I'm not sure if this is craft, meditation, performance or art. Either way, this interview with Adrian Gray, stone balancer and photographer, is well worth a look. It was filmed at the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts 2007, with Billy Bragg performing in the background.
Another rock balancer, Bill Dan, maintains a blog "The Rocker : World wide phenomenon" featuring photos of balanced stones from around the world.
Not to be outdone, nature has already provided us with examples of balanced or rocking stones, such as the Logan Stones of Dartmoor, Balance Rock at Lanesborough and Balanced Rock in Arches National Park.
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Showing posts with label interview. Show all posts
Interview with Découpage artist Rebecca Wheeler
Oklahoma artist Rebecca Wheeler has created non-traditional collages of cloth, lace, clothing, fabric flowers, rhinestones and sequins on linen, ranging in size from 12 by 12 inches to 72 by 60 inches. The works in Découpage explore memory, nostalgia, femininity and collective history.
Artist Janet Schooley
An interview with Janet Schooley, an artist who now works with willow.
She is currently making a medieval bee skep for a short film based on some of the images from The Luttrell Psalter, an illuminated manuscript made for the Luttrell family of Irnham village, Lincolnshire, from 1325 - 1340.
She is currently making a medieval bee skep for a short film based on some of the images from The Luttrell Psalter, an illuminated manuscript made for the Luttrell family of Irnham village, Lincolnshire, from 1325 - 1340.
Gargoyle Guy, Larry lo Presti
Sorry folks, no Sunday interview today, but instead we have a documentary about the papier mache monster creations of Larry lo Presti. Narrated and edited by Baron Dixon.
Woodturning - a wooden box
Today we start a regular new feature on Craft Videos. Every Sunday there will be an interview with the craftsperson on the video. This week I talk to woodturner Joe Bazer.
Hello Joe, tell me a little about your life outside of woodturning.
I live in Shilo, Israel with my wife and 7 children (ages 3 - 17).
And how long have you been woodturning?
About 12 years.
Was woodturning a hard thing to learn?
I'm still learning. Mostly self taught with books and videos.
You make the box look like an easy project. Is it something that a beginner could easily do? What is the hardest part of this project?
It's not too difficult once you understand the sequence of work. The forms are "open" and easy to make.
What type of wood did you use in the video, and which way is the grain oriented?
The wood is dry paduak with the grain oriented perpendicular to the lathe centers.
What else do you make other than boxes?
Natural top bowls, using local wood - olive, eucalyptus, cherry, almond. Custom furniture. Check out my public gallery.
What motivated you to make this video and do you plan to do any more?
I enjoy teaching, and want to share my techniques with other craftspersons. I hope to make some more videos.
Thank you Joe. I look forward to seeing them.
Hello Joe, tell me a little about your life outside of woodturning.
I live in Shilo, Israel with my wife and 7 children (ages 3 - 17).
And how long have you been woodturning?
About 12 years.
Was woodturning a hard thing to learn?
I'm still learning. Mostly self taught with books and videos.
You make the box look like an easy project. Is it something that a beginner could easily do? What is the hardest part of this project?
It's not too difficult once you understand the sequence of work. The forms are "open" and easy to make.
What type of wood did you use in the video, and which way is the grain oriented?
The wood is dry paduak with the grain oriented perpendicular to the lathe centers.
What else do you make other than boxes?
Natural top bowls, using local wood - olive, eucalyptus, cherry, almond. Custom furniture. Check out my public gallery.
What motivated you to make this video and do you plan to do any more?
I enjoy teaching, and want to share my techniques with other craftspersons. I hope to make some more videos.
Thank you Joe. I look forward to seeing them.
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