anthony ulinski

woodworks

 

Reliquary, 2010
63" x 17" x 9" 
Hardwoods with milk paint
$5500.

 



Reliquary open

 

Detail 

 

The making of reliquaries—vessels for sacred objects, relics and talismans—is a craft practiced in almost every culture. My reliquaries are shield-shaped wall cabinets with carved and painted exteriors and compartmentalized interiors.

 


Tea Cabinet, 2009
Cypress, 30" x 8" x 8"
private collection

 

Desk, 2009
30" x 48" x 24
Private collection

 

 

Buffet, 2007
Mahagany, 30" x 40" x 20"
$4500.

 

Bed, 2006
Walnut and bubinga, 56 x 86 x86
private collection 

 



Blanket Chest  
Mahogany with cedar lining,  20" x 40" x20
private collection

 

Table, white oak and lace wood
photograph by Elijah Cobb

 

Table, white oak and lace wood
photograph by Elijah Cobb

 

 

Side table, Bubinga bird's eye maple and rosewood, 2006
22" x 30" x 30
$3250.

 

Turtle reliquary
45" x18" x 10"
$ 5500.
On view at the Penland Gallery

alligator closed  alligator open

 Alligator reliquary
45" x 18" x 9"
private collection

 

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 Geometric
66" x 14" x 9"
not available


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Bulbul
66" x 14" x 9" 
private collection

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 Monk
66" x 14" x 9" 
private collection

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Mask
66" x14" x8"  
private collection

I was born in Indonesia and lived in Africa, Asia and Europe before settling in the United States.  In my reliquaries, I have adapted imagery, materials and techniques from diverse cultures.

 

Urns

diamond urn

Diamond urn
 Wood, paint
18 x 14 x 3.25 in.

crescent urn

Crescent urn
 Wood, paint
18 x 14 x 3.75 in.

sharkstooth urn

 Sharks tooth urn
 Wood, paint
12 x 16 x 8 in.
$975

In 1995, following the death of a close friend, I began a series of funerary urns. Initially, these were wooden vessels decorated with Fijian-inspired intaglio, a technique by which painted surfaces are carved in patterns that reveal the natural wood below.  I have also used paper in these constructions. In the paper urns, paper is laminated over cane armatures, then painted, a technique I adapted from Japanese lantern-making.

 

 

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