Brass Sapling Sculpture on Marble

A sculptural study in material contrast, the Brass Sapling rises fifteen inches in polished brass, its branching form caught in a moment of quiet organic tension against a grounded marble base. Agate stones nest within the composition, their translucent depth lending the piece an almost geological intimacy — the sense that something genuinely found has been refined into something genuinely made. From John Richard, it reads less as decorative object than as collected artifact, the kind of considered presence that anchors a console or library shelf with unhurried authority.