My name is Dino Endres. A few years ago I redescovered an old passion that meanwhile I’m devoted to a bit more intensly. I found a Juniper root by chance on Formentera and immediately started working on it with sandpaper and raspers. I was fascinated by the texture and the density and started looking for more and bigger ones. Something happened to me that some refer to as ‘burl fever’! That’s how it began.

The bizarre shape of the roots invite me to  form out its characters. I deliberately get around the figurative or only try to hint what the wood already provides anyway. My infinite fascination for the sea and the biodiversity of its phantastic habitants have strong impact on my work. Especially trying to create soft , fluent and interacting shapes with the extremely hard wood of Juniper enthuses me. The wild texture of the wood supports my effort to give the abstract organic shape a vivid impression.Today it’s not only Juniper I work with but also other burl wood and trees native to Europe and I always keep my eyes open when strolling through nature.

On this site I want to present some of my work and I hope to get in touch with people of similar interest and to get some feedback. I will be glad to answer any questions and suggestions. You can contact me at carving  a d d  ginkgobiloba . biz or just leave a message in my guestbook. I’m not a skilled webmaster so please try to overlook the flaws. I’m working on them :)