Wooden Chip Artwork
Posted by kim on Saturday, February 25, 2012
Incredible Wooden Chip Artwork by Sergey Bobkov
53-year-old Sergei Bobkov has patented a unique technique of creating amazing sculptures out of Siberian cedar wood-chips.
�It�s not very interesting to do what others can. To create something out of nothing in a completely new way is far more inspiring�.
This is how Sergei Bobkov explains the unique form of art that he
created. He says many people compare his artworks to taxidermy, because
they both look so much like the animals they replicate, but Sergei
believes they are as different as light and darkness. Whereas taxidermy
is all about death, his wood-chip art symbolizes life.
This resident of
Kozhany , Russia , has developed his very own technique, that prevents
wood-chips from falling apart in time. After creating about 100-150
chips, from 2-3 inch long cedar stick, he puts them in water for several
days. Then, making use of his surgical precision, he carves the chips
into any shape he needs.
Sergey has been doing this for some time now, but he has only created 11 wood-chip sculptures. That�s
because just one of these incredible artworks takes around six months
to complete, at a work rate of 10 to 12 hours a day, with no days off.
Sergei Bobkov focuses on wildlife creatures, and he studies their
anatomy for months, before starting work on a sculpture.
