Featured Artist: Lars Ray
Renesans Woodcrafts is the creative expressions of Lars Ray. Promoting an attitude in style and a choice in our living environments, Renesans Woodcrafts supplements our surroundings with natural art. By balancing nature with creative design, it is a reflection of an innermost attitude to live in contemporary settings accented with elements of the natural world.
The desire to create something unique and refreshing in ways that promote a positive influence in one’s own environment has always been a creative passion for Lars. For him, it’s about creating an appreciation for organic elements as an integral part of fine living, and his mission remains in connecting true natural value with the human experience.
Renesans is the Polish spelling for renaissance, which of course means rebirth or revival in its broadest terms. Exploring natural contrasts and bringing them to life, Lars uses only natural materials perceived to be of little value to others, such as decaying or splintered wood, broken shells, or unpolished stones, creating a rebirth in art form. He magnifies the natural contrast by polishing only a portion of the piece, thereby revealing nature’s true beauty which is hidden in the remainder of the piece.
In addition, each item he crafts has a story – and it’s the crafted item that makes the story come alive! The renaissance is complete when one holds in their hands a simple piece of wood showing both its luster and its bruises, and knowing its particular story.
For Lars, his eye and passion for nature and natural art stems from his Polish roots and heritage. For the Poles there exists a connection with nature and a belief that one who owns something handmade and intriguing from nature also owns a treasure. Coupling this belief with the stories behind each item crafted, and you have an intrinsic value.
Lars believes that by introducing a raw simplicity into our interiors and everyday life, we add value to ourselves that often inspires conversation, appreciation, and imagination. Instead of gadgets and things that can degenerate personal environments, he believes that nature's influence on the human experience through natural design and creative license adds richness to our lives and our surroundings. For him, it’s about the organic feel of wood, natural accents for the modular office, and authentic ambiance in the home.
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