tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37544364966132137982024-03-05T02:12:06.385-08:00Stuffsmith: The Found-Object Artwork of Keith Lo Bue.Blog devoted to the found-object art of Keith Lo Bue. This artist and educator creates assemblage, jewelry and digital collage using one-of-a-kind antique found materials. They inhabit a Jules Verne-like world of organic machines and symbolic conundrums. Called 'Reliquaries of Dreams' by one critic, Lo Bue's artwork can be seen at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC and the Museum of Arts and Design in NY.Keith Lo Buehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005802761969200329noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754436496613213798.post-44760263421325720792018-12-11T02:18:00.001-08:002018-12-11T06:16:54.773-08:00A Quiet Talk With the Looking-Glass, Part Two.<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Welcome back!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now I set about working out a stand on which to mount the mirror piece so it can be removed at will. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A fragment of a c.1960s/70s electric chandelier is screwed into an arrangement I like. I then pick out one of a quartet of vintage wooden coasters made by some hobbyist long ago who was teaching him/herself to carve. I've had these for years and have wanted to employ one for a long time. Perfect to use one here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have been doing this long enough to know that mistakes - hard turns - result in work that is far better than originally envisioned.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Please come view the finished artwork on my website <a href="http://www.lobue-art.com/quiettalk-1.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For purchasing information, visit my online shop <a href="https://www.keithlobue.com/product/object-a-quiet-talk-with-the-looking-glass" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So much has gone down in the last few years here in Studio Stuffsmith. My found-object work went largely quiet for a few years while I learned a totally unrelated skill - capmaking. That intensive period gave birth to <a href="http://thewelldressedhead.com/" target="_blank">The Well Dressed Head</a>, my online shop of early 20th-century cloth reproduction headwear and accessories. It has been thrilling to learn a new trade, and a sideline business that can share space with my art practice. It has also allowed me to step back from the mixed-media making to allow new inspiration to build and grow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now it is my real pleasure to walk you into my new sculptural piece.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The piece was started in March of this year in Halls Gap, Victoria during the world premiere of my new 'Object Lessons: Adventures in Assemblage' workshop. The mirror was removed from a turn-of-the-20th-century 'pyralin ivory' hand mirror. The silver was selectively removed and a collage was assembled on it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tying in progress. Also note the object in the center-rear. This is an extraordinary 17th-century Czech crystal bead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The chamber is finished in the organ stop knob, finishing the front of the mirror. But before I give attention to the rear, it's time for me to dream up a stand to let the object rise off the ground.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></span> Keith Lo Buehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005802761969200329noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754436496613213798.post-73378669309340619422015-06-14T20:14:00.000-07:002017-03-27T16:48:32.880-07:00A New Piece, in-progress, Part 2.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Apologies for the long delay in posting the finish of this neckpiece, it caught me just before a teaching trip to the US and time got away! Let's pick it up where we left off last time.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On to getting some paper onto the structure. I'd like to encase the metal in some beautiful distressed paper. This is about as lovely a distressing as possible - a vintage Japanese book that is laced with borer holes and tracks.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Set aside to dry overnight, and rust appearing.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now I'm ready to squirrel out a title for the forming piece. Into my library of titles I go. This is always a great part of the process, where a certain title will ring true to the fledgling piece - the next found object to join the crew.</span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Perfect.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Because so much paper is already shrouding the piece, I decide instead to etch it and make a metal plate to mount. The lettering is hand-engraved into the ground and then etched and now sawn out.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The wire tails I'd left long before are perfect as attachment devices for the title plate.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hooked into place, this allows a little bit of movement to the plate, which I like.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I turn my focus to the broad end of the spoon handle. I'm going to bend it around front to allow the lovely hallmarks to read, but I'd like to cut a window away to suspend a small object.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The shape drawn.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And cut.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A gorgeous little Victorian boot button takes the place of prominence.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ready to install.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And set in place.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The chain/cord is all that remains now. I used some square steel-wire chain I made for a previous piece and joined it to leather to complete the piece.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Which you can view, at long last, <a href="http://www.lobue-art.com/a_way_to_remember.