about me :
I am engaged to an ever evolving process of pushing thought, design, art and technique.
Heavyweight Champion, always handsome and rarely serious.
wood carving :
I love partaking in one of the earliest forms of art and expression.
Hand carving is jazz, a balance of physicality, grace and precision with constant interplay between the eyes/hands/mind/wood/tools.
Wood carving provides a vast space for spirituality, focus, peace, thought, improvisation, joy, freedom and love.
I am engaged to an ever evolving process of pushing thought, design, art and technique.
Heavyweight Champion, always handsome and rarely serious.
wood carving :
I love partaking in one of the earliest forms of art and expression.
Hand carving is jazz, a balance of physicality, grace and precision with constant interplay between the eyes/hands/mind/wood/tools.
Wood carving provides a vast space for spirituality, focus, peace, thought, improvisation, joy, freedom and love.
From organic abstractions and dreamscapes to capricious pop art and finely honed utilitarian objects, Brian's work simultaneously evokes a comforting familiarity and the awe of glimpsing the farthest reaches of an inexhaustibly creative mind. His commitment to carving almost exclusively by hand results in exquisite detail, surface texture and three dimensional shape, defying the raw material of flat planks, and gently coaxing it into a new, deeply expressive life. - Carolyn Macuga, art historian and educator
Resume:
Jazz Performance studies : Bucks County Community College and Temple University
Fine Woodworking studies : Bucks County Community College
exhibitions:
Wharton Esherick Museum themed competition : 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
Contemporary Mixed Media Exhibition: (Furniture Society Conference 2003
I Can Live with That: Unique Functional Furniture 2004
CORE10 Award for Sculpture 2004
WORKS IN WOOD 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2016
TAKE ISSUES – Washington DC sculpture show 2008
ACROSS THE GRAIN 2008 -
Fine Woodworking XXX – 2009
500 Cabinets – Lark Books 2010
Raise up Japan - 2011
Poplar Culture: The Celebration of a Tree 2012
Philadelphia Art Alliance Shop on the Square 2014
Savor New Hope 2012
Analog A Go Go 2012-2019
Jazz Performance studies : Bucks County Community College and Temple University
Fine Woodworking studies : Bucks County Community College
exhibitions:
Wharton Esherick Museum themed competition : 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
Contemporary Mixed Media Exhibition: (Furniture Society Conference 2003
I Can Live with That: Unique Functional Furniture 2004
CORE10 Award for Sculpture 2004
WORKS IN WOOD 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2016
TAKE ISSUES – Washington DC sculpture show 2008
ACROSS THE GRAIN 2008 -
Fine Woodworking XXX – 2009
500 Cabinets – Lark Books 2010
Raise up Japan - 2011
Poplar Culture: The Celebration of a Tree 2012
Philadelphia Art Alliance Shop on the Square 2014
Savor New Hope 2012
Analog A Go Go 2012-2019
My friend Brian is that rarest of people- a truly original thinker and feeler. His art never fails to astound and excite me. I'm not a visual artist, but a musician, so I don't have the technical knowledge to defend my statements about the impact of Brian's art. I only know that the impact is real, and is immense. In my musical world, we talk about the impact of people like Coltrane and Hendrix, and we use words like transcendent, relentless, startling, prodigious, questing, etc. These words and all the others that we use to describe experiencing art can probably be summed up in one word- love. Ultimately, the work is about love. I think this best describes the art of Brian. -
Ben Schachter, renowned jazz musician, composer, educator
Ben Schachter, renowned jazz musician, composer, educator
collaborative work with Ben Schachter Trio of Many
I always love the opportunity to create treasured custom works for clients. For custom commissions, purchases, advice from the future, or to just tell me what your fave piece of mine is please email:
bfromthefuture@gmail.com
feature on my work in issue #76 of Wood Carving Illustrated
photography: www.flickr.com/photos/brianfromthefuture/
twitter : bfromthefuture
instagram : brian_from_the_future
I have had an incredible journey that continues to take me to amazing places.
I am lucky to have had the privilege to study jazz. Jazz goes beyond music to me. it is religion. it is truth. it is the pulse of the universe.
Massive thanks to:
John Sheridan (my first jazz guitar teacher), Tom Giacabetti my guitar teacher for over 3 years, a master and kind soul. Tom sadly passed away a few years back but his influence is eternal.. check out Tom's work at tomgiacabetti.com .... and my first jazz improv teacher and true legend Ben Schachter .. thanks for being an amazing friend/inspiration.
In 2001, I enrolled in an amazing woodworking program led by one of the pioneers in contemporary woodwork Mark Sfirri. Mark was not only the most entertaining teacher ever but exposed and me to the freedoms and possibilities well outside the norm.
www.marksfirri.com/
Jon Alley for teaching me the most beautiful artform of woodcarving.
and Peter Headstrom for pushing me to take my craft to the next level.
the engine
still dreaming... still the same boy
(first day of kindergarten)
(first day of kindergarten)