Volker W. Hamann grew up and currently resides in the Filder region of Germany, and he’s been a freelance artist since 1993. Since then, Hamann has worked in his own studio. After various artistic self-experiments in his youth, the artist’s career started with an apprenticeship as a stone sculptor. At the same time, Hamann had also discovered photography for himself, having set up his own photo studio. After completing his apprenticeship with distinction, Hamann experimented with many different materials in his work. He found early success in etching wooden sculptures with a chainsaw.
After his continued work with chainsaws, the following thought came to the artist after a work stay in Australia: “take a thick sheet of plexiglass and cut your sketches deep into this sheet with a chainsaw.” Hamann executed this thought in such a way that these incisions are three-dimensionally directed forward when viewed from the other side of the plexiglass. He then painted these plexiglass panels with homemade paints, which he had been experimenting with on wood for over 10 years. The pigments used to produce the paints sometimes changes the color depending on the viewing angle, location and light.