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Or, if you happen to be in Providence, Rhode Island you can see it in person for the next few days (until the 19th of June), as it's in the tail end of an exhibition I have a handful of works in - more info <a href="https://www.ric.edu/bannister/june_15.php" target="_blank">here.</a></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span>Keith Lo Buehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005802761969200329noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754436496613213798.post-69476872123281236192015-02-19T19:19:00.002-08:002015-02-19T19:19:33.481-08:00A new piece, in-progress - Part 1.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Welcome back to Studio Stuffsmith!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A flurry of activity has kept the lights burning late recently. Let's walk together through one of them.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Many times, while demonstrating a particular technique in a classroom or on an instructional video, I will begin something that warrants further pursuit later on. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So it was that during the filming of my <b><i>'Steeling Beauty: Chains, Clasps and Forms in Steel Wire' </i></b>workshop (airring online for the last time in June of this year) I enveloped this tin baking mold with a steel wire harness.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I choose this Victorian spoon as the back to the tin, creating a chamber that can be viewed through the portal I've cut.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A terrific hand-tinted engraving from the 1840's will furnish me with the imagery needed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The incredible engraved detail of the skirt will work perfectly inside the bowl of the spoon.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The addition of leaf-insect eggshells and sea-urchin spines nestle around the acorn caps, completing the tableau to be glimpsed inside. This will be the last time I see it unfettered, as once the piece is closed up, the viewer will only see hints of the interior. </span></span><br />
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<br />Keith Lo Buehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005802761969200329noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754436496613213798.post-59108084335145800302014-12-30T19:36:00.000-08:002014-12-30T19:36:00.287-08:00Poetry in Motion is now on DVD!<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/hTS3LJF_gIk" width="560"></iframe></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It can be purchased <a href="http://www.keithlobue.com/product/poetry-in-motion-making-marvelous-mobiles-dvd-workshop-set" target="_blank">here.</a></span></span>Keith Lo Buehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005802761969200329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754436496613213798.post-2229418980080067232014-11-03T04:53:00.000-08:002014-11-03T04:53:56.340-08:00The Story of a Shadow, in progress.<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">During the taping of my latest online workshop entitled 'Getting Attached: Rivets Revealed' (to be held again next July, for those who want to join me then), I began this piece in order to demonstrate some creative riveting techniques on film.</span> What resulted is The Story of a Shadow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I begin the journey with a beautiful century-old Japanese book, to be treated as the vessel and starting point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After sitting with it for a while, I spot an item in a 'Stuff' box that has been loitering for over two decades in my studio, so patiently waiting its turn. A silver trophy plaque.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Out comes the saw to make it fit the book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now the book is hollowed out to make a chamber.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The top of a dried pitcher from one of my carnivorous pitcher plants will be removed and used inside the book structure. The delicate ribs are captivating.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Hand-polished and ready to mount to the pendant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Please visit my website to view the finished neckpiece <a href="http://lobue-art.com/shadow.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'll be back in the studio soon for the next work!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span>Keith Lo Buehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005802761969200329noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754436496613213798.post-25692129888743535012014-02-21T00:06:00.000-08:002014-02-21T00:24:59.021-08:00The Watcher, In Progress.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of my New Year's resolutions has been to dig deep into my trove of treasures, and to pull out those things I've coveted but held back for something 'special.' Turning 50 in January has brought home what I knew intuitively all along:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's all special.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So out comes one such piece ready for transforming:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An 1890's swivel locket by Pinchbeck. I'm determined to use the original ambrotype portrait within as part of the final piece.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ambrotypes are emulsion on glass, and must be backed with black for the image to be seen as a positive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Checking out the swivel action.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The missing side, lost to time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Out comes the ambrotype... This one is indeed unique as it was hand-colored beautifully and subtly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The black paint is scratched off the back of the glass, thereby making all parts of the image that would be black become transparent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Leaving a bit of black behind the face to keep it readable from the front.