Painters have an empty canvas, writers have the unwritten page, and sculptures have a block of clay. Shapers, however, have the untouched blank. Inside of it rests a surfboard waiting to be used, but the excess material must be removed, refined, then made more permanent with a resin shell. The process is called deductive sculpture, where material must be subtracted to create a final piece. This is the exhilarating moment, seeing the crude outline of a surfboard sitting on the stand patiently waiting to become something else.
