Millbrook Arts Project presents a two-person exhibition featuring artists Loren Eiferman and Henry Klimowicz whose work is made with formerly living materials.

Eiferman makes wall-mounted, hanging and standing sculptures from tree branches found on the ground during her daily walks. Each piece appears as if it grew in nature, when in fact they are composed of hundreds of small pieces of wood that are seamlessly joined together. This exhibition features a selection of small works from her series “Voynich Manuscript Inspired 2015-2024”. The Voynich Manuscript is a 15th century handwritten book in an unknown language, by an unknown author, filled with illustrations of plants that don’t exist in nature. Eiferman became obsessed with it and was inspired to translate these enigmatic illustrations into wood sculptures. 

Klimowicz has been constructing with cardboard for almost four decades. He says, “much of my career with cardboard has been spent seeing how many different permutations there can be of this humble material.” His process is much like an insect, building instinctively and often mindlessly, letting the work tell him where to go. This exhibition includes several of his large-scale hanging pieces that are a mixture of found, never purchased, cardboard, hot glue, wire and light. In addition to the sculptural works, a series of prints and cardboard plates will be presented.