Michelle Holzapfel carved the two interlocking forms of Pomona Spoon from a single piece of sugar maple. Working with wood local to her home in Marlboro, Vermont, she often chooses irregularly shaped pieces leftover from logging operations. The materiality and structure of the wood have an equal say in the final shape of Holzapfel’s work. She often carves in dialogue with the material, “taking cues from the physiology of the wood” to create richly textured sculptures that reference images from nature.