Mark Sfirri: Sculpting the Grain – A Life in Lathe and Legacy Born in 1952, Mark Sfirri’s artistic journey began not with a brush or chisel, but with the rhythmic hum of a lathe. His early explorations into multi-axis turning, sparked by encouragement from his influential teacher Tage Frid at Rhode Island School of Design, laid the foundation for a career dedicated to transforming wood – specifically, through an almost obsessive pursuit of asymmetry and unexpected form. Sfirri’s work isn't simply about creating furniture; it’s about revealing the inherent beauty within the material itself, c…