Wonderful New Pieces by Larry Favorite

I love shooting Larry's work because that means I get to pick it up, hold it, turn it in my hands, feel the weight, see the light play across the surface, and enjoy the amazing cleanliness of line and finish.  Larry's curves are as graceful as a flower stem, even though he is working in ironwood, probably the hardest wood in the world.  His inlay of turquoise is just stunning in its complexity and detail.  Larry uses no applied finish on his work such as a varnish or oil.  Since the wood is nearly as hard as stone,  he polishes it the way one would polish a piece of marble, with successive finer and finer polishing compounds, until the wood reaches a natural luster.  I do my best to capture the beauty from a single angle using a combination of hard and soft directional light, but the wood reveals its true iridescence when you can turn it in the light.  You'll just have to see it for yourself.  Larry shows his work at top shows and galleries in the area and around the country.