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UNTUTLED I, 2018-20 MIXED MEDIA / ASSEMBLAGE /COLLAGE: BRONZE, WOOD, GLASS, PAPER,
STONE, ANTIQUE RARE FOUND OBJECTS) 49X31.4 IN. | 120X80 CM.
INVITED ARTIST STONE, ANTIQUE RARE FOUND OBJECTS) 5X3X20 FT. | 152X92.5X609 CM. 
EASY RIDER, 2018-20 MIXED MEDIA / ASSEMBLAGE /COLLAGE: BRONZE, WOOD, GLASS, PAPER,
UNTUTLED II,2018-20 MIXED MEDIA / ASSEMBLAGE /COLLAGE: BRONZE, WOOD, GLASS, PAPER,
STONE, ANTIQUE RARE FOUND OBJECTS) 49X31.4 IN. | 120X80 CM.

MICHAEL STANDEFER
Lives and works in Redwood City, CA United Sates
http://www.standefer-art.com

My sculpture is an amalgam of various exotic wood and antique marble, slate and onyx around my now filthy garage. Initially,
(1880’-1920’s) scavenged sculptural objects. During my earliest art making furniture was a exciting but I tired of the redundancy and
experience from 1978 to 1987, I trained at a stained glass studio commitment to traditional forms creating household objects like
in San Francisco. At that time executing about 175 flat panel tables and chairs, which really didn’t push me. Somehow, standing
windows- I later started “Flying Rooster Glass Works” making in a wood shop creating a dining table or rocking chair could
sculptural stained glass weather vanes- with an emphasis on not compete with the freedom of expression I experienced with
roosters, mermaids and abstracted wind blown forms. In 1983 my sculpture. I found that wood allowed me to create a visual picture
mother introduced me to stone carving; however I quickly tired and was also more forgiving than either stone or glass. Simply put
of the loud noise, dust and the heavy labor of moving 100 pound wood sculpture is my primary vehicle for artistic expression.

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