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My title for the piece is now chosen and I fit it to the oval.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As these brooches were used as mourning pieces, usually enclosing hair of a loved one, I decide to plait a waxed-linen border around the image.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cut and edge-painted, I then burrow two recesses to hold jewels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gorgeous opals peer out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A brilliantly colored lithograph lends me the face to be seen under the lens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First the back must be prepared, as I'll be able to see through the ambrotype to this side of the book cover. I choose some exquisite robe detailing from an 1830 engraving. This texture will reveal itself as the jacket detail of the photo portrait once it's in place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To secure the glass ambrotype in place, I use more of the thick engraving paper as a 'washer' - this was a practice actually used during the period.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll have a shallow space for material to move behind the photo image. I choose to fill this space with tiny tourmalines and mustard seeds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The edges of the book cover, which are beautifully dense cardboard, are hammered hard to round off the edges, giving the panel a finished quality I'm delighted with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The panels all in place, the last step is to embellish the exterior frame of the brooch. I choose more of the crimson waxed linen thread, and it imbues the piece with a crude hand-hewn aura.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, if you'll saunter over and view the finished piece <b><a href="http://www.lobue-art.com/the_watcher.html">here.</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or, if you're feeling your oats, you can see how much it costs to wear it yourself <b><a href="http://www.keithlobue.com/product/brooch-the-watcher-2014" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you so much for looking and for your feedback below!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span> Keith Lo Buehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005802761969200329noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754436496613213798.post-35732956907596382132014-01-27T22:05:00.000-08:002014-01-28T04:39:59.366-08:00Four, and What They Did, In Progress.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are pieces of artwork, once things are in full swing in Studio Stuffsmith, that seem to make themselves as I stand, conducting the players but bystander to the unexpected outcomes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I select this magnificent steel spigot handle, layers of paint exposed through years of weathering the elements, and it sets me in motion. I've wanted to tuck into this particular object for about ten years, and this is the time to act on it. I also mentally take note of a very special object that I'd like to use as a 'chain', but it's too early to think about just yet.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The removed element is beautiful on its own, and will be saved for a later opportunity. Rummaging through my trove, I carry my newly-liberated spigot with me to see what transpires.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It doesn't take long: a beach-worn aluminum bottom of a soda can, encrusted with fragments of sea life, catches my eye.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And so they are lashed together, these survivors of the scrap heap.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I select four of my precious 'gem' size tintypes from the 1860's, each one-of-a-kind image no bigger than a postage stamp.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two men and two women, all from the same photo album (family? good friends?), who will also be tied to each other with thread.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a central focus, this is so strong for me, that I stop and begin to search for a title. An hour or so later, I've found it, and it too is one I've hoped to use for many years.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some epiphanies over the course of making shout loud and clear; others are quiet but no less powerful for their impact. This is the first time I've chosen, instead of tearing my title organically, to carefully cut it out in a 19th-century fashion. I'm a bit shocked this has never crossed my mind to do, with the thousands of pieces I've made in the last quarter-century!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The almost impossible intricacy of the sash seems to lend the focal point a pathos it didn't have on its own. I love them together. After completing the back of the piece (I sadly did not have my camera to record this part), it calls itself done.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To view the finished piece:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lobue-art.com/four.html">http://www.lobue-art.com/four.html</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or, for purchasing information:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.keithlobue.com/product/neckpiece-four-and-what-they-did-2014">http://www.keithlobue.com/product/neckpiece-four-and-what-they-did-2014</a></span></span><br />
