Shelf: pine and brass, boatnails from Mustadfors.
Horses: pine.
Painted with linseedoil.
lördag 4 april 2009
Prenumerera på:
Kommentarer till inlägget (Atom)
Google translate
Contact
images
About
traditional use of wood
- ahardslojdlife
- ahardslojdlife, the concept and the site, was started in 2000 by
Niklas Karlsson
The aim is to show 1: the context and 2: the hard existence, working with traditional use of wood.
I call it traditional use of wood. Meaning using "old fashion" workprocesses - it´s not about copying objects from a certain time or place.
The old wooden objects have a special aesthetics and shape. Of course it is an aesthetics that I like and admire, and to me it is obvious that it is something that can not be added afterwords or semi-manufactured.
Understanding that aesthetics I have found to be a long process of patiently working with the conditions given by the traditional way to work. You have to feel familiar with the tools and materials from that coherence until you loose, in a way, the respect for them. Because there has to be a carelessness involved in order to resist the modern mans urge to make the perfect and impeccable design.
ahardslojdlife videos
Bloggarkiv
Labels
Bloggintresserade
2 kommentarer:
Niklas, I completely agree with your philosophy. So much so I even blogged about it (http://flyingchips.blogspot.com) and linked to your website and your YouTube channel. By the way, I really like your knife!
Bob Tinsley
Bob, I read your blog, and I´m deeply moved by the way that you express exactly what I was trying to say. You say it better than I. "Imperfections, tool marks, a slightly "gappy" joint, a small tear out". I love to see those things in woodwork, because they are marks of a temperament that the person who made the object left, in a way. In an old object, for example in a folkmuseum, you can see if it is made hasty, or if the person was very careful making it, if he had access to good material or if he had to be content with a poorer material. And so on. The word carelessness that I use might be a little hard to understand and maybe it is not the best choise of word. But you sum it up exactly. Well I can go on here, your text really got me going, but I will not keep on. I will get back to your blog now instead and read some more! Thanks for your comment and I´m glad you linked to my blog and my YouTube channel!
Skicka en kommentar