Konrad Koppold, Germany

Oak Vessel

2021

Oak wood

340 × 340 × 530 mm

A creative response to Oak Vessel by Brad Phillips

One night when I was six, skating at night on a black frozen pond, I slipped and hit the ice. Moonlight emphasized the scalloped surface, where the wind had slowly shaped the patterned, frozen water. In the reflection I saw the blood from my split lip, the quick dark shape of a passing bird, and my tiny little smile, because while I’d fallen on the ice, I’d also just learned how to skate.

With a start in woodturning during a carpentry apprenticeship, Konrad Koppold then sharpened his skills by studying design in Augsburg in 1993. His subsequent career as an interior designer widened the scope and perspective of his work. He continues to merge artistic creation with pragmatic design, redefining the role of craft in everyday life. His work is part of Dortmund’s Museum of Art and Cultural History.