In the gallery below his woodshop, master woodworker George Wurtzel has two portraits of himself on display.
The first is like a scarecrow hung in an antique wooden closet: a flannel shirt under a worn pair of overalls, the pockets stuffed with tools.
“I just thought it represented me,” George says laughing. “Because that's me. When you see me on the street, that's my normal garb.”
The second is made up of 4,000 wood screws. They’re drilled into a board at varying levels so it becomes three-dimensional projection of George’s face, his straw hat, and his big bushy beard. It makes a kind of musical chime when you run your hands over it.
This haptic gallery is Enchanted Hills Camp’s Tactile Art Center, and it’s the brainchild of George, who lost his sight when he was very young. Inside the center he encourages visitors to encounter the beautiful things he makes out of wood through their sense of touch.
