Polish Artist Jarek Puczel
Spindle Turning…you can do it
Interesting article by Bruce Nussbaum on Makers and capitalism
Pompeii in trouble…UNESCO allowed in…
Rippled Sycamore platter. Pyrographed carving and ebonised rim.
A Call to Prayer - turned and stained with silver leaf
Bob & Roberta Smith
Interesting blog post about B&R Smith here:
Giuseppe Penone
The last time I was in Tate Modern, in 2011, I took a photograph of a Giuseppe Penone work. I could see, as perhaps non-woodies couldn’t, just how it had been produced, and this made it all the more wonderful for me. Here’s the image I took on the day…
Not a very clear shot, but it’s a difficult place to take a photograph.
Knowing how he achieved this wonderful sculpture is one thing, but seeing a photograph today of him working on one was incredible.
I just hope that isn’t Oak!
I guess that answers one question
Early in his career, Bruce Nauman came to the conclusion that, “If I was an artist and I was in the studio, then whatever I was doing in the studio must be art. At this point art became more of an activity and less of a product.”
Crucible: turned sycamore hollowform vessel mounted on a turned burr oak base. Blue spirit stains and ebonising. Made as a reaction to a question about woodturners and art. A little cynical perhaps but the result was pleasing.
