art

Quiet Giants

Copper and Oil

The printing of the 1st and 2nd state proofs of The Flying Fish of Provision copperplate engraving. Copper and oil14

Thanks to my son for his help photographing when my hands were inky.

Beasts of the Waters

…So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded… NKJV

Cu

The Deeping Cold outside says to me, “Jack, it is a good time be indoors cutting copper into the flying fish of provision.”

“Indeed!” says I, “but let us not forget those who toil without such comfort.”

“Verily!” says the Deeping Cold.

bevel

edge dust

the transition

gouache

upon which to draw

cultivators

scribe

awe

hard meets soft

line upon line

slowly slowly

Spoon Root

Pear and osage. Pot and spoon. Turn and carve. Root and hold. Turn to bread.

carven pear wood spoon

roots grab earth

grow tall

charred a little for contrast

carved with prairie dwellers

wheat and bluestem on an osage vessel

also burned a little prairie fire

with the remnants of earlier dwellers

light as a feather

another pear wood spoon

ICT Winter Bazaar

We’ll be at the ICT Winter Bazaar in the form of BaumWerk selling woodenware and goats milk soap this weekend along with many other local craftspeople and business. For more information go here

Here is a nice article about the organizer, Bridgit Yinger.

November Fire Morning

Mighty Good Building, guitar

glass

light

flow

heart

cluster

veil

plane

shape

reveal

return

lantern

generous

boundary

three

grasp

watch

wait

with

voice

energy

horizon

fire

till

draw

stagger

ridge

bound

ancient

held

enfold

slowly

hope

Of Past and Future Prints

Plenty of two-dimensional work today: First, some hand-colored prints of Jacob Wrestling the Angel of God. A few of these are available if they strike you. Next, are some studies for a large, 18″ x 12″, lino-cut of Obed Edom. Finally, a few more prints and drawings.

Four hand-colored Jacobs on the table

Hand-colored Jacob, version 1 (sold)

Color

Coloring

Hand-colored Jacob, version 2

Evening light (The Golden Corridor)

Hand-colored Jacob, version 3

Obed Edom Studies

I Chose You, Obed Edom (Preparatory drawing for a large scale lino-cut)

Cherubim and Eye

Earlier version of Obed Edom

Obed Edom with a sprig of cedar

head studies

Walking Man Becomes a Tree, sketch for copper-plate engraving

Go On, Job, Bread & Water, for sale on Etsy

Goshen Ewe-Lamb, 3-color lino-cut, for sale on Etsy

Finally and thankfully, I was engaged by the keen and mysterious richness of this astonishing poem , from Tom Hirons yesterday. As a rule, I generally do not to link to other work here, so Sometimes a Wild God represents an exception.

Mike Schultz in Thailand

Mike Schultz is an old and good friend of mine who is returning to Mae Sot, Thailand on the border with Burma. He will be working with the Puzzlebox Art Studio, teaching arts and crafts skills, but he says it better than I do…

The Newton Chest

I am pleased to share some images of this memorial-hope chest built for a kind family up North. They drove a long road to pick it up this weekend and meet my family and myself. and found the road back with a little less leg room I am afraid. I have sought that my work might be graced to carry God’s blessing for those who are receiving it. I certainly hope this one does. It is a dovetailed chest with drawers featuring an inlaid tree design and an unorthodox lid. The woods were all harvested and milled here in Kansas: black walnut and green ash, with quarter sawn white oak, eastern red cedar, ebonized black walnut, bald cypress and poplar (not from KS).