Five Sounds, 2002
Graphite on paper
Lent by the Wood Turning Center Collection, donated by the artist

These pencil lines trace the point of engagement between the will of the material and the will of the maker during the turning event. Curiously, as I reflect back on these, I remember clearly the sound each process produced. I therefore have titled these drawings Five Sounds. –GP

Made at a residency hosted by the Wood Turning Center in Philadelphia, these drawings are a response to the proposition that a work be made using a particular tool (the lathe). The resulting drawings capture the nature of workmanship, which Peteran sees as the inevitable triangular struggle between maker, tool, and object.