Sentinel Study 06

Carved from a single block of West Coast timber, this sculpture is part of Vince Skelly's Sentinel collection, developed from the artist's bronze chess set prototypes and early sketches. Originally conceived as small-scale chess pieces, these forms evolved into shelf-sized sculptures before serving as the models for a larger body of outdoor work. Compact in scale yet architectural in presence, each form is shaped through a dialogue between the material, the grain and the act of carving itself.