Jörg Pietschmann creates sculptural furniture and decor from the hardwood that is native to the region where his workshop is based in Hamburg. His hand-carved walnut benches and coffee tables, with their gnarled tops and natural edges, make for a guaranteed focal point in any living room, while his oak vases and centerpieces have a rustic yet elegant appeal, and feature the knots and cracks that characterized the surfaces of the material it was still in the forest.
Pietschmann works with local timber like poplar, maple and beech, as well as exotic lumber found on his travels. Each piece tells a story of the landscape from which it came.
Pietschmann's love of carving and nature began as a young boy in the countryside of East Germany. He always carried a pocket knife to whittle pieces of wood, and he recalls being artistically inspired by the ruins of the area's abandoned manor houses. As he grew older, Pietschmann's design influences also expanded to include the decorative objects and architecture of ancient cultures like the Egyptians, Vincas, Mayas and the Aztecs. Pietschmann's modern design influences include master woodworkers George Nakashima, Wharton Esherick, Alexander Noll and Sam Maloof.
Before he begins working on a tree trunk, Pietschmann tries to get a feel for what kind of sculpture or object it will be. For every tree, the sculptor strives to preserve its unique character, which means that no two resulting pieces are alike (and no resin, metal or lacquer is used in his process). He follows the form and curves of each piece of wood, allowing the piece to take shape as he works. A final coat of oil renders prominent the striking grain and natural warmth of the material.
Pietschmann has exhibited his work in Europe and in the United States. He lives and works in Germany.
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S1271 Decorative Object in Olive Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
S1271 Decorative Object in Olive Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 23 x W 27 x H 15 cm. Materials: Olive wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part ...
Olive
V21294 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V21294 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 22,5 x W 23 x H 18 cm. Materials: Oak wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a ...
Oak
V21364 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V21364 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 20 x W 27,5 x H 17 cm. Materials: Oak wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a ...
Oak
$2,805 / item
Stool / Vessel 1244 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Stool 1244 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 50 x W 60 x H 33 cm Materials: oak. Finish: polished oil finish. Carved from an oak tree trunk fallen by a windbreak. In Pietschmann’s...
Wood, Oak
V21114 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V21114 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 35 x W 36 x H 24 cm. Materials: Oak wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a la...
Oak
$1,336 / item
Vessel by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 1285 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: H 16.5 x W 46 x D 39 cm Materials: Oak. Padouk. Technique: Ebonized. Finish: Polished oil finish. In P...
Oak
$18,705 / item
Unique Large Bowl by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique signed bowl by Jörg Pietschmann. Bowl beech · V1346 Measures: H 76 x W 90 x D 75 cm Large bowl sculpture from the bulges of a beech tree. Polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’...
Beech
$6,680 / item
Unique Large Signed Bowl by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Signed Bowl by Jörg Pietschmann Bowl · Oak H 51 x W 74 x D 65 cm Large bowl carved of oak heartwood. Polished oil finish In Pietschmann’s sculptur...
Oak
V21404 Vessel in Oxidized Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V21404 Vessel in Oxidized Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 18 x W 14 x H 18 cm. Materials: Oak wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a l...
Oak
$2,003 / item
Unique Sculpture Signed by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique sculpture signed by Jörg Pietschmann Materials: tropical driftwood Measures: H 20 x W 33 x D 11 cm In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a landsc...
Driftwood
$4,809 / item
Unique Sculpture Signed by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique sculpture signed by Jörg Pietschmann Materials: Tropical Driftwood Measures: H 13 x W 36 x D 16 cm In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a landsc...
Driftwood
$8,016 / item
Unique Sculpture Signed by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique sculpture signed by Jörg Pietschmann. Materials: Tropical wood. Measures: H 133 x W 39 x D 33 cm. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a landsca...
Willow
S1100 Decorative Object in Tropical Driftwood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
S1100 Decorative Object in Tropical Driftwood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 21 x W 63 x H 11 cm. Materials: Tropical driftwood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for cent...
Maple, Driftwood
$2,004 / item
Unique Sculpture Signed by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique sculpture signed by Jörg Pietschmann Materials: Tropical driftwood Measures: H 20 x W 33 x D 11 cm In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a landsc...
