Vince Pitelka on sat 11 jun 05
>...Walked right passed what seemed to be a grandfather clock drapped in a
> white sheet and bound with rope. The security guard that was
> there,literally turned me around and said to go look at it again,closer
> this time. The whole thing was carved from one piece of wood...
I remember seeing that piece in a show of Wendell Castle clocks at Amherst
College Art Museum around 1986 or 87. I walked through the gallery,
wondering why that one piece was draped with a sheet. Then my curiosity
kicked in and I turned back for a closer look. I looked to see if the guard
was watching, and actually reached out and touched the surface to convince
myself that it was all carved wood. It was a most extroardinary illusion.
I have always loved trompe l'oeil, and 3-D work of this sort can be very
exciting. The other clocks were all remarkable feats of craftsmanship, but
that draped grandfather's clock was the one that really stuck with me.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Technological University
Smithville TN 37166, 615/597-6801 x111
vpitelka@dtccom.net, wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/
http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/
Warren Heintz on sat 11 jun 05
I looked for it on the internet, it's titled, The Ghost Clock. W.
Vince Pitelka wrote:>...Walked right passed what seemed to be a grandfather clock drapped in a
> white sheet and bound with rope. The security guard that was
> there,literally turned me around and said to go look at it again,closer
> this time. The whole thing was carved from one piece of wood...
I remember seeing that piece in a show of Wendell Castle clocks at Amherst
College Art Museum around 1986 or 87. I walked through the gallery,
wondering why that one piece was draped with a sheet. Then my curiosity
kicked in and I turned back for a closer look. I looked to see if the guard
was watching, and actually reached out and touched the surface to convince
myself that it was all carved wood. It was a most extroardinary illusion.
I have always loved trompe l'oeil, and 3-D work of this sort can be very
exciting. The other clocks were all remarkable feats of craftsmanship, but
that draped grandfather's clock was the one that really stuck with me.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Technological University
Smithville TN 37166, 615/597-6801 x111
vpitelka@dtccom.net, wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/
http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/
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Carl Finch on sat 11 jun 05
At 09:17 AM 6/11/2005, Warren Heintz wrote:
>I looked for it on the internet, it's titled, The Ghost Clock. W.
And for a look-see, it's right here:
http://americanart.si.edu/images/1989/1989.68_1b.jpg
--Carl
in Medford, Oregon
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