by Museum for Art in Wood | Jul 22, 2015 | Residency Blog |
The fellows had another full day carving, clamping, cutting, glueing, sanding, sculpting…Many new pieces are appearing in the wood shop with finishing work being done on pieces already begun. Julia is making a door with beautiful carving, Rex continues to work...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jul 22, 2015 | Residency Blog |
If you came to the UArts Wood shop this week, you would be watching many active hands and have to shuffle through lots of sawdust. The fellows continue their daily work on completing their pieces. Their working hours vary. Rex is a real night owl – who tends to...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jul 20, 2015 | Residency Blog |
The fellows are working around the clock now to finish their ideas, and begin possible new works. The shop is humming with an assortment of sounds. Julia is trimming large pieces of wood, gouging and carving other works, while Rex works on a large scale piece and...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jul 19, 2015 | Residency Blog |
UArts MFA Studio Lecture – Julia Harrison and Adrien Segal Both Adrien and Julia were invited by the UArts MFA program to give lectures and critiques of the MFA candidates work. Julia Harrison gave her lecture at 12:30 on June 30th. Adrien Segal’s lecture...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jul 18, 2015 | Residency Blog |
Look long enough at Julia Harrison’s work and you may feel like you’re staring. That is, in fact, precisely the point. Harrison explains (click here to listen) that “the act of looking really hard at another person to try to figure out what the hell they are thinking...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jul 16, 2015 | Residency Blog |
“When I’m thinking about things to do,” explains Grant Vaughan, “I’ll go for a walk in the bush.” He doesn’t have far to walk. Vaughan hails from New South Wales, Australia, where he lives on eighty-five acres of bushland. Although his work has shifted over the years,...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jul 16, 2015 | Residency Blog |
We traveled out to the beautiful environs of New Hope, PA, to visit the studio, showroom, finishing department, Peace House and guest house of gifted wood sculptor George Nakashima. His friendly daughter, Mira Nakashima-Yarnall, gave us a wonderful guided tour...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jul 15, 2015 | Residency Blog |
The fellows are onto new beginnings. New art pieces are evolving on what seems like a daily basis. Rex is working on a very large sculpture. Zina is working on new techniques and ideas combining turned pieces with traditional Romanian carving. Adrien is beginning work...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jul 15, 2015 | Residency Blog |
Perhaps none of this year’s ITE fellows are more at home in Philadelphia than Rex Kalehoff, who earned a BFA in sculpture from UArts before moving on to RIT’s MFA program in woodworking. As he tells it, Kalehoff’s work is inspired by long travels around the Pacific...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jul 12, 2015 | Residency Blog |
It was a day of presenting completed new work, showing sketches of work yet to come, and discussions of ideas shared between collectors, artists and turners. A pleasant luncheon was shared while a slide show of ITE photojournalist fellow Winifred Helton-Harmon’s...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jul 9, 2015 | Residency Blog |
Photos and Text by Seth Bruggeman – “Today I rejoined my fellow fellows from the Center for Art in Wood residency program, a month since first meeting them. Only minutes after I arrived, Albert LeCoff–the Center’s director and co-founder–joined us for a...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jul 6, 2015 | Residency Blog |
Not sure how this missed getting onto the blog as I already wrote it 10 days ago – but I am resubmitting it. My sincere apologies to the wonderful Doctors Jeff Bernstein and Judy Chernoff. Their collection was an astounding assemblage of wood artworks from many...
