Sculpture - Jerry Cox Artist

Wood Sculpture carved abstracted spaceship over an alien landscape — Jellyship

Wood Sculpture carved stylized Kite sparrow in Curly maple — Kite Sparrow

Sci Fi spaceship Wood Sculpture carved and turned with a retro look — The Dial

Wood Sculpture carved and turned depicting the holy spirit — Prayer

Wood Sculpture carved and turned heart — The Human condition

Wood Sculpture carved and turned influenced by Stargate 1 TV show — The Artifact

Wood Sculpture carved and turned Tribute to Ray Bradbury Martian Chronicles. — The Bradbury

Wood Sculpture rocket car carved and turned with a Sci Fi theme — Rocket car

Wood Sculpture carved and turned ray gun with a laser — ZTAL Laser Pistol

Wood Sculpture carved and turned 12 pound Napoleon style canon — 1/9 scale Napoleon 12 pounder.

kinetic Wood Sculpture carved about the struggles of life — Dreamer

Wood Sculpture carved and turned icon the shape of a flame — Dancing Flame,

Wood Sculpture carved like a comet flying through space — Comet

Wood Sculpture carved and turned leaf plate — Leaf plate #6

Wood Sculpture carved and turned pyro engraved with a Sci Fi theme — A little Miro, a little Moebius, a little my Dad

Wood Sculpture carved and turned faux bronze finish — Love

Wood Sculpture carved and turned about Psalm 18:2 — Psalm 18:2

Wood Sculpture carved, pyro engraved burned and turned — Plumeria

Wood Sculpture pyro engraved and turned with a sailing ship — Schooner on the Bay

Wood Sculpture carved and turned basket weave with a Phoenix theme — Phoenix Platter

Wood Sculpture and turned pyro engraved with a rocket — The Higher You Want to Fly

Wood Sculpture and turned pyro engraved with a Van Gogh theme — Starry Night

Wood Sculpture and turned pyro engraved with rockets — Rocket platter

Wood Sculpture carved and turned segmented with UFOs flying — Moonplate III

Wood Sculpture carved and turned segmented jet squadron with contrails — Moonplate II

Wood Sculpture carved and turned — Redwood burl

Wood Sculpture pyro engraved and turned — Spalted maple bowl

Sci fi woodturning of a UFO that hold business cards — UFO Business Card holder

Sculpture and Craft Wood

All works shown are for sale unless marked sold, inquire for details, more images, pricing and where it’s located at present. Some works are in Galleries, shows or on display somewhere.

A Bit of History

My parents wanted me to be an Engineer or Doctor to follow in my father’s footsteps, and the only art classes they let me take in high school where Graphic Arts and Drafting, but the thing that got my imagination going was Science Fiction, I remember in my early teen years I read all I could get my hands on. I made a list of all of Robert Heinlein’s books and checked them off as I read them. Ray Bradbury’s books where so beautifully written it was like poetry to me. But when I read Frank Herbert’s Dune I could image the whole scene and painted a mural on my bedroom wall.

So when I went off to college I was able to take more art classes, I thought at first I could apply the art training to Architecture, but when I realized that Architecture is 1% inspiration and 99% grinding out engineering, I decided that was not for me.

I went to small schools and there would be only one professor for each discipline. Jim Clark was my Sculpture professor and he inspired me to take risks and learn from them.

I was drawn to wood because of it’s ease of working, the versatility of use, and it’s beauty. After College I worked with Bill Lachance who restored Juke Boxes and slot machines, later I worked at a cabinet shop restoring antiques and building furniture. From there I started my own company, pretty much doing the same . During that time 2 things happened, Fine Woodworking magazine started up and was promoting the “Furniture as Art” trend and Craft Wood was in it’s infancy.

Finding My Focus

Up until around the year 2003 I would produce one or two sculptural works a year, but I felt I had not found my voice. Sold some works, but I had to put food on the table and pay bills, so from the mid ’80s to just recently, cabinet and furniture making took up most of my time. But then I made a piece called “The Stand”, about 2003, combining woodturning, geometric pieces and found objects. The first place I showed it, it sold instantly, I went “Mmm, I think I’m on to something!” From then on I felt my talent and my first love would always be Sculpture and that has been my focus since. Recently, March of 2023, I have changed professions to be a full time artist!

Process

Most of my works involves Wood turning on a lathe all or in part. I often then modify the turnings, cutting, carving, piecing back together to create new forms. Lately I’ve been exploring plate and platters with embellishment, i.e. pyrography, carving, inlays, segmenting and painting.