Max Brosi

Description

"From my perspective as a maker, I feel a strong urge and responsibility now more than ever to create work that enhances our lives. I get a lot of this from the making process and I try to convey what I experience while making into the final feeling of that work. A sympathetic relationship between maker and material developed over many years of working together, always cognisant of the connection that I feel should exist between material, form, and texture." - Max Brosi Max Brosi strives to achieve the purest and simplest line to define the volume of the vessel. The beach pebble inspired him to focus on pure flowing forms and tactile surfaces; the subtle carved edges on these pieces represent the waves of the ocean in NW Ireland, where Max lives. His practice also takes into account how people with visual impairments can experience and enjoy his work through line and texture. Max has exhibited widely in Ireland and the USA. His work is featured in the permanent collection of The Center for Art in Wood where he took part in the International Turning Exchange Residency in 2007. Max is the recipient of various accolades including an excellence award from the American Association of Woodturners and winning the Royal Dublin Society medal for woodturning. His work was recently featured in After the Fall at the South Tipperary Arts Centre, Ireland.