Something completely different (part 5)

[Jim Bremer]

This piece consists of two sandwiched turned disks and a carved strip of ebony. The fabrics ore hand dyed, quilted and beaded. This is the final piece in the series (so far). You comments on the previous pieces were welcomed, let us know how you feel about this one.

See "And now for something completely different" for the story behind the series.

 

[Mark Mandell]

Jim,

If we get The Wall set up, you (and Ruth) should bring this one to the Instant Gallery in Louisville.

Mark

 

[Jake Debski]

Jim,

If we get The Wall set up, you (and Ruth) should bring this one to the Instant Gallery in Louisville.

Mark

I second that.

 

[Griesbach]

I think it would be very interesting to see them all even though it would exceed the limit of three pieces.

 

[pencheff]

This one I love

You comments on the previous pieces were welcomed, let us know how you feel about this one.

Perhaps its the color scheme or the addition of the non-turned carving... not sure why, but I like this much better than the others. The previous four reminded me (and please forgive me for this) an awful lot of the kind of work people were doing in art classes at Ohio University back in the mid '70s. Dunno why... maybe the concentration of earth tones just remind me of those halcyon macrame-wood-and-tie-died days. Your work is much more refined and sophisticated to be sure.

But what-do-I-know? I'm a technician, not an artist.

 

[Jim Bremer]

I know what you mean

Greg,
My college days were in the early seventies, and I might have had a patch on my bell bottoms something like this fabric. This piece evolved considerably during construction. The ebony piece was vertical in the drawing but we moved things around and ended up here. There are no rules here, and no president either. Just a lifetime of different skills converging along with the desire to take a risk. We had a blizzard here in Massachusetts today, so between snow blowing every three hours I was able to sketch the next piece. Stay tuned.

Thanks everyone, for the encouraging comments.

We will get these to Louisville even if we have to bring our own wall.

 

[Mark Mandell]

The Wall

Jim,

If you're going to want to display your wall pieces, you do need to contact Jeff Jilg about it a.s.a.p.. I have a wall piece as well, but if we don't get sufficient interest ahead of time there won't be any walls available.

Since you've posted 5 pieces here and mention No. 6, keep in mind that the IG is limited to 3 pieces from each turner who participates.

I'll look forward to hopefully seeing them displayed as intended.

Mark

 

[Jim Bremer]

Done!

Mark,
I sent a responce a couple days ago. Thanks for being such an advocate for the cause.

 

[Philip Streeting]

Other influences

Nice piece Jim. Have you come across the work of Liv Blavarp? With a little lateral thinking, the slicing and articulating of turned components, the combination of beads and fibres might lend itself to a different and smaller version of your collaborated pieces being presented as jewellery. Just in case others might be interested in how other people use wood in combination I have included a couple of links below to Liv Blavarp's work. I could also see some of her kind of shapes on a larger scale as wall hangings (thinking in reverse) maybe even with embroidery pieces flowing through them! Hope this is constructive and offers a couple of ideas for development. I always find that looking at alternative ways of seeing things, especially from other craft disciplines, helps one to move on a step or two and get one's own quality standards and visual sensitivity, into context. It works for me anyway.
Best wishes
Philip

http://www.sculpturetowear.com/past001.html
http://www.fusionanomaly.net/past001.hmtl

 

[Philip Streeting]

Request

Jim,
Can I draw your attention to my apology to you and the questions to you in the photo section where you placed a comment. aaw1 and aaw2.
Thanks
Philip