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<br />Keith Lo Buehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005802761969200329noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754436496613213798.post-78668817331407400912014-01-22T17:04:00.000-08:002014-01-22T17:07:23.001-08:00LIFE'S RECORD, In Progress, Part 2.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last time we sat down together I was ready to create a wooden body for the inside of the fork's 'bowl.'</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A large hole is marked and two points where I will recess the wood so the fork will 'set' some dichroic glass beads I'd like to use.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After that is prepped, I mark out where I'll be able to peek through the fork tines.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now turning back to the fork, I create lateral piercings to accommodate two more of Mira's teeth.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These teeth are set in place as well as the glass beads.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My hope here is to build a chamber that will contain several more of my daughter's teeth, while having an active rear view. This lens with plated brass housing is almost pitched back in the pile when I spot an uncanny fit that keeps it in play:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This small pocket watch face slots inside the lens assembly as if it were made for it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now the fitting is ground down save for three small tabs which will prong into the wood body.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The lens fitting is sealed to make it watertight, and a beautiful 1860's color lithograph becomes the face of the face, as it were.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A nest of teeth are affixed in place with resin. They will next be completely encased in the resin once all elements are together and ready.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of my resin lenses is made for the hole in the fork, and sea urchin spines are arrayed around it. These spines will share the resin bath with the teeth.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A last minute decision is made - as the resin is setting in the lens fitting, I apply pressure the center of the crystal, shattering it, but the lens remains in place.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...and keys are riveted to some beautiful antique green elastic cord.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See you next week for a piece that, even by my standards, is over the top!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sixteen years ago I made a promise to my then-newborn daughter Mira: on your sixteenth birthday, I will make a wearable work incorporating your baby teeth. So I worked diligently in collaboration with the Tooth Fairy, collecting the tiny jewels as they fell like ripe fruit from her little mouth.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The years have flown by, and I find myself in the delightful situation of locking myself in Studio Stuffsmith to actualize this long-held promise.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My generative impulse kicks into gear as I choose for the opening gesture an implement of eating: this beautiful Art Nouveau serving utensil set made from an early plastic called Pyralin Ivory. The fork is particularly pleasing as my housing, and I set upon it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The raw end is now shaped to a decorative terminus as I opt to have that end as the bottom of the piece.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">...and polished. The visual and textural similarity to tooth enamel is striking, and prompts the first tooth out to play. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Although some have been squeamish of the idea of using teeth in jewelry making, there is a long and venerable history of the practice throughout the ages and in many cultures, all the way to the present day. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have always felt that teeth are the most jewel-like parts of the human body; sheathed in enamel and resistant to corrosive forces. The key for me here is to avoid the piece becoming too macabre or ponderous, while indulging Mira's aesthetic leanings towards Gothic fashion.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The substantial molar takes center stage here, as I choose the placement. This also marks the back of the fork as the front of the piece. I'm chuffed by the color integration of these jarringly different materials.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now, Dentistry, Lo Bue-style.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A circular 'bezel' is drilled into the center of the molar to affix a jewel later.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now to hollow out a recess for the molar to inhabit.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The shape made, it is now decorated with radiant lines and pierced with setting holes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now an aperture is decided upon and drawn in place. I cast the lens to the left from resin.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Despite the respirator during this sawing, the scent of camphor fills the studio as the early, organic plastic gives way.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I decide at this stage to create a solid body that will fill the cavity (pun intended) of the fork. Keeping my children close, I choose this slat from my younger twins' crib to perform the function.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Join me next time as I set Mira's teeth on edge, as it were!</span></span><br />
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<br />Keith Lo Buehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005802761969200329noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754436496613213798.post-14459027879485869382014-01-04T04:30:00.000-08:002014-01-04T04:47:49.234-08:00CANTO I. In-Progress - Part 3.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here we go - I'm taking this through to completion...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'd like to mount a tiny gemstone into the body of the mirro<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">r - this small steel pocket watch gear will become the bezel, and so is annealed in preparation.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now a sharp left turn here as I develop a hanging mechanism for the left side of the pendant. The old glass and brass pin is netted in waxed linen thread and two 'selvagee straps' are created. These are tiny cousins to the sailors' rope rings used for various tasks aboard a vessel. I like the visual shock of a softer material harnessing all the metal and glass.</span></span><br />
