Ruminations on "Connections" (long)

Good point Ed

Dominic Greco at home in Richboro, PA

>Ed,

You wrote:

"Started out as a painter for a few years, got into some stone sculpture, then into airbrushing, graphic design for a decade, now woodworking for 2 years and turning the past year. I've always been fortunate to be able to apply crossover knowledge many times."

You hit the nail on the head! That's exactly what I was taking about! You take a bit of what you learned here, and apply it there! A synthesis of sorts. And many times you end up with something unexpectedly thrilling and different.

Thanks for your response.

Dominic

Another good point!

Dominic Greco at home in Richboro, PA

>Ray,

You wrote:

"Though the turning videos discuss technique and form and detailed ideas, I think other resources influence us and we can use them to connect ourselves to our own work rather than just emulating the work of others. That last sentence sounded like a bunch of new age mumbo jumbo but I think it's important that I don't try to be an Ellsworth, Dickerman, Pho, or even a Schwing. I can learn from them, but the pieces I make should be different and as my technique grows I can become even more of an individual in my artistic turning"

You bring up a good point. You don't want to be a copy of those people. You want your own recognition as an individual.

Rather than copying the people you've mentioned, I find I inadvertently (at times through my lack of skill) change something about it. I like to think of it as putting something of "me" in there.

Thanks for your input.

Dominic

A perfect example

Dominic Greco at home in Richboro, PA

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You've given us a perfect example Tommy. Pretty much fit the topic as if it was tailor made.

Thanks for the input.

See ya around,

Dominic

Mike: What's his name!

Dominic Greco at home in Richboro, PA

>Mike,

I would love to get his books! But for the life of me, I can't remember the gentleman's name!

Throw me bone would ya'?

Dominic

Thank you!

Dominic Greco at home in Richboro, PA

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I really appreciate the background information on James Burke. Now that I have his name firmly committed to paper, I will search out his books post haste!

Thanks for the input.

Dominic

WOW!

Dominic Greco at home in Richboro, PA

>Thank you all for such great responses! Looks like we hit on a topic that has been poking around in the back of several people's heads for a while now.

See ya around,

Dominic

Re: Integration of Disciplines

tek-Brunswick, Ohio

>That is a beautiful cabinet Tommy. How about some more details? What size is it and what is the intended use? Conventional design would have it hinged on the outside of the doors so they both open out. Did you hinge them the other way so you could put the handles on the outside? What are the handles made of? I'm just kind of fascinated by the design. I might have been tempted to put concealed hinges on a piece like that. But then again the hinges go well with the pulls. Nice work!

Tom

Re: Integration of Disciplines

ken chase

>Tom:

I just stumbled onto your post and had to compliment you on the piece you made. For many years I've built furniture in the Krenov style. Until I saw your photo it never occurred to me to use my new found love of turning to combine the two. I'm guessing you turned complete circles then band sawed them to create the circles in your doors. Great work!

Re: Ruminations on "Connections" (long)

Raymond Overman in SC

>Your welcome to stop by my little shed studio on your big circular trip. I'll have a blank waiting for you.

Of course, you'll slowly go insane on that trip though. Just going to my father's shop and turning, it seems like there's something always missing or not in the right place when I reach for it. I guess that would be part of the experience.

EPIAPPFTNP

Barry Irby

>Every Piece Is a Practice Piece for the Next Piece. That's my thought when i make something that blows up or that I don't quite appreciate or even fully understand.

You should also find Burt Wolf's show on why we eat what we eat. I only saw two of them. One on the potato and one on the pig. They came on on Saturday, when I should have been in the shop, so I missed the rest. On PBS. Amazing.

An odd thing just happened. I ran spell checker on this message and it saw EPIAPPFTNP in the title and suggested "uplifting". Hmmmm?

Great Posting

Ben Aragon

>Dominic,

Great posting, the information everyone gives is great. I like postings with so many responces gives me alot to read.

Thank you.

Ben

Re: Integration of Disciplines

Craig Daymon

>You mean it's NOT a multi-axis turning of a single piece of wood?!? Man! I feel cheated! (Just kidding. It's a great piece no matter how it was done.)

Along the lines of Dominic's topic, I just got a sales flyer from Lee Valley (always a great catalog even if it is just for the covers) and there is a close-out sale of some drawer handles that look like fussili spoons. (There were forks and knives in the original set, but they got a lot more spoons than knives and forks.) First, I looked and thought, "Just another silly novelty pull". Then I took another look and thought that these spoon pulls have a nice ergonomic fashion to them. The dish of the spoon is a place I would feel very comfortable planting my thumb when using the pull. If it had the dish on both ends, that much better, but as it is this is a good deal on what I see as very ergonomic style even though that was not the intent of the design. (Although I think I might also be able to use them for emergency apendectemy surgery, but that might be pushing it.)

As Rosanne Rosanadana use to say, "It's always somethin' Jane". If you think there is only one way to do something, you're looking at the world with one eye open.

Like the the Darwinist versus the "intelligent design" (what idiot coined that?) with none of the "intelligent" crowd (and at least most of the Darwin crowd) capable of conceiving that a supreme being MIGHT be capable of coming up with an idea as non-magical but logic-based as evolution. Then again, taking it in that direction would tend to unite rather than divide. After all, when we take one idea and use it/see it in a different way, isn't that the nature of evolution driven by intelligence? Isn't the nature of intelligence the ability to see the pieces that make up one thing and come up with something else?

Well, the sugar level obviously hasn't risen enough from lunch for this diabetic to avoid a rambling, so I'lll get off the rid here before I get too dizzy.

Good topic though Dom, thanks.

-Craig

Re: Integration of Disciplines

Craig Daymon

>I'lll=I'll, rid=ride.

-Craig

Normality restored in 3...2...1 and the bowl of petunias says, "Oh no, not again!".