Driftwood
$11,223 / item
Vessel 1466 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 1466 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 69 x W 94 x H 44 cm Materials: Walnut. Finish: Polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part o...
Wood, Walnut
$3,206 / set
Unique Bowls by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique signed bowls by Jörg Pietschmann Bowls: oak, padouk, ebonized · V1285 Measures: H 26, 20, 16 Ø 50, 47, 48 cm Three bowls made from a large branch of a fallen majestic oak t...
Oak, Padouk
$7,482 / item
Unique Sculpture Signed by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique sculpture signed by Jörg Pietschmann Materials: Tropical driftwood Measures: H 28 x W 46 x D 11 cm In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a landsc...
Driftwood
$13,360 / item
Unique Large Bowl by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique signed bowl by Jörg Pietschmann Bowl walnut Measures: H 73 x W 108 x D 60 cm Crafted from a huge very old European walnut tree. Polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptur...
Walnut
$18,705 / item
V1346 Vessel in Natural Beech Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V1346 Vessel in Natural Beech Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 75 x W 90 x H 76 cm. Materials: Beech wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a...
Beech
S1090 Decorative Object in Mastix Bush Root Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
S1090 Decorative Object in Mastix Bush Root Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 26 x W 69 x H 23 cm. Materials: Mastix bush root wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that fo...
Wood
V21184 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V21184 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 24 x W 26,5 x H 24 cm. Materials: Oak wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a ...
Oak
Set Of 2 S1346 Decorative Objects in Tropical Driftwood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 S1346 Decorative Objects in Tropical Driftwood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 33 x W 17 x H 48 cm. D 25 x W 27 x H 26 cm. Materials: Tropical driftwood. In Pietschmann’...
Maple, Driftwood
V21204 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V21204 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 24,5 x W 35 x H 9 cm. Materials: Oak wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a l...
Oak
$2,404 / item
Unique Sculpture Signed by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique sculpture signed by Jörg Pietschmann Materials: Aleppo pine Measures: H 15 x W 25 x D 16 cm In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a landscape and...
Pine
V21194 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V21194 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 30 x W 39 x H 21 cm. Materials: Oak wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a la...
Oak
V21034 Vessel in Natural Beech Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V21034 Vessel in Natural Beech Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 34 x W 42 x H 30 cm. Materials: Beech wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of ...
Beech
S0247 Decorative Object in Fir Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
S0247 Decorative Object in Fir Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 22 x W 42 x H 81 cm. Materials: Fir wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a...
Fir
V21144 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V21144 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 21 x W 31,5 x H 17 cm. Materials: Oak wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a ...
Oak
V21064 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V21064 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 14 x W 18 x H 20 cm. Materials: Oak wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a la...
Oak
V21074 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V21074 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 25 x W 34,5 x H 19 cm. Materials: Oak wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a ...
Oak
V21084 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V21084 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 23,5 x W 25 x H 4 cm. Materials: Oak wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a l...
Oak
V21164 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V21164 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 28 x W 29 x H 10 cm. Materials: Oak wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a la...
Oak
V21384 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V21384 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 23 x W 23 x H 14 cm. Materials: Oak wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a la...
Oak
V21304 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V21304 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 25,5 x W 31 x H 15 cm. Materials: Oak wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a ...
Oak
V1719 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V1719 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 22 x W 22 x H 14 cm. Materials: Oak wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a lan...
Oak
V1285 Vessel in Ebonized Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V1285 Vessel in Ebonized Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 39 x W 46 x H 32 cm. Materials: Oak wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a la...
Oak
V21314 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V21314 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 17,5 x W 20 x H 7 cm. Materials: Oak wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a l...
Oak
$2,404 / item
V1315 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V1315 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 53 x W 56 x H 39 cm. Materials: Oak wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a lan...
Oak
$18,037 / item
Vessel 1456 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 1456 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 60 x W 108 x H 73 cm Materials: Walnut. Finish: Polished oil finish. Made from a huge lower trunk of an old walnut. In Pietschmann’s ...
