Kim Grall

im Grall White-crowned Sparrows
Kim Grall Honeyeaters - A lidded container
Kim Grall Insect Percussion
Kim Grall Multi-colored Bird Bowl
Kim Grall Dazzle of Zebras

Artworks 

Kim Grall Two Face

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

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Kim Grall In Circles (a basket)

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

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Kim Grall

Othala, 2024

encaustic medium and paper on birch wood panel, 24 x 18 in

$1,100

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Kim Grall Butterfly Bowl 2023

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

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Kim Grall Barn Owl 2023

Kim Grall

Barn Owl, 2023

mixed media on birch wood panel , 8 x 10 in 

$250

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Kim Grall Hoatzins in a Bowl 2022

Kim Grall

Hoatzins in a Bowl, 2022

Encaustic medium over pyrography, onion skin, madder root, black walnut and other natural dyes with daylily, garlic and cattail leaf cordage on a cannonball gourd, 4 x 6.25 in

$110

Kim Grall Blue Birds Box 2019

Kim Grall

Blue Birds Box, 2019

mixed media on wren house gourd , 7 x 5.5 x 5.5 in

$95

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Kim Grall dazzle-of-zebras

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

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Kim Grall Bowl of Creepers 2022

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

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Kim Grall Honeyeaters - A lidded container  2023

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

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Kim Grall Insect Percussion  2021

Kim Grall

Insect Percussion , 2021

Encaustic medium, paper, various cordage and Job’s Tears on Club gourd, 17 x 6 x 6 in

$150

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Kim Grall leafy-basket

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

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Kim Grall

Multi-colored Bird Bowl, 2018

Encaustic medium over handmade paper, dyes and bittersweet vine tiles on basketball gourd, 6 x 9.5 x 9.5 in

$225

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Kim Grall Bird Mask 2016

Kim Grall

Bird Mask, 2016

mixed media on top portion of flat bushel gourd, 6 x 11 x 2 in 

$95

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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

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Kim Grall

Big Leaf Bowl, 2019

Encaustic medium, paper, bittersweet vine and cord rim on Lg. Flat bushel gourd, 9 x 13 x 13 in

$325

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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

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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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