Originally Posted by
ken hatch
Mike,
Thanks, the two benches set the way they are is very handy. No backsliding, in fact we have three months of "Camp Hosting" for the Oregon State Parks System booked starting in August. Maybe by then it will be safe to visit.
I had a long reply dealing with vernacular, folk, outsider art, or whatever you want to call it furniture. which is something I've been thinking about for some time. I deleted it because it didn't really say what I wanted to say and could have been easily misunderstood. Bottom line, I love seeing what you, Derek, and Mark make but my work tends to the vernacular. There is a place for both and frankly I love looking and studying both.
BTW, back in the day, when I was doing my post baccalaureate, black T-shirt wearing, art babel speaking, studio art studies, I was always drawn to vernacular art, it had a life that was seldom found in academic art. I'm still pretty much wearing that black T-shirt and someday I'll get that post finished.
ken