Welcome your opinion

[G. Bruckner]

Hello everyone. This is the first time I have shown my work on the internet. I welcome your opinions. I have found my motivation comes from found inspiration, I like to think god has something to do with it. My work is contemporary and meant to be inside rather then in the elements. I like working with wood but also like to include metal for contrast.

Most of my material comes from found objects, or materials cast off by construction sites. I like to use normal milled wood then cut and sand it into something that looks nothing like the intent of the mill that cut it.

Here is my last work that I put together after cutting 13 peices of 2x4's. I had a rought idea of how it would look, but built it from the gound up.

I welcome your comments.
-Scott

[fritchie]

Scott - The design of this work strikes me as very energetic and strong. I have some misgivings about construction detail, though, from your description. You start with regularly formed pieces (rectangular in cross section), and shape them, most notably in this piece to points at the ends. Then you assemble them.

It strikes me that most of your contacts will be at right angles, from the original shape. If I am right, this will limit the way you can assemble the pieces while still maintaining good contact, and that will limit your design freedom, and might even make some of the joints esthetically awkward. (If you don’t mind my using that word - I’m not saying they are awkward, just that it seems to me if you take a closer look, there might be a problem.)

I don’t know if you took this photo electronically or not, but if you can get a good closeup of the central area without too much trouble, how about putting it up, to answer this question.

And, thanks for asking about comments. I would rarely offer comments if not asked, but I do think other people’s comments can be helpful, if taken the right way.

[G. Bruckner]

Fritchie,
Thanks for your comments. Since I am unschooled and self taught, I have a large learning curve.

I do not keep my angles to the standard. As a matter of fact, I try to avoid standard angles. I feel that, as an artist, I would rather keep things as non-craftsman as possible, but I am attaching another pic for you to see. The ends of the pieces were done with a hand help circular saw. The connected pieces were cut with a Mitre Saw.

A member of my family, a world renowned dress designer, sent me a book recently entitled "The Elements of Dynamic Symmetry". In that book it states in the intro: "He (the author) was implelled to take up the study of symmetry because he could not entirely agree with the modern tendency to regard design as purely instinctive". This is why I am so interested in your comments.

Please comment further. -Scott

[G. Bruckner]

Fritchie,
Thanks for your comments. Since I am unschooled and self taught, I have a large learning curve.

I do not keep my angles to the standard. As a matter of fact, I try to avoid standard angles. I feel that, as an artist, I would rather keep things as non-craftsman as possible, but I am attaching another pic for you to see. The ends of the pieces were done with a hand help circular saw. The connected pieces were cut with a Mitre Saw.

A member of my family, a world renowned dress designer, sent me a book recently entitled "The Elements of Dynamic Symmetry". In that book it states in the intro: "He (the author) was implelled to take up the study of symmetry because he could not entirely agree with the modern tendency to regard design as purely instinctive". This is why I am so interested in your comments.

Please comment further. -Scott

[fritchie]

Scott - Thanks for the second image. The two together give a much better picture of the piece. I didn't really expect awkwardness in the detail, just wanted to raise that possibility.

I think the piece is strong, and the approach has great possibilities. This calls up many images, and that is one of the characteristics of good art. I see antlers, flames, trees, cactus, immediately. And I like the natural color of the wood, though I think paint could work as well. Keep us up to date with your work, and welcome to the forum!

[G. Bruckner]

Here is another piece. This is called Shattered heart. Sorry about the lack of quality of the picture.

[Aurora]

Welcome Scott

I like your use of the forth dimension of wood grain to draw you in further. Very nice. Have you left some roughness or is it sanded smooth?

[G. Bruckner]

Thank you for your comments. The base is sanded, but the wood strips extending out are natural grain. Here is one more piece for your comment.