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Posted 3 years ago
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Why records?
I was rummaging through a huge, eclectic junk yard when I found a dark shed and couldn’t resist having a look inside. I found piles of old 78’s stacked into Gaudiesque pillars, no covers, just record against record. Instantly, I was attracted to these strange and forgotten objects. 78’s have an all most sci-fi feel about them, disks that contain voices and sounds from distant times.
I practice in the field of pyrography (burning images) and handmade natural pigments (mostly works on paper), so my initial thought was to burn patterns onto the surface of the records. After five seconds of burning I was reeling from the fumes and I realised that burning wasn’t going to work. Then I thought about cutting out sections of the records to reveal negative space. Music is released from silence, you only have to look to the masters of classical music to realise the power of silence and that without silence there is no music.
Information is continuously morphing and changing through loss and gain, be it for better or worse. My aim with carving records is not to impose myself or my art on these beautiful objects, but rather to reflect the importance of nothingness, loss and deterioration. I try to make the empty space more pleasing than what is left, what is left I hope reflects the morphing and deteriorating quality of life and our endeavor to harness permanence.
For any further information please feel free to contact me at,
http://scottmarr.blogspot.com/
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Spoken like a true child of the 60's...no matter how old you are !
these pieces are beautiful---thanks for the photos and the equally lovely description. always amazing to see a unique piece of art
I have never seen anything like this before, these are truly beautiful. Nice work!
you carve up a black patti or a willie brown paramount and i will get the authorities involved.
jus' sayin.
I know what you mean Brian! LOL
I do love them they are beautiful, but a little heart broken about the Portait of Jenny :( I don't have that one to play. I'm with Brian and Dave be careful you don't do that to a rare one!
Don't mess with any Blue Notes! LOL
I have a stack of fox trots you can have to keep the blues and R&B safe. The Western ones too! Other then that I would put those on my walls.
Those are very cool. I have around 15 pallets of records 16's, 45's, 33's & 78's. When I come across one that has been played to death and scratched beyond value mainly the 33's I transform them. First I place it into a custom made frame heat it up and stretch it over a desired shape and it then becomes a record bowl. I will have to post some pictures when I make some more. They usually sell very quick.
Trenchartman
OMG! Trenchartman! I have a record someone did that to, it is a Sun Records, Elvis Good Rockin Tonight 78. Retail $1000.00 + now its a Popcorn Bowl! So SAD! LOL Dave
I am careful not to use a valuable one I do some research before transforming the record. I have sold some before on ebay.
Beautiful work. But, as a record collector, I hope you are mostly using the pop junk from the late forties and early fifties, of which there are literally tons, rather than the older stuff, which is disappearing fast.
nice job, back in the forties when i was a kid i used to take those old records and put them in the oven and they would form a bowl shape of course without my parents knowing.
Its a shame people on here are so passionate about the things they love that it comes down to threatening others. I think these are wonderful pieces of art that this person has put their heart into creating. Not to mention the fact they were saved from the landfills. I would love to own one myself and would encourage you to continue to keep making these with whatever ones you like. The last time I checked we all still live in america where we have the freedom of expression and of speach. Leave this artist to do what he/she loves, creating art!!!