Wood, Walnut
$3,206 / item
Unique Sculpture Signed by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique sculpture signed by Jörg Pietschmann Materials: Willow Measures: H 27 x W 115 x D 56 cm In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a landscape and fo...
Willow
$3,206 / item
Unique Sculpture Signed by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique sculpture signed by Jörg Pietschmann. Materials: Olive wood. Measures: H 14 x W 63 x D 13 cm. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a landscape a...
Wood, Olive
$4,008 / item
Unique Sculpture Signed by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique sculpture signed by Jörg Pietschmann Materials: Tropical driftwood Measures: H 15 x W 35 x D 13 cm In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a landsc...
Driftwood
$3,473 / item
Unique Sculpted Vessel by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique sculpted vessel by Jörg Pietschmann Ash Dimensions: H 34 x W 62 x D 37 cm Side piece of an old oak with exceptional burl on colorful legs. Polished oil finish. In Pi...
Bog Wood
$1,803 / item
Vessel 1578 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 1578 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 46 x W 67 x H 25 cm Materials: ash. Finish: polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a...
Wood, Ash
$10,688 / item
Unique Sculpture Signed by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique sculpture signed by Jörg Pietschmann Materials: Oak Measures: H 155 x W 50 x D 49 cm In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a landscape and founde...
Oak
$2,004 / item
Vessel 1608 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 1608 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 25 x W 35 x H 85 cm Materials: ash. Finish: polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a...
Ash
$801 / item
Vessel 2771 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 2771 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 17 x W 19.5 x H 7 cm Materials: Ash. Finish: Polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of...
Wood, Ash
$4,809 / item
Unique Sculpture Signed by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique sculpture signed by Jörg Pietschmann Materials: Tropical wood Measures: H 31 x W 45 x D 9 cm In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a landscape a...
Wood
$13,360 / item
Unique Sculpture Signed by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique sculpture signed by Jörg Pietschmann Materials: Oak Measures: H 163 x W 40 D 35 cm In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a landscape and founded...
Oak
$7,482 / item
Unique Sculpture Signed by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique sculpture signed by Jörg Pietschmann Materials: Tropical driftwood Measures: H 33 x W 40 x D 25 cm In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a landsc...
Driftwood
$3,473 / item
Unique Sculpted Vessel by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique signed table by Jörg Pietschmann Oak Dimensions: H 38 x W 70 x D 37 cm Side piece of an old oak with exceptional burl on colorful legs. Polished oil finish. In Piets...
Bog Wood
$2,404 / item
Unique Bowl by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique signed bowl by Jörg Pietschmann Vessel, bowl oak Measures: H 104 x W 47 x D 53 cm Bowl sculpture carved from a large tree branch. Polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s ...
Oak
$1,603 / item
Vessel 1082 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 1082 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 12 x W 53 x H 11.5 cm Materials: tropical driftwood Finish: polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centurie...
Wood
$1,402 / item
Vessel 1034 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 1034 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 30 x W 123 x H 32 cm Materials: willow. Finish: polished oil finish. Carved from the tree case. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees th...
Wood, Willow
$1,002 / item
Large Vessel 2801 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Large vessel 2801 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 18 x W 20 x H 11 cm Materials: oak. Finish: polished oil finish. Also available in small. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees ...
Wood, Oak
$4,809 / item
Vessel 2740 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 2740 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 29 x W 60 x H 43 cm Materials: ash. Finish: polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a...
Wood, Ash
$8,016 / item
Unique Sculpture Signed by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique sculpture signed by Jörg Pietschmann Materials: oak Measures: H 125 x W 42 x D 40 cm In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a landscape and found...
Oak
$5,344 / item
Unique Sculpture Signed by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique sculpture signed by Jörg Pietschmann Materials: oak Measures: H 100 x W 53 x D 32 cm In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a landscape and founde...
Oak
$7,482 / item
Unique Sculpture Signed by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique sculpture signed by Jörg Pietschmann Materials: Tropical driftwood Measures: H 24 x W 58 x D 17 cm In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a landsc...
Driftwood
$1,803 / item
Vessel 1618 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 1618 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 19 x W 45 x H 37 cm Materials: oak. Finish: polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a...
Wood, Oak