JAKE QUICK

Lake Retreat

“Lake Retreat combines 480 individually cut 2x2 blocks of wood into a mosaic, recreating an aerial view of our cove. By using larger mosaic pieces, it is much more abstract, which, in my mind, makes it more special that my family and I can identify the uniqueness of what we see out the window every day.

I cut the blocks with a miter saw, sanded five sides, and then burned them on a metal sheet with a handheld butane torch. After counting blocks for each color, I sprayed them with acrylic, keeping the grain visible. The bevels add visual depth and complexity by randomly arranging their direction. All the blocks are the same, except the one representing our house which was cut to match the roof profile. This project was a present for my wife's birthday.”

Jake is a surgeon from Missouri who operates mainly on humans and occasionally on art and home improvement projects.