through '360 degrees' of 'Wood Art'.

I hope you will share with me in my enthusiasm!

Each item is unique - The choice is yours.