Art work by Bruce E. Meyers at library

All of Meyer's carved wood works are cut from local trees and shrubs. The pieces were created using the old methods of woodworking. The rough forming was done with a hatchet and final carving was with a pocketknife and sandpapering by hand. The only electric tool used was a hand drill for the openings in the vases.

Marquetry, the technique of inlaying different pieces of wood into a solid piece of wood to create patterns or pictures, is typically done on flat surfaces. Meyers, never wishing to do ordinary pieces, did much of his marquetry on curved surfaces.

Meyers worked in a variety of media. Included in the display are some of his oil painted Bracket Fungus or conks, found in the local forests. The intrinsic shape of each conk, which Meyers uses to create the geography of the painted scene, inspires these unusual pieces and gives the viewer the uncanny sense that they could walk right into the painted landscape.

Meyers was an avid rock hound resulting in a large collection of cabochons, some of which were made into jewelry and cabinet specimens.

Included in the display is a little owl, which was fee-formed by Meyers after he cut open a local rock and saw the eyes looking at him. He used his wood art to create a home for the owl.

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