Whitmarsh built this sculpture out of salvaged construction wood and steel pipes. The piece is 9 feet high, but is 50 feet wide, stretching out along an entire length of the building.
“John Whitmarsh started his artistic career as a photographer, but after finishing film school, he promptly shifted to sculpture. “I’ve always been making things with my hands,” he says.
Today, Whitmarsh’s sculpture work is characterized by a desire to blur the line between what is made by nature and what is manmade. “It’s flattering when people think something is naturally created when I really sculpted it myself,” he says.
Read on for Whitmarsh’s unique take on design today, and how he maintains a business without compromising his artistic message.”
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For this year's Dining By Design event in San Francisco, Whitmarsh surrounded his tablescape with an 8-foot-tall fence of charred wood. Whitmarsh burned the wood himself, and then connected all the pieces to create the wall.
Whitmarsh built 2 of these custom salvaged wood walls in an office building in San Francisco. Each wall is 11 feet by 15 feet, and is made entirely out of salvaged shipping palette wood.
This colorful piece of wall art — inspired by the boats in the San Francisco Bay — is made entirely out of real shipping containers, cut into small tiles. Rust, scratches and lettering from the original containers were left intact.
