Woody De Othello transforms everyday objects into vessels of emotion and memory. Born in Miami to Haitian parents, the artist first turned to clay as an undergraduate. His anthropomorphic sculptures – telephones, mirrors, chairs, and other domestic forms in ceramic, bronze and wood – seem to breathe with human presence. By enlarging and distorting familiar items, he explores the psychology of space, and the energy objects hold.
In this episode of Meet the artists, we visit the Bay Area–based artist in his studio and go for a hike in the redwood forests in Northern California. There, he speaks about finding balance between the additive process of ceramics and the subtractive practice of carving wood – a duality that mirrors his own reflective nature. For De Othello, making art is an act of receptivity as much as creation: ‘I don’t want to make something because someone expects it. I want to make something because I want to see what happens if it is made.
Full credits in film
Woody De Othello transforms everyday objects into vessels of emotion and memory. Born in Miami to Haitian parents, the artist first turned to clay as an undergraduate. His anthropomorphic sculptures – telephones, mirrors, chairs, and other domestic forms in ceramic, bronze and wood – seem to breathe with human presence. By enlarging and distorting familiar items, he explores the psychology of space, and the energy objects hold.
In this episode of Meet the artists, we visit the Bay Area–based artist in his studio and go for a hike in the redwood forests in Northern California. There, he speaks about finding balance between the additive process of ceramics and the subtractive practice of carving wood – a duality that mirrors his own reflective nature. For De Othello, making art is an act of receptivity as much as creation: ‘I don’t want to make something because someone expects it. I want to make something because I want to see what happens if it is made.
Full credits in film