Wycliffe Stutchbury, an artist who merges woodworking with environmental themes, expresses a fascination with the interplay between the human desire to shape nature and nature's inherent resistance to conform. His handcrafted wood shingle art, created from various types of wood, showcases unique textures and colors developed over time. Initially trained as a furniture maker, Stutchbury's creative journey began with miniature models, evolving towards larger, more immersive installations that celebrate nature's unpredictability and influence on human art forms.
Always in my mind is the desire to describe the landscape of the human body and the country, says artist Wycliffe Stutchbury, whose elegant compositions are intimately tied to nature and a sense of place.
I work with wood because it is full of surprises, and it is a miraculous material, Stutchbury tells Colossal. Its character, texture, fragility, robustness...I really just see myself as an editor of nature.
The struggle between our desire to impose form on the natural world and its unwillingness to conform always shapes our efforts.
One day, I was walking home and the neighbour's house was being re-roofed...the rain and sun and time had produced these wonderful colours on the timber.
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