River Collection by Greg Klassen: I give new life to dying trees
2014-07-07 22:03
I have always admired and been delighted by people who try with imagination and creativity to provide a second life to things, after their mission or natural role has ended. Through this, the works by Olga Oreshyna or Richel Vincent attracted me, both valuing pieces of wood that seemed to have their “life” ended. Today, I am going to present you a young American, Greg Klassen, furniture designer and skilled timber processor that tries to give another life to trees whose only destination after death seems to be the fire, as he says. “As an artist who works in wood, sometimes I get to give new life to dying trees. Many of the trees I use are on their way to being chopped up for firewood because they are hollow on the inside and decaying. I love this stuff. For me it’s all about finding inspiration in what the tree gives me and making that important to the design. It’s not about what I’ve done to it – it’s about accepting flaws and giving something new life. And nothing could be cooler than that”.
我一直钦佩和高兴的人,试图用想象力和创造力,为事物提供第二生命,在他们的使命或自然的角色已经结束。通过这个,奥尔加·奥雷西纳(Olga Oreshyna)或里切尔·文森特(Richel Vincent)的作品吸引了我,两人都珍视那些似乎已经结束了“生命”的木头今天,我将向大家介绍一位年轻的美国人格雷格·克拉森(Greg Klassen),他是一位家具设计师,也是一位熟练的木材加工者,他试图给那些死后唯一目的地似乎是火的树木注入另一种生命。“作为一个从事木材工作的艺术家,有时我会给垂死的树木赋予新的生命。”我所用的许多树都在被砍成木柴的路上,因为它们在里面是空心的,而且正在腐烂。我爱这类东西。对我来说,这一切都是从树给我的东西中找到灵感,并使它对设计很重要。这不是我对它做了什么-它是关于接受缺陷和给予一些新的生活。没有什么比这更酷了“。
在最近的史密森工艺展上,格雷格·克拉森(Greg Klassen)发布了“河流收藏”(River Collection)-这是一批供应品,手工切割的玻璃与一些木板的原始自然边缘结合在一起,可持续收集。他的家具模型只使用三种元素-木材、玻璃和钢铁。创造性地将玻璃与木材结合在一起,格雷格·克拉森通过河流或湖泊的形象,象征性地为我们提供了一片自然。完全手工制作的,来自江河收藏的家具,超越了有限的实用功能框架,激发你的渴望和精神体验,同时提供对自然的尊重。“我创造-我不生产。我创造是因为我喜欢。去工作真是太有趣了,也是一种乐趣。我的作品是手工制作的,从最真实的意义上说。我一次做一件作品,全神贯注地关注它,从一棵树开始,以功能艺术结束。我喜欢把一棵被丢弃的树和新生命奉献的想法。我认为自然界是美丽的,我喜欢我所做的“。
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