Emilie Belak and David Milton

Theme / concept        Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining

Emilie Belak

Fibre Art Piece:           Denim Wood

 Formerly green pine forests of the Pacific West suffer extensive damage by pine beetles. Dried up trees are ready fuels for forest fires. Salvaged logs are a prized material for wood craftsmen who create beautiful utilitarian and decorative pieces.

Dave Milton

Turned wood projects: Chair and Bowls

Stained bluish-grey in the sapwood by the fungus introduced into the tree on the mandibles of the mountain pine beetles, the wood is thought by many to be inferior; we beg to differ. Pine trees, literally starved to death by the fungus, present us with yet another way to express ourselves in art, culture and our buildings. The cool of the blue and warmth of honey-hued heart wood  make for lovely contrasts as shown here.

Emilie Belak and David Milton

Completed Projects:
Formerly green pine forests of the Pacific West suffer extensive damage by pine beetles. Dried up trees are ready fuels for forest fires. Salvaged logs are a prized material for wood craftsmen who create beautiful utilitarian and decorative pieces.

Dave Milton has taken a Pine wood product that has been stained by  Pine Wood Beetle damage, and has made beautiful, utilitarian items.

The cool of the blue and the warmth of honey hued heart wood make for lovely contrasts.  

This wood is versatile, beautiful and can be crafted to make objects that are both decorative and utilitarian.

Emilie Belak has chosen fabric to interpret her image of beetle damaged forests.

Denim Wood by Emilie

detail Denim Wood, Emilie

Emilie Belak is an award winning artist who shows her work nationally and internationally.
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