ArtBabble: Decorative Arts

Newport Chair- Crest Rail

Chipstone — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:35:48 +0000

Series:

Making in America

Institution:

Chipstone

Woodworker Randy O'Donnell demonstrates how to carve an 18th century Newport chair's crest rail.

Bone, Flesh, Skin: The Making of Japanese Lacquer

Asian Art Museum — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:07:10 +0000

Institution:

Asian Art Museum

An award-winning documentary on Japanese lacquer.

Plate Remix

Chipstone — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:37:17 +0000

Series:

Object Lab

Institution:

Chipstone

Object Lab 4.0's students were asked to create a video Remixing a work from Chipstone's collection. They had free range of the Chipstone Foundation's grounds and objects to illustrate new ways of understanding a historic ceramic. In this video, Adriana Vazquez, Morgan Valenzuela and Tara Plath interpret a sign language plate and the idea of speaking while silent.

Jug Remix

Chipstone — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:47:49 +0000

Series:

Object Lab

Institution:

Chipstone

Object Lab 4.0's students were asked to create a video Remixing a work from Chipstone's collection. They had free range of the Chipstone Foundation's grounds and objects to illustrate new ways of understanding a historic ceramic. In this video, Brittany Kieler, Jordan McDonald and Dylan Lustrin examine and interpret the iconography on an 1804 jug.

Dallas Museum of Art Collection: Bed

Dallas Museum of Art — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 03:43:29 +0000

Series:

Dallas Museum of Art Collection

Institution:

Dallas Museum of Art

Commissioned by Whig Party supporters of presidential hopeful Henry Clay, this Gothic Revival bedstead was intended to grace what is now called the Lincoln Bedroom of the White House.

Clay narrowly lost the 1844 election, largely due to his failure to endorse the annexation of the Republic of Texas, and the bedroom suite was bought by Louisiana cotton magnate Daniel Turnbull for Rosedown Plantation, where the bed remained for some 150 years before entering the DMA's collection.

Newport Chair- Knee Carving

Chipstone — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:24:19 +0000

Series:

Making in America

Institution:

Chipstone

Woodworker Randy O'Donnell demonstrates how the knee of an 18th century Newport chair would have been carved.

Newport Chair- Claw and Ball Foot

Chipstone — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:03:16 +0000

Series:

Making in America

Institution:

Chipstone

Woodworker Randy O'Donnell demonstrates how to carve the claw and ball foot on an 18th century Newport chair.

Nearpass Chair

Chipstone — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:02:45 +0000

Series:

Making in America

Institution:

Chipstone

Woodworker Randy O'Donnell demonstrates how he wove the seat and created the mortise and tenon joints for Chipstone's reproduction Nearpass Chair. O'Donnell uses 18th century techniques and tools to create his work.

The Tool at Hand- Mark Lindquist

Chipstone — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:36:18 +0000

Series:

Chipstone: The Tool at Hand

Institution:

Chipstone

In the Spring of 2011 the Chipstone Foundation and the Milwaukee Art Museum invited sixteen established artists from Britain and America to participate in an unusual experiment. Each artist was asked to lay aside his or her standard tool kit and craft a work of art with one tool alone. The challenge presented to the artists sounds simple: create a work of art with one tool. The material and tool were left open-ended with the purpose of encouraging creativity within the one-tool constraint.

Tang Museum: Artists Respond to "The Jewel Thief"

Tang Museum at Skidmore College — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:05:04 +0000

Institution:

Tang Museum at Skidmore College

In this video, artists Jim Hodges, Liz Larner, Virgil Marti, Richard Rezac, and John Torreano discuss the experience of working on The Jewel Thief and the challenges and excitement of being part of this eclectic group exhibition.