Hap Sakwa

Hap Sakwa, born in 1950, is an American sculptor and commercial photographer who, in the 1970s and 1980s, was a leader in the modern wood turning movement that revolutionized the craft and elevated it to an art form. Sakwa creates narrative sculptural objects using polychromed wood and found objects. From 1988 until 1993 Sakwa turned another artistic corner producing a series of pop art mosaic assemblage, juxtaposing Americana imagery, word play and bright colorful patterns in ceramic tile. Beginning in 1994 he turned his attention to photography, becoming one of the country’s most distinguished jewelry photographers with images featured on the covers and in editorial compositions of leading books and periodicals regarding the art and craft of jewelry.

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