艺术c Collaboration

	Root Wood Gongshi Table; Hebei Province, China; 20 W x 18.5 D x 31 H inches; PRIMITIVE I.D. #F1305-061

Already heralded as the most famous artist of her day, she studied a piece of wood on her studio floor. It begged to have her hands caress the wood, which swirled and contorted in extraordinary shapes. “Not so fast,” she told herself. The piece was asking to be reborn, but as what? If she listened hard enough perhaps she could hear what it wanted to be. Other mediums spoke to her in the same way. A blank canvas always told her what image to render before she ever picked up a brush. She looked again. Seeing the wood was one thing, touching it another. As her hands glided over the surface she read it like Braille, feeling each groove and whorl. Gradually, encoded instructions were revealed. The most important was to be patient. It might take years to finish this work. It did; and upon completion she cryptically signed her name. It simply said,Nature; and at last, she gave birth to this week’s New Arrival.

Detail of Root Wood Gongshi Table;see related blog to learn more

本周的新到来有一张中国根木桌。在中国，自然艺术已经珍惜了几个世纪。像人类一样才华横溢，很难比大自然本人提供更多吸引人的图像和形式。尽管偶尔，大自然的手工可以使用一点助攻。将这本根转变为桌子的工匠对大自然成熟的作案手法特别敏感。他们并不将木头视为原材料，也不是在形状，谷物，质量，外观或整体感觉的木材之前，也没有将自己的视角或个性视为原材料。取而代之的是，像自然一样，他们让这件作品决定了它想要的外观。最后，它的自然形式保留了，出现了艺术的功能。艺术家需要协作需要技巧，意愿和谦卑。检查这个表。 There are no signatures; just the telltale signs of appreciation and respect.