Kim Grall
Kim Grall
Two Face
2023 -24
encaustic medium over pyrography, handmade paper and daylily leaf cordage with feathers and Job's tears on the top of a flat bushel gourd
20 x 10 in
$225
Kim Grall
In Circles (a basket)
2024
encaustic medium over pyrography, handmade papers and leaves with seed pods, walking iris and dracaena leaf cordage on a flat bushel gourd
12 x 12 x 8 in
$375
Kim Grall
Butterfly Bowl
2023
encaustic medium over pyrography, dyes, handmade paper and plant based cordage on large flat bushel gourd
6 x 13.5 x 13.5 in
$285
Kim Grall
Bowl of Creepers
2022
Encaustic medium over pyrography, onion skin, madder root and black walnut dyes with dracaena leaf and eel grass cordage on a cannonball gourd
3 x 6.5 in
$110
Kim Grall
Honeyeaters - A lidded container
2023
encaustic medium over pyrography, smokebush leaves and dracaena leaf cordage on tobacco box and sub-mini gourds
9.5 x 8.5 x 8.5 in
$185
Kim Grall
Dazzle of Zebras
2022
Encaustic over pyrography, handmade paper, iris leaf cordage, and beet powder stain with grape vine handle and vintage bronze base on Martin gourd
17 x 8 x 9 in
$225
Kim Grall
Birchbark Bowl
2021
Encaustic medium, birchbark, leaves and iris leaf cordage on Basketball gourd
5 x 9.5 x 9.5 in
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Kim Grall
Leafy Basket
2022
Encaustic over leaves, iris leaf cordage, spun wool, and handmade paper with grape vine handle on flat bushel gourd
14 x 15 x 13 in
$425
Kim Grall
Checkerboard Bowl
2021
Encaustic medium over birch bark, handmade paper and amaranth dye on basketball gourd
3.5 x 9 x 9 in
$110
Kim Grall
Blackbird Basket
2021
Encaustic medium, paper, leaves, iris leaf cordage and yellow oxide pigment on Sm. Martin gourd
13 x 7 x 7 in
$135
Kim Grall
Box with Butterflies
2021
Encaustic medium over butterfly wings, handmade paper, and smoke bush leaves with iris leaf cordage and an unknown nut on a sm. bushel gourd
6.5 x 6 x 6 in
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Kim Grall
Giraffe box
2020
Carved and stained with leather cord trim on wren house gourd
9.5 x 5.5 x 5.5 in
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Kim Grall
Red Is Just A Color (mask)
2019
Top of flat bushel gourd with vine, fiber, leather, beads, feathers
13 in di w/6 in appendage
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Kim Grall
Dragonfly
2021
Encaustic medium, paper, bittersweet vine and fabric on gourd pieces
27 x 34 x 18 in
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Kim Grall
Bittersweet Bowl
2021
Encaustic medium, bittersweet leaves and vine, iris leaf cordage, leather button and black walnut powder on Cannonball gourd
3 x 6 x 6 in
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Kim Grall
Bee Bowl
2020
Encaustic medium, paper, fabric, bittersweet vine tiles and walnut oil on Cannonball gourd
3.5 x 6.5 x 6.5
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Kim Grall
Out of Africa
2022
Encaustic over handmade paper, smoke bush and bamboo leaves, iris leaf cordage and seed pods on Martin gourd
17 x 9 x 9 in
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Kim Grall
Tropical Bird Box
2015
Dyes, cordage and odd bits of jewelry on Tobacco box gourd
10 x 9 x 9 in
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Kim Grall
American b. 1961, Berea, OH, based in Westminster Station, VT
Artists’s Statement
Over the years my work has gone through many changes as I discovered and experimented with new materials, responded to the process and was inspired with new ideas. My love of Earth is the one constant and remains at the center of all that I do. The materials I work with now are almost all found in nature; from the beeswax and damar crystals I use in my encaustic medium, the cordage I make from various plants, the leaves and seedpods I dry, the dyes I make, the handmade papers and much more including the gourds I grow from seed. Bound to Earth by my passion for it, the awe and reverence I feel is reflected through my work. The intent of each piece is to pass on that vision in the hopes it will spark or reenforce a similar feeling in the person viewing it. I want them to be able to hold a bit of our Earth and wonder at its magnificence.
Artists’s Statement on working with encaustic
I have been making my way towards using only materials found in nature and have gotten one step closer to that goal by introducing encaustic techniques to my gourd work. I make the medium myself from beeswax and damar resin. It takes the place of manmade glues and varnishes and creates a very different look to my gourds. I've also been using natural dyes along with handmade papers for color. Coffee grounds and ground turmeric are examples and aside from the color they produce, you can smell themas well as the beeswax. My work now encompasses three senses; sight, touch and smell. An experience to connect with earth by holding some of it in your hands.
Biography
Kim Grall creates mixed media sculpture with foraged and harvested materials. Grall’s current work uses gourds as both a sculptural object and a substrate, and most recently wall hanging wood panels. The gourds Grall uses are grown by the artist from saved heirloom seed, seen through their entire life cycle intended to become art. The artist uses techniques such pyrography, painting, and collage with additional materials including vines, leaves, seed pods, pigments and papers. Through this intimacy with her materials, Grall’s work presents the concepts of utilitarian objects, sacred objects, mixed media sculpture, and fine art.
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