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Turned for Use II catelog

I Don't Get It

Many thanks for the link to the catalog.

I really don't get it - page 41 of the catalog that is - "Red Shoes Whistle"

"Turned" ? "Turned For Use" ? let alone Wood ???????
How did this piece get in there ?

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jurors' work

if you get a chance to read the last page with the jurors' statements. each juror has a picture of their respective work in the catalog (which is a nice touch).

Debbie Quick
Administrative Director
and Assistant Professor
Craft Material Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University

Del Stubs
Knifemaker, woodturner

Alan Lacer
Professional Woodturner
 
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if you get a chance to read the last page with the jurors' statements. each juror has a picture of their respective work in the catalog (which is a nice touch).

Debbie Quick
Administrative Director
and Assistant Professor
Craft Material Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University

Del Stubs
Knifemaker, woodturner

Alan Lacer
Professional Woodturner
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There are not many times that I would prefer to remain anonomous - this would be one:
I didn't submit anything, so I didn't get rejected or anything, and their work is excellent (I don't get the whistle inclusion either), but I noticed it when I looked through the catalog, before I read the other posts.
I'm not sure how to say this without sounding like a jerk (which some have thought of me) but...
In the future, the jury process might seem (long pause while I try and think of the correct word(s))... fairer(???) if the jurors had not had pieces included.
Not that it makes a BIG difference, I guess, there was no prize money awarded or anything. But AAW carries a certain amount of prestige, so to be included in anything we do is an honor (I know, one of my pieces was requested for an exhibit, I tried not to brag about it, but it was a proud moment for me).
AND, as I understand it, Alan Lacer was instrumental in my piece being included in the gallery I was selected for, so there are no sour grapes here, and I suppose I might run the risk of being excluded for speaking up, but it seemed a bit odd to, in a sense, select your own work.

It IS a GREAT gallery, and I really enjoyed viewing the catalog.
 
What's the argument about. Debbie is not a woodturner. There were 3 pieces in the book by the jurors. These were the work of the jurors not the people invited to be in the show. I like the fact that this work was judged by people other than just woodturners.
We get too much imbreeding if turners judge turners. I tend to enter shows around here that are multi-disciplinary and you get a really different view point when your work is judged by a glass artist, ceramics artist and painter. They don't know that it took you 40 hours to make the piece or it has 757 pieces of wood and they don't really care. They look at it for what it says, how successful it communicates and how the form and surface design work with the piece. I think it's very refreshing. Of course my piece was selected but I think I would feel the same anyway.
 
john lucas said:
What's the argument about. Debbie is not a woodturner. There were 3 pieces in the book by the jurors. These were the work of the jurors not the people invited to be in the show. I like the fact that this work was judged by people other than just woodturners.
We get too much imbreeding if turners judge turners. I tend to enter shows around here that are multi-disciplinary and you get a really different view point when your work is judged by a glass artist, ceramics artist and painter. They don't know that it took you 40 hours to make the piece or it has 757 pieces of wood and they don't really care. They look at it for what it says, how successful it communicates and how the form and surface design work with the piece. I think it's very refreshing. Of course my piece was selected but I think I would feel the same anyway.
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I don't know if this was directed at me in any way, but to be clear, I was commenting, not arguing or complaining. It was an observation, period.
As I tried to say, the book showed a well selected body of work, well compiled and displayed.
 
Sorry George, didn't mean to direct it at anybody. I'll admit when I first saw it in the book I thought, what is ceramics doing here. then I saw the name and read the last page about the jurors and understood why it was there.
There's just been so much negativity lately I wanted to show the cup half full instead of half empty. It is a great show. You had to see Mike Mahoney's pieces in person to really appreciate them. Everything about them was spectacular for the wood to the design to the finish. That's a perfect example of "pure" woodturning standing on it's own.
 
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John and George,

Guess I started this by asking how a hand-built ceramic piece ended up as a selection in the wood turning exhibition.
I did indeed read the juror's statements on the last page of the catalog before I posted here. So, as a novice here and everywhere in the "art" world, I didn't understand that jurors were automatically entitled to an entry regardless of medium. I was not questioning Ms. Quick's credentials.
Thanks for your clarification.
I'll go back to being just a woodturner in my garage workshop now - but then I'm told that since it is a two-car garage it is now a studio.
Nope - it's a shop.
 
Nice Touch

I thought it was a nice touch. From the pieces they included in the show you can get a sense where the jurors are coming from even if you have never met them.

Debbie Quick I don't know. I think it is cool to see how a non woodturner views the turned for use pieces. I know Alan. He taught me how to turn in a week long class at the Brookfield Craft Center. His opinion is solid.

I don't know Del Stubbs but whenever I need inspriation I watch his turning video. Do you know his work? If not I can highly recommend seeing a small part of it on the video. I expect his opinion to be solid too.

Angelo
 
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