While I was looking around for fun A/V stuff to show my Art History class about Stonehenge, I happened across this gem. Wally Wallington is the embodiment of Extreme Craft. Wallington is a retired carpenter living in Flint, Michigan. Somehow, he became interested in Stonehenge and the "technology" that the ancients used to create the monument. Mr. Wallington has so much Yankee ingenuity that he has not only figured out how Stonehenge and other monuments could have been built, but he's figured out how to build huge monuments using nothing BUT HIS OWN STRENGTH! Through physics, trial and error and sheer willpower, he has perfected his techniques. The YouTube video will show you some of his tricks, but you can learn more from his website, theforgottentechnology.com. And I was pretty proud of myself for moving a refrigerator up a flight of stairs.
"Orientation" - New Work From China
- This body of work was created during a Summer 2010 residency at the Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, China. These porcelain vessels explore traditional Chinese iconography as refracted through a decidedly Western point of view.
