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The mask Sculpture
Greece
Sculpture, Wax on Wood
Size: 11.8 W x 15 H x 7.9 D in
Ships in a Crate
About The Artwork
"-You look weird... -I am not weird. -But...look at your nose, look at your hair... -I love my nose, I love my hair! This is only a mask you can see, it is not who I am." This specific piece is made of the root of a plane tree. It has been completed with a small piece of bronze, agate beads for the eyes and a black wooden pedestal. The piece has been finished with a varnish that Nikos Manessis makes out of pure Cretan beeswax and white spirit. This entire collection has been co-created with nature itself, inspired by and communicated by nature to the artist. Nikos Manessis argues that each root had already told him what it should be shaped into before he started the process. He followed the shape as well as the wood grain of each root to allow everyone else to see what he could see beforehand.
Details & Dimensions
Sculpture:Wax on Wood
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:11.8 W x 15 H x 7.9 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
Shipping & Returns
Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.
Handling:Ships in a wooden crate for additional protection of heavy or oversized artworks. Crated works are subject to an $80 care and handling fee. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines.
Ships From:Greece.
Customs:Shipments from Greece may experience delays due to country's regulations for exporting valuable artworks.
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Greece
Nikos Manessis is a woodcarving artist born and raised in Athens, Greece and he is currently based in Crete, Greece. His love for both the wood and art has been expressed since the age of 10. He officially started his woodcarving journey at the age of 14, learning as an apprentice how to make wood carved pieces for churches, following the Greek style. Nikos Manessis is known for his natural wooden shapes with small additions of other materials - mostly metals. His mission is to highlight the beauty of nature, the human body and the whole range of human emotions. These three, as well as Greek Mythology are the main sources of his inspiration. "What I do is a personal internal need to shape wood to its best and remind everyone that things can change just like the malleable matter of wood. We only have to feel it and by any means try for it." Nikos Manessis says.
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