The Only Tree

Semi-constrained Lichtenberg figures on scavenged and upcycled wood, finished in deck oil. This striking wood engraving transforms natural grain and burn-marked channels into a landscape-like abstraction. Dark branching lines sweep horizontally across the warm timber surface, creating a meditative balance between drawing, texture, and material presence. The work’s organic rhythm and restrained palette give it a contemporary, contemplative appeal. I have busted my head a thousand times on the question of why this particular tree came out so… straight? I do have a plethora of hypotheses, but zero ways of verifying them. There is something cool and unique about the determined, borderline-violent flow of this piece. This is also the one piece I suspect I’ll never recreate perfectly, because I have absolutely no true idea how it was made.