Wood and Earth

I started documenting Nature impressions around me: trees and branches, water streams, clouds. Light and shadows.

I collected some of the found tree branches to polish them and re-create relationships between them, sometimes pairing different trees and woods.

Based on the observation and assemblage of lines and shapes I created functional pieces, from clay (earth+water) and wood I decided to craft sets of scoops and wands for using in Tea Ceremony.

This small collection of raw stoneware scoops and carved wood wands are all made by hand, with the help of stones, a carving knife (kiridashi) and tools I created as needed.

Bovina, NY. March-June 2020.

GGrippo

GGrippo is an artist, designer and craftsman working in Brooklyn and Bovina, New York.

GGrppo is one of the four featured artists of MAKE IT WITH TEA. One set of the collection is donated to the Summer Tea 2020 to fund for future outdoor community tea projects. Get it here to support this.

More pieces on view at GGrippo art+design on Grand St. “Calligraphy in Space” is on, featuring works on paper by Oliver Halsman-Rosenberg and Bryan Gursky.

(Photos Credit: GGrippo)