Ernst Gamperl
Zwiesprache Dialogue
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| Editor(s) | Achim Heine, Ulrike Spengler |
| Author(s) | Achim Heine, Ernst Gamperl, Markus Rigert |
| Design | Heine/Lenz/Zizka |
| Size | 17 x 24 cm |
| Pages | 252 |
| Illustrations | 80 color and 45 duplex |
| Cover | Softcover |
| Language(s) | German, English |
| ISBN | 978-3-947563-57-9 | Out of stock |
Unique wooden sculptures as the result of a ten‑year process
Ernst Gamperl (b. 1965, Munich; lives and works in Tremosine) is fascinated by the dialogue with living material and the quality of the unpredictable. He creates room-sized wooden objects, into the design of which he incorporates the natural drying process, cracks, and irregularities—a revolutionary technique of woodturning which has led to completely new standards, technically often at the limits of what is feasible. In a ten-year process, Gamperl transformed a roughly 230-year-old uprooted oak into an ensemble of vessels and sculptures. The artist’s book conveys the fascination of the material and the craft, brings us close to the objects, and documents the challenging work process.
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