yup !
it’s the law in most places here in the u.s.a…
with a hefty fine if you don’t.
herb
Leaving aside any crazy stuff–any design thing that could be argued to be trendy, any swirly colors that might wear out their welcome…
I argue that art happens here–it’s not just elegant design, it’s elegant design taken upward, to the realm of art.
(The entire gallery loads a mite slow, but this link goes straight to the board I wanted to highlight, again)
http://www.jimthegenius.com/Jim_Phillips_Surfboards/Gallery.html#299
and the next few frames show this board…
not to say that all his work in the gallery isnt brilliant
As an example - back in the '70s, we had a board in the shop, a Plastic Fantastic
Such good boards. Jim Wade was one of the shapers. Rick Karens did some of the airbrushes (I believe)?
They were works of art in my eyes at the time!
"Such good boards. Jim Wade was one of the shapers. Rick Karens did some of the airbrushes (I believe)?" -
Oh, yes, they were indeed. Fast, turned well, great edges.... and not the cookie-cutter boards some of the others were.
Heh- and I liked how they did color - just plain pretty besides being just plain good.
But - on account of how well they worked, I'd put them in a higher category than mere 'art'...
doc...
But - on account of how well they worked, I'd put them in a higher category than mere 'art'...
They had foil at the time were boards in general were chunky.
I find you statement correct.
A surfboard that is both functional and beautiful is an Art piece.
Ah...but the functionality transcends mere beauty....
In all honesty, not when I do it. But in the hands of a master, it’s a thing to behold.
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Do you think shaping is an form of art?
Give your opinion and arguments.
Gr, Bram
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For some, sex/surfing/shaping is a chore or a bore or a way to put food on the table or its a hobby or something to do between golf tournaments....
But irrespective of the importance of any activity, even the smallest distraction can hold a pleasure beyond comprehension, it rises up above the pale and holds a higher joy,a keener focus,a reason for intense and constant thought.
Thats the way it is with sex for almost all people,
thats the way it is with surfing for a lot of people around the world,
and thats the way it is with shaping for the small subset of us here.
Shaping? Art ?
Maybe thats an opinion best asked from outsiders.
Sorry to play devils advicate but first you would need to define what art is.
But yes I consider shaping can be a form of art and I've seen many fine examples of finished boards that I would certanly call art and many fine craftsmen shaping foam with a level of skill that it could easily be called anart form.
Its not always the case, its a bit like asking if painting is a form of art - it depends if your painting the garden fence or a picaso.
Even then I guess there is probably a guy somewhere, that has spent his life painting fences and has been considered to have turned it in to a form of art within certain fence painting circles. I guess what I'm saying is anything can be a form of art if you do it well enough or more propably a great deal better than the vast magority of other people doing it.
At the end of the day anything can be considered art if it is percieved as such. Its all sujective, so what I think is art isn't going to be what the next guy thinks of as art.
Probably best to ask the shaper if he is an artist and considers his boards are art, if he expresses his answer through the medium of modern dance - run.
Is shaping an art form?
I’d think that it depends on the practitioner and his results.
So, not for me, but maybe someday - thank you Swaylocks.
I teach art at middle school. I have to think of things in the simplest terms possible.
I break it down thus-
Fine art- arts with primariy aesthetic function (they look good on the wall).
Crafts- arts with aesthetic and practical function, hand made (ie, ceramics, hand weaving, woodworking, etc)
Design- arts with aesthetic and practical function, mass produced (cars, fashion, electronics)
According to the definition I use with my students, surfboards would be craft (popoouts would be design). However, since the “practical function” they serve (waveriding) is, to me, an art…well, I’d call it art.
Also, I don’t know about the rest of you, but for me, a hack who makes a couple boards a year, the shaping aspect is so meditative and so enjoyable…it becomes almost religious. Monks in all religions prize labor, working with the hands, “ora et labora”. Shaping would be a perfect monastic pursuit.
it is -a form of art-
to me shaping is not art. giving form to a body is crafting. once you start painting and writing it up, it becomes art.
i mean, this shape is bad, but would you call the paintings on it art?
