Blog Posts about William Tunberg

Visit with William Tunberg – Artist

He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist. St. Francis of Assisi     I recently drove down to Pasadena from the San Francisco Bay Area with my youngest son, Kenneth. After leaving Ken at his friend's home, I drove down the 405 to the peaceful neighborhood in Venice, CA where Bill Tunberg lives with his wife Camille. Their home is modern and filled with art and design and ambient light. The Tunbergs were both hard at work, getting ready for a show...

William Tunberg – Fine Artist and Creator of Marquetry Sculpture

Creating Marquetry Sculpture "In creating marquetry sculpture, I call upon my lifelong love of assemblage and classical drawing. My materials are exotic natural and dyed veneers that I fragment, assemble, and reassemble, and ultimately laminate over complex sculptural forms of my own devising. I consider the resulting imagery as personal narratives expressed in my own language and mode of communication. Except for its logistical complexities, my use of this classical technique has little in common with traditional marquetry. As far as I know, marquetry has never before been used in contemporary...

More Contemporary Art Marquetry

You will enjoy seeing Trippin' Up, Jay Stanger's 1993 piece at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, and reading what he has to say about it. His approach opens my mind to studio furniture that playfully integrates function with sculpture in a way that I find enchanting - an unexpected affect...   Trippin' Up (1993) Purpleheart, Dyed Veneers, Anodized Aluminum Stool 48"H x 30"W x 36"D   [To view Jay Stanger's remarkable contemporary marquetry sculptures you can visit his Modern Methods website here. I'll be away for a few days. When I return I'll do a couple of posts...