FRACTURE-SCAPES REVELATORY FINE ARTEst. 2026
Thomas Farmer
[CV]
PO BOX 703 Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada
studio@fracturescapes.art
THE LIVING FRACTURE
Fracture-Scaping begins with naturally found wood fractures. I read their ridges, recesses and planes as fields of landscape possibility, using chromatic interpretation to reveal rather than design the composition. The fracture remains the governing form and a participant in authorship.
PRESERVED FORM, PAINTED INTERPRETATION
Interpretation remains confined to naturally fractured surfaces. Unaffected exterior wood and bark are preserved, and expressive fracture geometry is not mechanically reshaped. Minimal preparation is permitted only on the horizontal base plane when required for stable presentation.
PROVENANCE AND STEWARDSHIP
The practice preserves each work’s available connection to its source, while By Nature works require documented geographic provenance and chain of custody.
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[REGISTRY INDEX] 1.4a-FSN-2026
SAVAGE SPIRE
1.4a-FSN-2026
FSN STATUS
Recovered: June 6, 2026
Current status: Stabilization in progress
Collection: Fracture-Scapes by Nature
FSN qualification: Pending
Completion status: Not completed
Related material: 1.4b-FSN-2026; separated from the same fracture event
PROVENANCE
Recovery date: June 6, 2026
Recovery location: Threepoint Creek, Kananaskis Country, Alberta
Recorded elevation: Approximately 1,364 m
Harvest authority: Alberta Local Timber Permit LTP4626012; June 6 recovery included through written forester approval
Site relationship: Expedition 1, Site 4
Material relationship: One of two viable candidates separated from a fractured co-dominant stem union
Species: Probable white spruce; identification based on bark characteristics, wood density, and low retained branching, but not formally confirmed
Cause of fracture: Separation at a co-dominant stem union; initiating load or event undetermined
OBJECT
Dimensions: 17 5/8 inches base width × 21 inches height
Intake moisture: Approximately 24%
Drying: Fan-assisted studio drying in a cool, dark setting beginning June 6, 2026
Borate treatment: Approximately 7% disodium octaborate tetrahydrate, applied by pressure sprayer on June 12, 2026
Base preparation: Not undertaken
Painted interpretation: Not begun
CoA mat: Not produced
Conservation return: Applicable upon commercial sale—10% of gross sale price
CATALOGUE NOTE
Savage Spire was recovered from Expedition 1, Site 4 and is the larger of two viable candidates separated from the same fractured stem union. Its lettered identifier preserves that shared fracture history while allowing the two resulting specimens to develop independently.
The specimen presents a tall, open structure formed by elongated splinters, steep internal planes, and a broad lower mass. Its scale and upward movement distinguish it from the more compact candidates recovered earlier in the expedition. The present title is provisional to its developing interpretation.
The fracture occurred at the union of co-dominant stems. That structural configuration is visible in the recovered material, but the initiating event was not witnessed. Wind, snow loading, accumulated stress, or another force may have contributed; none can presently be established as the definitive cause.
The material is provisionally identified as white spruce. Bark characteristics, apparent wood density, and the pattern of low retained branching support that assessment, but no formal botanical confirmation has been completed. The registry therefore preserves the identification as probable rather than definitive.
Savage Spire remains in stabilization while its drying response, structural integrity, orientation, and interpretive potential are evaluated. Its assigned registry number records the specimen’s chronological recovery and does not guarantee eventual FSN qualification.
DOCUMENTATION
The surviving record includes photographs of the shared fracture at its recovery site, the resulting candidates during extraction and transport, recorded GPS and elevation evidence, early studio documentation, the written forester approval, and a regional access map.
Because the image sequence spans multiple phases, the complete group should be identified as field, recovery, and early studio documentation rather than exclusively as in-situ photography.
FIELD, RECOVERY, AND EARLY STUDIO DOCUMENTATION