At the center of the exhibition are new works that grew out of the artist’s experience visiting the Kawai Kanjiro Memorial Museum during his stay in Kyoto. Including low tables and floor chairs, these pieces take inspiration from Japanese living spaces. Also on view for the first time at ARTS&SCIENCE is the artist’s ‘Charred’ series, distinguished by the deep black tones and rich textures created through the charring of wood, and featuring stools and other furniture works.
The exhibition also includes works introduced in previous exhibitions that draw on the traces of time etched into the wood over the years and the inherent character of the materials themselves. Offering an opportunity to encounter the breadth of the artist’s perspective and approach to form, we invite you to experience the many facets of his work.
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Photos by Bobby Mills
PROFILE
Bobby Mills earned a First Class BA (Hons) degree in Photography from the University for the Creative Arts and is self-taught in woodworking. He is currently based in North Devon, UK, where he produces one-off works. He uses only trees that have fallen naturally or have been felled due to age, disease, or safety reasons, and while engaging with the memory and traces of time held within wood, he creates works that combine functionality and sculptural quality.
