Danielle Rose Byrd

Bar Harbor, ME 

Danielle is a mostly self-taught wood sculptor and carver from Bar Harbor, Maine. She blends traditional and modern methods with ample experimentation to make sculptural and functional pieces. Chronic illness has shaped much of their practice and techniques, encouraging them to develop hybrid (power carving and hand carving) methods that allow them to push the boundaries of vessel and abstract forms while also honoring the limits of their body. They often use texture as a visual history of the force needed to create each piece, a reference to their own complex relationship to a process that is physically demanding.