Handmade wooden art featured at Inland Bays Garden Center

The Little Garden Gallery team at Inland Bays Garden Center, 38320 Muddy Neck Road, Frankford, welcomes wooden art by Travis Bower just in time for Father’s Day gift giving.

A science teacher in the Indian River School District, Bower describes his art as a connection to the natural world.

“I have spent my career as a science teacher, studying the natural world and all its splendor. In a time where the world struggled to find direction, I found my way through wood turning, and reconnected to the natural world and its complexities. Just as with students and their education, an artist helps find a wooden piece's innate strength and capabilities when you can look within and help shape it to become something truly amazing,” said Bower.

Each wooden creation reflects the intricate manner in which he merges the natural beauty of wood with the creativity of his skillful hands, thoughts and emotions.

Bower has transformed unusual pieces of wood into bowls, vases, candlesticks and unique gifts.

Bower said he finds inspiration from St. Francis of Assisi, who said, “He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.”