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.
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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] 1.4b-FSN-2026Throne of the World[1.4a-FSN-2026]
THRONE OF THE WORLD
1.4b-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: 1.4a-FSN-2026, Savage Spire; 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: Principal-stem portion 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 × 23 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
Throne of the World is the principal-stem portion of two viable candidates separated from the fractured union documented at Expedition 1, Site 4. Its paired identifier preserves its shared origin with Savage Spire, 1.4a-FSN-2026, while recognizing the two recovered forms as independently developing specimens.
The candidate retains a broad central mass surrounded by projecting splinters, folded planes, and deeply recessed fracture channels. Where Savage Spire rises through a comparatively open vertical structure, this portion is denser and more internally layered. Its current title reflects an emerging interpretive possibility rather than a completed artwork.
The fracture occurred at the union of co-dominant stems. That structural relationship 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 formal botanical confirmation has not been completed.
Throne of the World remains in stabilization while its drying response, structural integrity, orientation, and interpretive potential are evaluated. Its assigned registry number preserves its chronological recovery and relationship to 1.4a-FSN-2026; it does not guarantee completion or FSN qualification.
DOCUMENTATION
The surviving image sequence includes the shared fracture at its recovery site, this candidate during recovery and transport, recorded GPS and elevation evidence, and early studio documentation. Permit and forester-approval evidence are retained within the shared Expedition 1 record.
The site photographs document the common source event, while the recovery and studio images distinguish Throne of the World from its paired candidate.
FIELD, RECOVERY, AND EARLY STUDIO DOCUMENTATION