Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Del the cat on March 09, 2015, 09:06:48 am
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I've made this for a local exhibition of art on the theme "Jazz".
This is supposed to represent Dave Brubeck's famous piece "Take 5", I'm sure all you guys as young as me ;) will recognise the piece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G27qErb6R-k (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G27qErb6R-k)
I used some of my bowmaking skills and an off-cut of Yew :laugh:
Del
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Nice piece of work!
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Way cool ! Bob
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Very cool, Del. Do the uprights follow the "Take Five" melody? 8) One of my favorite pieces of music. ;)
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Ta' guys.
Pat,
The uprights are beat, (the rhythm) Bada ba da da da Bada ba da da da which comes in first for about 8 bars, although I've cut it down to 2 else the sculpture would be too long ;D .
The sweep of Yew is the sax, melody.
I'm not very musical so I struggled a bit working it out... got some help from the musical side of the family. I also tapped out the beat on a mic' hooked up to an oscilloscope at work so I could see it ;D
The blobs on the top of the uprights are the accentuated beat, the Ba
the brass verticals are more stacato sax that appears later.. about 10 foot further along ;)
There's a couple of blue notes in there to hold up the Yew :laugh:
One of the hard things is knowing when to stop adding stuff... less is more sometimes.
I did some sketches and a model first (pic attached).
It was fun to make, a bit like one of those kids toys, sticking pegs into holes and threading beads on to 'em... it gave me a break from making bows, as the last one I did was a real pig, a BBY ELB that needed loads of repeated sideways correction before it would settle down and come back straight.
Del
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"bit like a kids toy...." well not a bit of that sir, your mechanical abilities combined with your artistic side is amazing.....so I'm real glad that you are not a music virtuoso as well..... >:D jeeeeez is there anything you dont do well ::)
A great fan of all your work,sir.
rich
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Cheers Rich.
The full list of things I can't do is available on request from Mrs Cat ::) :-* ;)
Del
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Brubek was a freak, innovative and still capable of some mass appeal! "Take 5" is one of the catchiest tunes out of his time.
I think this sculpture captures that mood perfectly. Wow! Thanks for sharing.
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Love Brubeck and love the sculpture, Del. That base would also be great for using as a form for bending recurves.
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Love Brubeck and love the sculpture, Del. That base would also be great for using as a form for bending recurves.
LOL ... gotta love bowyers... everything is an opportunity :laugh:
Del
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Yep,reflex /deflex ,seen it right off, ;) :) cool work Del. ;)
Pappy
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That is too cool Del. I would never have even thought on that level. Thanks for sharing. Just about the time I think I have a deep mind, along comes a cool cool cat that shows me I'm still swimming in the shallows. Danny
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Makes me want to start dancing! :D
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Cheers guys :laugh:
Del
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Here's the tough question, Del. If a musician walked up to your sculpture cold, no hints, do you think he could deduce(word of the day) that this was "Take 5"? I think it's a wonderful rendition and knowing the tune I can sort of follow it. I also think it would be interesting even if I didn't know what it was. I'm impressed that you came up with this when just a couple of weeks ago you said you were searching for an idea. Well done.
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Dunno, but I posted it on an engineering forum in their "what is it" thread.
I dropped a few hints and someone guessed it was take 5 pretty quick. :laugh:
http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/99849/What-is-It
Del
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Well done. A musicians forum might have been a better bet but they did get it. Engineers make instruments, they don't play them*. Completely different brain hemisphere.
* with exceptions