On a recent trip to Slovenia, Vancouver artist and designer Dan Planko, was inspired by a relative’s home full of trophy heads. Intrigued and wanting to create his own wall, he came up with the Rewilderness series: trophies made from recycled furniture parts.
“I like to create objects and projects that make people smile and flourish, to see the world in different ways, to reinvent the everyday.”
Dan’s works covers a wide range of media, scale and application. From a series of mobile sculptures for the atrium of a children’s hospital to the staging of art happenings, to the fabrication of striking pieces of unique furniture out of at once familiar things, Planko’s work is characterized — if it can be characterized — as a marriage of the handmade and the industrially-produced, the serious and the whimsical, the familiar and the unexpected.
Prices for these quirky one-of-a-kind trophy heads range from $125 – $450. You can contact Dan directly if you’re interested in buying any pieces.
Eric (left), Thor (centre), Monique (right)
Horace (left), Boris (upper right), Marcus (lower right)
By Melanie Carlson