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Keith Lo Buehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005802761969200329noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754436496613213798.post-71506029890236435322013-12-28T15:27:00.001-08:002013-12-28T15:29:03.846-08:00CANTO I. In-Progress - Part 2.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome back! Work continues on this unusual structure, which as you can see, now sports a name...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To mount an attachment to the left side of my scissor handle, I need to anneal the steel first, as it is quite hardened tool steel. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The silvered backing is selectively removed to allow my imagery to be framed by the mirror surface.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I select as a facial image an engraving of 19th-century British philosopher Jeremy Bentham. A fascinating man in his own right, but memorable for many years to me for his request that his body be dissected and then presented as an 'Auto-Icon', where it sits today. You can read all about him <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Bentham" target="_blank">here</a> and see an interactive 360Ëš view of the Auto-Icon <a href="http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Bentham-Project/who/autoicon/Virtual_Auto_Icon" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Preparing the back of the mirror 'stack', here choosing an early 19th-century patent-application engraving and adding my signature to be seen from the back of the piece.</span></span><br />
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Keith Lo Buehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005802761969200329noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754436496613213798.post-35032959345507239312013-12-10T15:21:00.000-08:002013-12-28T15:27:56.850-08:00CANTO I. In-Progress, Part 1<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hello and glad to be back in the step-by-step mode of bringing you with me into a new piece.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My next major element is brought in - a 1940's brass coast<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">er with the glass center removed. I cut the ring to enable me to shape it.<span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">After deciding to for<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">m-fit the coaster brass to the mirror, I set to work.<span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The forming finished and soldered together, I can now turn to working out how to further modify and join them.</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This fantastic steel-and-brass scissor handle is cut down and will make a perfect asymmetrical top to the pendant.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span> </span></span>Keith Lo Buehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005802761969200329noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754436496613213798.post-73393125928937440062013-10-13T22:00:00.000-07:002013-10-13T22:00:45.587-07:00Stirrings from the JunkMeister-General<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stuffsmith, the blog, has gone pretty quiet. Stuffsmith, the guy, couldn't be busier. Apologies to those who have been waiting oh so patiently for signs of new things emerging from Studio Stuff, but I'm a photo session away from posting a body of new work on my website, Facebook page and at keithlobue.com. I'll also be getting back to a good step-by-step journey in the coming few weeks. Time to fly.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>Keith Lo Buehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005802761969200329noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754436496613213798.post-10162047546354199822013-03-17T17:34:00.000-07:002013-03-17T17:35:48.583-07:00In Progress: A Question of Taste, Part 3.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Let's see <i>A Question of Taste</i> through to its completion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">With the body of the piece <span style="font-size: small;">roughed out, I can turn my sights on making a tiny hanging mobile which will suspend from the fork tines. This on<span style="font-size: small;">e will be made from bronze wire.</span> </span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The structure complete. <span style="font-size: small;">Be sure to join me in my online class in July<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>in making mobiles </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> - Poetry in Motion - </span></span></span></span>to discover how addictively enjoyable it is<span style="font-size: small;">.</span> (Sham<span style="font-size: small;">eless plug.) More info <i><b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">Here.</span></a></b></i></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or simply join my Facebook group to get updates about <span style="font-size: small;">it <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/makingmobiles/" target="_blank"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">Here.</span></b></i></a></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After patinating the wire and attaching it to the fork, I go about applying<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>numbers to each of the mobile's paddles.</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm using the same page as the lens openings were lined with on the body of the piece.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The numbers being added.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I drop what I've got done into place so I can have a good look at what'<span style="font-size: small;">s happening. I'm thrilled with the combination of sta<span style="font-size: small;">tic and mobile elements. Now to find the panel to put behind the mobile.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Running of<span style="font-size: small;">f the piece on a photocopier helps me to design choices at actual size.