Silvia Davis

Silvia Davis


As an artist living and working in Wayne County, I've been fortunate to have access to the local barn wood. Old barns, fences, and corals provide me with a medium which has a rich, antiqued surface created by time and weather.
I reclaim this distressed material, pull out the rocks, dirt and nails and resurface the dull exterior. A surprising combination of old and new emerges once I partially plane the wood and leave some of the original surface.
I then laminate blocks in many layers, carve and glaze the barn wood to create my sculpture. I feel this process is similar to the process of creation and destruction which I see in the landscape that surrounds me.