Rolf Hook
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How would you describe the work you do and why?
How others described my work: Rolf Hook is an experienced master of a fine art style with a predominant leaning to the naturalness of the material. His work tends toward the minimalist, creating extremely intensive shapes and expressions, giving his objects a very specific finish which enriches them with such a high degree of sensuality that the onlooker feels compelled to reach out and touch the object. His creations echo metaphoric expression, a combination of the abstract and figurative as well as organic. Each piece celebrates the inherent quality of the wood; the grain, the form, the smell, the touch, the way the light catches the undercuts and the shadows that are cast across the workbench.
For you what does being an artist mean?:
For me it means to bring out the inherent beauty of a piece of wood, that particular piece of a tree. To work intuitively, based on skill and experience. I this way I hope to make a contribution with my work for nature and people.
Describe what you call yourself/your practice?:
I am a sculptor
Your practice & activities include e.g workshops, teaching:
The work takes place in my workshop or on site. I do make small and big things, for indoors or outdoors. Work is either on commission basis or simply pieces I make for exhibitions. People call me to understand what can be done with a fallen tree. They may hand on a piece of an own tree to be turned into something. My biggest sculpture (5tons in all), a memorial, sit's next to ‘Muckross House', in Irelands most famous Killarney National Park in Kerry.