"Victorian Renaissance"
This is my latest "Concept
Art" piece.
The original bowl part of this GRAND Reed & Barton card holder, which I replaced was firmly attached.
That part was badly damaged in shipping. The current cover is a flower frog from a different (and ugly) Victorian silver
flower bowl. The wood is curly hard maple. 9 1/8 inches in diameter by 9 3/8 inches high. Sanded to 800 and buffed
with "Rennaissance" wax.
Welcome!
I am on the verge
of becoming a full time studio turner, in that my primary living is still made selling Antiques.
I have many years worth of "ideas" and concepts that are waiting to be tried. Including all of the classic
forms. I use the work of others as a springboard, and while I have no formal training in the arts, I look at the work
of others for inspiration. My intention is to compliment their work, not by replicating it, but by personalizing it,
changing that one thing that will make it my own.
In the past,
I have done lots of different things with my hands but find the most pleasure in turning wood.
Artist's Statement:
The
true joy of life is said to be the journey, not the destination...
To that
end, woodturning is the most interesting - Joyful leg of my journey to date. There is something elegant about the look
and feel of wood. True beauty can be drawn from even damaged, compromised materials. I enjoy the whole process,
finding and selecting materials, applying ideas that best show the materials and to their best advantage, thinking about new
ways to use the same materials we all use.
"Good Art" in woodturning
is more than just a pleasing shape, a good finish, skillful application and interesting materials. The art, for me,
is also in doing those things with joy, and to find those forms that best represent the combination of materials and inspiration.
Art is often said to "speak to" the observer, to draw them in, to invite them to experience what the art is, what
it represents, and even to speak for the artisan. I hope you can "hear" my work.
Though, I still pick up a single piece of wood and let the vessel in it out, a primary part of my current path, it seems, is a fascination with the sense of rotating motion created by the various
ideas I am playing with.
I hope you enjoy the site.
