About ORIGINS
SAWDUST & SOFTWARE Origins is an artistic studio practice based in Vancouver BC, led by Deagan McDonald. Deagan holds a Masters of Architecture from the John H. Daniels Faculty at the University of Toronto, and has worked in the field for the offices of KPMB (Toronto), Kengo Kuma & Associates (Tokyo), and Michael Green Architects (Vancouver). The studios primary medium is solid wood, with growing branches of exploration into ceramics, glassware, and metals. The work explores the tactility of surface, and ultimately the manipulation of light and shadow. The work resona...Read More
Featured Pieces
ORIGINS - Influence Series 2.1 - 30"
By Origin
Located in Vancouver, CA
Unseen and unknown by each other, distant forces impact upon the same surface. Each affect ripples outwards, simultaneously amplifying and erasing the other.
Suspended animation.
-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Ash, Maple, Oak, Walnut
ORIGINS - Influence Series 2.1 - 36"
By Origin
Located in Vancouver, CA
Unseen and unknown by each other, distant forces impact upon the same surface. Each affect ripples outwards, simultaneously amplifying and erasing the other.
Suspended animation.
-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Oak, Maple, Ash
ORIGINS - Influence Series 2.1 - 42"
By Origin
Located in Vancouver, CA
Unseen and unknown by each other, distant forces impact upon the same surface. Each affect ripples outwards, simultaneously amplifying and erasing the other.
Suspended animation.
-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Oak, Maple, Ash
ORIGINS - Influence Series 2.1 - 48"
By Origin
Located in Vancouver, CA
Unseen and unknown by each other, distant forces impact upon the same surface. Each affect ripples outwards, simultaneously amplifying and erasing the other.
Suspended animation.
-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Oak, Maple, Ash
ORIGINS - Veil Series 1.1 - 30"
By Origin
Located in Vancouver, CA
A moment frozen in time - the physical manifestation of a felt but unseen natural force, that which can act upon us and our environment but cannot be acted upon in return. We can onl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Ash, Maple, Oak, Walnut
ORIGINS - Veil Series 1.1 - 36"
By Origin
Located in Vancouver, CA
A moment frozen in time - the physical manifestation of a felt but unseen natural force, that which can act upon us and our environment but cannot be acted upon in return. We can onl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Ash, Maple, Oak, Walnut
ORIGINS - Veil Series 1.1 - 42"
By Origin
Located in Vancouver, CA
A moment frozen in time - the physical manifestation of a felt but unseen natural force, that which can act upon us and our environment but cannot be acted upon in return. We can onl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Ash, Maple, Oak, Walnut
ORIGINS - Veil Series 1.1 - 48"
By Origin
Located in Vancouver, CA
A moment frozen in time - the physical manifestation of a felt but unseen natural force, that which can act upon us and our environment but cannot be acted upon in return. We can onl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Oak, Maple, Ash
NIMBUS Bench
Located in Vancouver, CA
Textural, organic seating. Reminiscent of the time you rested on a fallen tree while hiking, or perched on that boulder near the river just to listen for a while.
Sculptural in eve...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Benches
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Oak, Maple, Ash
ORIGINS - Swell Series 1.1 - 48"
By Origin
Located in Vancouver, CA
Where the forest meets the sea. A fleeting moment in an endless cycle, as a primal force rises and falls tirelessly upon the shorelines embrace.
Suspended animation.
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Solid hard...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Oak, Maple, Ash
ORIGINS - Swell Series 1.1 - 42"
By Origin
Located in Vancouver, CA
Where the forest meets the sea. A fleeting moment in an endless cycle, as a primal force rises and falls tirelessly upon the shorelines embrace.
Suspended animation.
-
Solid hard...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Oak, Maple, Ash
ORIGINS - Swell Series 1.1 - 30"
By Origin
Located in Vancouver, CA
Where the forest meets the sea. A fleeting moment in an endless cycle, as a primal force rises and falls tirelessly upon the shorelines embrace.
Suspended animation.
-
Solid hard...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Oak, Maple, Ash
