Marc Ricourt

Marc Ricourt works and lives near Dijon in France. He finds inspiration for his organic wood objects in the bucolic surroundings in which lives, translating nature into sculpture. He initially turns local woods on the lathe, intricately carves and then treats the surfaces, through bleaching, dying or an application of ferrous oxide, to create beautifully complex and idiosyncratic works of art. Ricourt seems to find a perfect harmony between wood, shape, texture and colour, and the artist comments that, for him, 'the most important facet of my work is the research and exploration of new forms, colors, textures and finishes.' An established International artist, he has had exhibitions at SOFA Chicago, COLLECT, London, and galleries in Los Angeles, Geneva, Paris and Luxembourg. He is also part of the collection of The French Museum of Woodturning. His work has been noted in such publications as American Woodturner, Elle Décor, Ateliers d'Art, Arts et Decoration, and Woodturning Magazine and The Guild of Master Craftsmen, Lewes, East Sussex, England.