Chris Peterson, center, at the recent opening for his show at the Norfolk Library.

The wood of Chris Peterson’s pieces is buttery, tactile and often marked with the natural features of the growing tree. The hanging shelves in the current show come from a single butternut felled on a neighbor’s land. Peterson has collaborated with potter Joey Sage Jablonski, owner-operator of North Canaan’s Funkware,  to make candle stands and other functional objects. Jablonski’s array of vases, teapots and nesting bowls retain traces of the potter’s fingers.