LAKKADGHOOM
An evolving studio practice led by Reha Salvi.
Objects shaped through attention, time and movement.
Woodturning explored as a sculptural, material-led practice.
My relationship with woodturning began as a way of finding a new language for making. Coming from architecture and design, I was accustomed to processes where ideas could be planned, drawn and resolved before they were made or built. After a decade working in design, I found myself searching for a slower, more direct relationship with material and making; one where thought travelled through touch, not screens.
This disconnect between the mind and the hand led me to pursue woodturning. It introduced me to a very different relationship with making; one in which thinking and making happen simultaneously.
Learning through repetition, failure and movement.
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Working on a lathe means committing to the moment. There are no rehearsals, no undoing. Each form emerges in real time, shaped as much by the material’s history as by my own decisions. What grows, cracks, twists, or resists becomes part of the work. Tools, texture, and motion leave traces that remain visible in the finished form.
Each form carries the memory of how it was made.
No two pieces arrive the same way.
For inquiries, available works or conversations around process, please write at lakkadghoom@gmail.com