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Paul Kristafor

South African 2019- 

Paul Kristafor creates delicate, decorative and thin-walled vessels with a contemporary African aesthetic. He started working creatively with wood in 2014, and began using the lathe in 2019. Paul works exclusively with green wet timber that he sources from a handful of local tree surgeons. During the drying process, his vessels get their distinctive warped forms that are accentuated by the inevitable opening up of voids and cracks in the wood’s walls. "I embrace those natural cracks by reinforcing and embellishing the seams with non-ferrous metals," Paul says. To finish, he often bleaches, ebonises or scorches the exterior to create a sense of contrast that echoes throughout the vessel.

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