the great collections of handmade marvels through the ages,the russian Czarina Cathrine’s Hermitage
the Louve
The metropolitan museum of art NYC
the gugenheim
The Getty museum
the british roal museum
ad Infinitum…
filled with works of men deeply involved with the crafts of painting
sculpture,weaving,assemblage of all sources of materials…
do not all these implements of our collective passion,surfing,
fit snugly into this niche?
yep YEP AND YEP>
the final days of clark foam
make a distinct line in the sands of time
these last blanks will be the final examples
of the specific clark foam school
or perhaps period
ye the affectionados
are honor bound
to make em well
for these last examples
are surely to be the basis
for judging all that follows
the king is dead ,
long live the king!
call it folk craft
we be the old guys
down the way
that made boards of clark foam
?
it wont be long before thats a memory
the great wealty houses of medici
brithsh royal crown
czarist russia
getty
carnegie
.adolph sutro
king tut
aquisition of objects ,appreciation,and preservation
of cottage industry products
tools of the industrial revolution
and industrial disolution
will live far beyond us.
make these last the best
the others will be compost soon enough…
…ambrose…
just a thought
…?..