Splits

Splits is an exploration of the technique of splitting wood instead of sawing it. Splitting was once widely used as a preparatory step before hand planing. Today it is still best known as the traditional way of producing roof shingles. Because it requires considerable knowledge about the particularities of the wood as well as the specific tree it came from, the technique is gradually being lost. Splits embraces the pace of the wood and extrapolates the process of care, as shown in the video installation. The video shows a knife and tweezers, operated by hands in white cotton gloves, meticulously tending to the broken fibres.