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Converging Helix

The deconstruction of the vessel from functional object into abstract sculpture epitomizes the work of William Hunter.  ....The activation of space and its interplay with form has more in common with modern sculptors such as Henry Moore and Isamu Noguchi than with traditional perceptions of craft.       

For the technical innovator William Hunter, dissolving walls of his vessels becomes a vehicle for revealing the contained energy of living forms.  Space comes alive in Hunter's pieces.  His meticulously honed, dynamic wood bands at times leave only the faintest suggestion of the original vessel, erasing comfortable boundaries between inside and outside.     

Appearing to always be in a process of transformation, Hunter's work speaks to the continual evolution that is necessary for maintaining equilibrium in life.