About the Panels

• Every piece in the exhibit is a diamond shape (or half diamond/triangle) with the exception of 3 square shapes which are tributes to Ed's father, who taught him the craft using ninety degree angles.

•This exhibit has taken more than 20 years to complete.

• Evansville marked the first time the exhibit left Michigan.

• This kind of mosaic art form is called MARQUETRY. Parquetry is similar but forms geometric shapes instead of pictures. This art form gained popularity in France in the 1700s.
• There are 30 panels with each being 4 ft by 8 ft, and weighing approximately 400 pounds each, for a total of 12,000 pounds of wood.
• The panels have taken a lifetime to create, and many contain the year they were completed.
• Ed's artistic signature is 6-22-34 and he has signed many of the panels this way.
6: is for the 6th book of the Bible ---Joshua
22: Is for Joshua chapter 22
34: Is for the verse: "The children of Reuben and Gad called the altar, "Ed" for it shall be a witness between us that the Lord is God." Ed's artwork is a witness of his
love for the Lord.
• The panels have a variety of finishes to seal them, but no dyes or stains are used. Each piece of wood is its natural color and there are more than 150 species of wood in the room.
• Each piece of wood is cut 4 times to form a diamond, and then some are cut in half to form triangles. Each panel has a plywood backing and substantial frame to support the weight of the panel.
• The diamonds are adhered to the plywood with Elmer's wood glue. Ed worked in a dinner plate size area and then moved on. If a mistake was made, it would be corrected immediately, or if a substantial mistake was made, the panel was destroyed. Ed
experimented with the size of the diamonds used, but the majority of the panels use " diamonds. Ed cut more than 1 million pieces of wood.

About the exhibit:

"My Father's Love," is a free exhibit, and not affiliated with any specific church or denomination, but involves many within the united body of Christ.
For more info, go to www.myfatherslove.info (original site);
• Please feel free to take pictures, stay and contemplate the work, and come back often.
• There is no charge for entering the exhibit. However, if you may make a tax deductible donation to support the exhibit.