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More <span style="font-size: small;">of the same book cover will be used<span style="font-size: small;">. This will giv<span style="font-size: small;">e the pie<span style="font-size: small;">ce a unity from top to bottom, and the decrease in contrast behind the mobile will allow the mobile to sit forward without dominating the composition.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In place. Now I'll make anchor 'ropes' that w<span style="font-size: small;">ill <span style="font-size: small;">tie onto the two side tines of my little fork. Between the name plate at the top and the th<span style="font-size: small;">read tying the fork below, it will allow for small movement and increase its strength. Plus, no glue!</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Running the Irish linen through the piece.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Preparing to tie the threads to the fork.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now the plate gets screwed into place at last.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A tiny staple is made to stabilize the handle of the fork and keep it centered on the piece.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just about to tap it down into place.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The original label on the back <span style="font-size: small;">of the shirt stud box is just beautiful, and offers me the perfect place to sign the piece.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With the pendant complete, I set about making the cord/chain assembl<span style="font-size: small;">y. No rushing here<span style="font-size: small;">; I want it to be very empathetic with the <span style="font-size: small;">piece. I begin by making two very tight and <span style="font-size: small;">willfilly haphazard ku<span style="font-size: small;">mihimo </span>braids of silk.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Readying to cap the kumihimo braids. A fella and his tools.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One cap complete.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The other midway through fabrication.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The final part of the hanging ele<span style="font-size: small;">ment is this stunning little fabric drive belt from an archaic machine. I attach it on one end with tiny upholstery studs.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The chain and cord complete and ready to <span style="font-size: small;">meet the pendant<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">That does it. It<span style="font-size: small;">'s a unique piece in my output, as it didn't re<span style="font-size: small;">ly on previous pieces for reference. Come check out t<span style="font-size: small;">he finished piece <i><b><a href="http://www.lobue-art.com/a_question_of_taste.html" target="_blank">Here</a></b></i>, or look into purchasing information <i><b><a href="http://www.keithlobue.com/" target="_blank">Here.</a></b></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The top chamber's fabric is gently lifted away. I'll be saving this for something else in the future, perhaps.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm fascinated to expose the hand-car<span style="font-size: small;">ved wood which hasn't seen daylight in almost 150 years. This was truly from a time when <span style="font-size: small;">most everything was hand-fashioned.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> A circle is scratched into the leather covering...</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A gorgeous old science-instrument lens is chosen, with a<span style="font-size: small;">n amazing geometric mirrored focusing hairline</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now the bottom velvet is eased out. Not sure if I'll use this or not just yet.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's another qui<span style="font-size: small;">et delight - the backing material for th<span style="font-size: small;">e velvet <span style="font-size: small;">panel<span style="font-size: small;"> sports a fragment of mid<span style="font-size: small;">-19th-century ledger paper</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">. Yum. I po<span style="font-size: small;">nder all the millions of hidden fragments that lie dormant behind old picture frames, inside book bindings, etc<span style="font-size: small;">. This little discover<span style="font-size: small;">y really thrills me.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Returning to the cello bridge, I inlay a lovely layer of paua shell laminate and grind down the diameter of two small lenses to fit the lower openings.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Off to my storage bits and pieces to fin<span style="font-size: small;">d <span style="font-size: small;">just the right material<span style="font-size: small;"> to fill the box. I find and settle on a spectacular 178<span style="font-size: small;">7 book cover whose intricate marbleized end paper is perfect.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cutting out the shape.</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Checking out the order of things...</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now the interior is built up. Horseshoe crab spines en<span style="font-size: small;">circle</span> the opening.</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In preparation for attaching the lens to the out<span style="font-size: small;">side of the box, I wax up some heavy 1920's Irish linen thread.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The spines and book cover as <span style="font-size: small;">seen through the lens.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The faces to peer from behind <span style="font-size: small;">all three lenses are</span> chosen from my archives.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now strips of text are cut to rim the interior of the magnified s<span style="font-size: small;">pa</span>ce. The man is peering <span style="font-size: small;">at a green chalcedony<span style="font-size: small;">, but I decide to replace it with <span style="font-size: small;">a <span style="font-size: small;">more subtle organic obj<span style="font-size: small;">ect:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">With th<span style="font-size: small;">e inner chambers complete up top,</span> the <span style="font-size: small;">piece awaits the bottom treatment.