May 28, 2008


Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Swimming Pool



Alison Taylor uses marquetry to create elaborately textured allusive paintings.

Even a small panel can use up to 50 disparate woods. After assembling a scene, she frequently reworks it with new species to modify the look or mood. “The struggle,” she said, “is to use the grain in a way that can create form and contrast and value, just the way you would use paint.”

The Gumwood’s fine grain is “great for reflections,” she said, while walnut burl works better “for ambiguous space.” To create an overcast sky, she likes maple; for moody skies, she prefers the striped purple grain of Kingwood.

(via Cliff Kuang @ kottke)

posted by Deron Bauman in art 

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7 Responses to “Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Swimming Pool”

  1. Daryl Scroggins on May 28th, 2008 at 10:09 am

    wood

  2. Pascal Ébert on May 28th, 2008 at 10:46 am

    Not yet. Perhaps if I gaze longer.

  3. Daryl Scroggins on May 28th, 2008 at 10:51 am

    That one over on the left holding the log must be the artist.

  4. Pascal Ébert on May 28th, 2008 at 10:53 am

    Agreed. Now that young man is most definitely sporting wood. It does seem from my vantage point that he’s frighteningly close to using the log as a weapon.

    I hope this is not a metaphor. It’s too early in the day for metaphors.

  5. Daryl Scroggins on May 28th, 2008 at 11:00 am

    He’s asking: “Where should I put this?” And they are disgusted, even as they are disgusting. Irony is ennui in California.

  6. Kathy Hilen-Smith on May 29th, 2008 at 7:47 am

    Everyone looks so pissed. Must be the splinters.

  7. Mistress Fluffy on May 31st, 2008 at 11:12 am

    Jenga Art. Ugh.

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