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Intuit - A Reflection on a Call for Entry

These three pieces formed a single entry into a show that wanted the "Best of the Best".  Jim felt that the dock wood piece in the left hand picture was his best in that material and that the painted bowl in the middle picture was his best plywood piece.  Therefore he concluded that the piece on the right must be the "Best of the Best" as it included key characteristics of the other two pieces!

 

 
The Pine Stump

This bowl was in the final finishing stages when it slipped and fell and received some deep but not fatal dings and scratches.  Jim put the bowl up for sale at half price as it was damaged.  There were no takers. 

He handed the bowl to one of his neighbours who was an artist and asked her to paint him a stump.  She hadn't done anything in 3D before so it took sometime to get everything into perspective.  The wait was well worth it.  In the third picture from the left above, the stump looks almost real.  

This piece went from the brink of disaster to become greater than the combined talent of its creators.

 
War & Peace

Entering a show where the theme is War & Peace is difficult for a wood turner.  This was the piece that Jim designed to accomplish this.  

The text is a series of questions that challenge the viewer's ideas on War and Peace.  

The conclusion is that without War, Peace cannot be defined and without Peace, War cannot be defined either.  To have one the other must also exist.

This first image is the state of Peace.  Not functional but stable and also static.  

This is the state of War.  Somewhat functional but unstable.  The text is unreadable.

 

This is the state of War & Peace.  It is both stable and functional.

 Waiting to be Filled by the Present

This chalice-like piece was made at the time Canada and its provinces were going through the process of approving gay marriages.  Some churches used threats and took disciplinary measures against Members of Parliament that did not vote the way the church wished.  Jim felt that no religion should dictate its dogma to a democracy where all voices are represented not just those of the churches. 

The bowl of this chalice is actually a mitre and the black base a stand for it.  The churches' actions during this debate showed that they failed to understand the mood of our society and the liberalism that it embraces.

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