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next week, the bottom of the b<span style="font-size: small;">ox is addressed, </span>the <span style="font-size: small;">mobile is created for the fro<span style="font-size: small;">nt, </span>and the hanging <span style="font-size: small;">chain or cord is con<span style="font-size: small;">figured, <span style="font-size: small;">putting the finishing touches on A Question of Gravity. Please join m<span style="font-size: small;">e for the <span style="font-size: small;">home stretch.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">After many months<span style="font-size: small;"> working in other areas, I've been able to get back into the studio to make my first major wearable piece of the year. It feels thrilling to be amon<span style="font-size: small;">gst my tools an<span style="font-size: small;">d materials again - with some new techniques honed in the last year to expand upon.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">As soon as the fork meets it, the fur starts flying.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of a pair of cello bridges I've had in my stash emerges from a drawer, complete with the bone button I'd pushed into one of the openings years ago. <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I draw the new outline of the bridge to fit into the stud box.<span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sawing the new form. Despite the yummy fit of the b<span style="font-size: small;">utton, out it po<span style="font-size: small;">ps.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The bridge in place - now to give it some new detail.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The lovely pierced shape in the center gets some quiet carving to soften the geometry.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now the fork is split <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">down the handle to allow for it to spread into the piece.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> For the first time, I have a sense of where I'm heading, though it's open to many possibilities still.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm glad I found it now, it can flavor the direction it takes from here. A Question of Taste. I make a photocopy of the piece at this stage so I can draw ideas for the title plate.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I decide to hand engrave the lettering, then <span style="font-size: small;">to etch it.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of the discarded ideas for the shape of the title plate. One thing I will keep from this initial design is to retain the prongs that will hold the fork in place.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">An odd design, but I think it reflects the cello bridge's curvature, so I'll go with my gut.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...and finished. I love the hand-engraved text, it really sits in the 18th-century aesthetic of crude hand-hewn metalwork that <span style="font-size: small;">so much of my work aims for.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now I prep the plate to be cut into shape around the etched title.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now the cello bridge ha<span style="font-size: small;">s been stained and drilled to accom<span style="font-size: small;">mo<span style="font-size: small;">date the prongs of the t<span style="font-size: small;">itle plate.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm thrilled to announce my first official store - the one-stop resource for buying all things Stuffsmith - jewelry, objects, prints, films, books, tools and supplies: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://keithlobue.com/"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>keithlobue.com</b></span></a><br /><br />I've posted new jewelry work for sale as well as some new prints never before seen… Lots to check out. You can scroll down the homepage to see the whole schebang, or use the category links on the left-hand side of the page to select only what you want to see.<br /><br />And if you spend over $100 this week, you can take 10% off your order - just enter the code STUFFORAMA when prompted for your discount (offer ends on the 13th of February, so hurry).<br /><br />Enjoy! -Keith</span>Keith Lo Buehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005802761969200329noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754436496613213798.post-66454350704857119822012-08-20T16:10:00.000-07:002012-08-20T16:10:46.241-07:00Excursions, Diversions and The Odd Stabile.<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Many things have kept my studio practice to a minimum this year, what with filming my new online class and starting up my new tool sales website – not to mention teaching here in Australia and (shortly) abroad. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And then of course there are diversions like this – this past weekend saw the whole family jumping into the wire fray to make these lovely little kinetic objects.Here's a quick little film to share with you. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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Keith Lo Buehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005802761969200329noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754436496613213798.post-37939633722411361522012-07-25T22:12:00.001-07:002012-07-25T22:17:16.884-07:00Happy 6th Birthday, Folio!<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/k8sNvi11zcc?rel=0" width="640"></iframe><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Here's a spiffy new video teaser to celebrate the first published catalog survey of my artwork.</span><br />
<i>Keith Lo Bue's Folio Edition</i> documents work from each year of making, from 1989 to 2006, In 24 full-color plates. Lavishly packaged in a sleek matte-black embossed folio case. Measuring 6" x 8.25" (21 x 14.8cm), each plate has a postcard back listing information about the work.<br />
