{"id":472457,"date":"2026-04-07T05:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/?p=472457"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:07:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:07:51","slug":"aleph-geddis-chiseled-wood-sculptures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2026\/04\/aleph-geddis-chiseled-wood-sculptures\/","title":{"rendered":"Retrofuturistic Figures Emerge from Wood in Playful Sculptures by Aleph Geddis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geddis-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"a collection of small, abstract, spindly wooden sculptures\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geddis-1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geddis-1-640x777.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geddis-1-960x1166.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geddis-1-768x933.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geddis-1-1265x1536.jpg 1265w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geddis-1-1686x2048.jpg 1686w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">All images courtesy of the artist, shared with permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0bc941e6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">Retrofuturistic Figures Emerge from Wood in Playful Sculptures by Aleph Geddis<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-07T05:32:00-05:00\">April 7, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-art\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><a class=\"category-craft\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/craft\/\" rel=\"tag\">Craft<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/kmothes\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Kate Mothes<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\"><li style=\"color: #1c1e0d; 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His organic, hand-worked objects teeter between abstraction and figuration like retrofuturistic icons. The artist lives between Japan, Bali, and Orcas Island in Washington. &#8220;This split has been incredibly generative, allowing me to carry my practice with me and respond to very different environments and energies,&#8221; he tells Colossal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scale is a constant source of fascination. Geddis has recently been working on a series he calls <em>Littles, <\/em>which are &#8220;inspired by the way children disappear into dreamy, imaginative worlds while playing with toys,&#8221; he says. &#8220;They feel personal and secretive, almost like talismans.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geddis-4.jpg\" alt=\"a hand holds up a small, abstract, spindly wooden sculpture\" class=\"wp-image-472463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geddis-4.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geddis-4-640x641.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geddis-4-960x961.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geddis-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geddis-4-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geddis-4-1534x1536.jpg 1534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the larger side, Geddis is lately considering how pieces may transform into site-specific responses to environments. He&#8217;s also currently working on a large-scale project for the Burning Man festival amid Nevada&#8217;s Black Rock Desert, which people will be able to walk through. &#8220;I love the idea of these forms existing in the clean, open environment of the playa, where they can be experienced at a completely different scale and in relation to the vast desert landscape.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of Geddis&#8217; works are currently on view at <a href=\"https:\/\/island-thyme-shop-gallery.myshopify.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Crow Valley Gallery<\/a> on Orcas Island alongside the work of his aunt, Kate Geddis. 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