Mountain Living Magazine. July 2012
'Head in the Clouds' table
Article in the July edition of Mountain Living;
Kevin Showell is a master of many trades:
He’s skilled in classic European handcarving,
has carved trees for public artworks
and makes beautiful wood elements
for custom homes. Yet ask him to
describe his vocation and he’ll give you
one simple word: artist. “All my inspiration
started in the West with Western
and wildlife art,” says the Wyoming
native. “I love going back to those themes
because that’s where it began for me.”
But Showell’s designs are modern-minded
too. The Head in the Clouds table—
designed for the Cody High Style
exhibition and composed of a live-edge
cherry top, fir legs, aluminum aprons and
cottonwood carvings—speaks to this
past-meets-present sensibility. The legs
are slender and angled inward, the scale
is stretched with an “Art-Deco styling”
and the wood is light, giving the rustic
piece a contemporary twist. “I wanted to
do something Western and rustic,”
Showell says, “but somehow make it work
in a very modern setting as well.”
describe his vocation and he’ll give you
one simple word: artist. “All my inspiration
started in the West with Western
and wildlife art,” says the Wyoming
native. “I love going back to those themes
because that’s where it began for me.”
But Showell’s designs are modern-minded
too. The Head in the Clouds table—
designed for the Cody High Style
exhibition and composed of a live-edge
cherry top, fir legs, aluminum aprons and
cottonwood carvings—speaks to this
past-meets-present sensibility. The legs
are slender and angled inward, the scale
is stretched with an “Art-Deco styling”
and the wood is light, giving the rustic
piece a contemporary twist. “I wanted to
do something Western and rustic,”
Showell says, “but somehow make it work
in a very modern setting as well.”