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Rounding out the publication is an eight page booklet of notes and anecdotes about the selected pieces, providing a rich perspective on the artist's creative methods and thought processes. <br />
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The folio in addition is equally at home on your shelf of art books, for giving as a gift, or for sending individually as large postcards. <br />
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On this, the sixth anniversary of the folio's publication, the price has been cut in half from $50 to $24.99. To order:<br />
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Music in this trailer generously provided by Akira Rabelais: <a href="http://www.akirarabelais.com/">http://www.akirarabelais.com/</a>Keith Lo Buehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005802761969200329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754436496613213798.post-20005043219511954552012-07-19T16:26:00.001-07:002012-07-19T16:27:07.542-07:00An Interview about Reflections<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9OE2FGwTG_5oqJp4sbJK-C7nPmjY6Ndu2bJvATk8zQS9zz96W8hx5AWfx5JjBwB7mGRK0-rRdn5mxidXaYr3wCtB_S8WVWdDBgzqGoh__4JtYlH_7H_USx0todzqSFhg3XvYb-1Bqsyk/s1600/KL-2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9OE2FGwTG_5oqJp4sbJK-C7nPmjY6Ndu2bJvATk8zQS9zz96W8hx5AWfx5JjBwB7mGRK0-rRdn5mxidXaYr3wCtB_S8WVWdDBgzqGoh__4JtYlH_7H_USx0todzqSFhg3XvYb-1Bqsyk/s400/KL-2012.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ricë over at the Voodoo Cafe has interviewed me about life and creativity, with a special focus on the piece just finished here on Stuffsmith, "REFLECTIONS."</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can find the podcast <a href="http://ricefz.libsyn.com/category/podcasts" target="_blank">here.</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Postscript: a few weeks after the piece was finished, in early May, it was presented to Maureen's daughter Felicity. I was lucky enough to be able to photograph her wearing both neckpiece and brooch - mother and daughter reflecting each others beauty. It was a totally moving experience. The modeled photos can be seen after the detail images of the finished objects at the links below.</span><br />
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</span>Keith Lo Buehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005802761969200329noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754436496613213798.post-27911133219850159402012-05-22T06:16:00.000-07:002012-05-22T06:16:17.898-07:00REFLECTIONS, In-Progress - Part Two.<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Welcome back. On to part two of our journey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now that I've finished the lens assembly that would occupy one side of the piece, attention turns now to creating points of connection for a cord or chain. I bypass my first thought (the easy solution!) of wrapping wire around the 'handle' part of the compact and decide instead to drill and tube-rivet anchor points in the hollow body of the compact itself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Next week, the final installment as the finished work (and a sister piece!) coalesces. I hope you'll join me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span>Keith Lo Buehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005802761969200329noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754436496613213798.post-61696973420998086022012-05-13T02:11:00.001-07:002012-05-13T15:09:47.482-07:00REFLECTIONS, In-Progress - Part One.<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A few times a year I find myself immersed in commissioned work. Some of these commissions involve some precious object of the client's to be used in a piece of wearable artwork.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> A friend I've known for several years had been talking with me for much of that time about commissioning me to produce a piece in remembrance of her mother, who passed away over a decade ago. At the beginning of this year, it came to fruition and I began putting my mind to it. How very special to be making a piece for a friend, to be entrusted with precious keepsakes to creatively employ.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Felicity's mother, Maureen Kistle, had been Miss Australia in 1955. I was supplied with some of Maureen's baby hair, a small clover charm that she frequently wore and a phenomenal portrait of her, likely from her Miss Australia days. This was my generative image, ripe with possibility.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So I begin by creating a patterned 'lens' that would cover the front of whatever I'd create. Into this clear matrix I embed some of the baby hair and two small rubies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Now I begin the search for a suitable structure for the piece. This is often the way things will run for me - I will create something intuitively, not having a context for it to live yet. As I'm about to discover, this element will sit this piece out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I begin removing the mirror backing from one of the mirrors, then decide not to use that glass in this piece.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I find a doorknob escutcheon plate, just the right diameter, which I will cast. This will enable me to use a copy of the plate - the original is quite heavy, and would max the weight out at this early stage.</span><br />
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</span>Keith Lo Buehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005802761969200329noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754436496613213798.post-3762222601974004352012-05-06T21:30:00.002-07:002012-05-07T00:15:51.713-07:00The Story Without End, In-Progress - Part Three<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Here we are to see The Story Without End, um.... End.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Threaded through the hole in the copper name plate...</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Thanks for taking the trip with me. Next week I'll be showing a major commission taking shape - one that is emotionally loaded and quite an experience.</span><br />
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