Pert Sculpture
I live inside Dronninglund Storskov ( a forest) together with Magdalene, horses, dog and cat, and this is where I process tree roots/and stumps for my pots/sculptures.
Welcome to Pert Sculpture
I am a retired forest and landscape engineer, born and raised on Bornholm. Here, it was my mother in particular who showed me the way to the enchanting life of the forest. I have thus played with these sculptures for 50 years. At the start with a homemade wooden mallet and tuning iron. Now I mainly use a chainsaw etc., but I have to adapt the tools to the task, and therefore be a little inventive when I make the very deep jars. This may require a dust mask and goggles, and also a headlamp. I am fascinated by these shapes that nature gives me, and I can then adjust, emphasize and change a little. But it is nature's organic forms that I feel connected to and which give me depth in my life. Or reverberation you could say.
It takes a long time to make a jar. First, the root outlets must be dug down and then cut and transported home. I have a tractor and can find all my subjects in Dronninglund Storskov, and thus also at home. It can take between 40 and 100 dedicated working hours to cut and polish. I therefore develop a close relationship with the jars, and it feels good to have them around me.
No chemicals, oil or anything else is used. It is completely raw wood and since I always use trees that have fallen in the storm, or felled for sawmills, it can be said to be very environmentally friendly and sustainable.
Each and every jar/sculpture has supported a tree for up to 100 years and made it grow...so it is sustainable in more ways than one.
All types of wood can be used, but you must pay close attention to the drying process to prevent cracks. Everything can fail, and so can I. But I have gained useful experience and therefore I make fewer mistakes than before.
The thickness of the finished jars is measured in mm., and it naturally requires great care not to cut through the wood. I often have to return to the same jar and just take off a little more, etc.. because it is a bit of a sport to balance with the thin wood. But this is also where I see the rough and raw wood, meeting "ballet or elegance".
