Ernie Barker


Ernie Barker's primary love is working with wood; its texture, color, and grain. He enjoys working the wood in such a way as to allow the natural grain and colors to best define the human form contained within the log or block selected. Each kind of wood has its own particular charm hidden within.

Trees show principles of growth and strength of joints, with easy passing of one section into the next. They give the idea for the wood sculpture. By understanding and being in sympathy with this material, so as not to force it beyond its natural constructive build; producing weakness; to know that sculpture in wood should look honestly like wood remains Barker's challenge.

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