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Hey, Charles. 02:03.433 --> 02:07.600 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% - Craig, Craig Nutt, I just love your studio. 02:07.600 --> 02:09.766 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You got a beautiful gallery here 02:09.766 --> 02:14.300 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% with a collection of some of your gorgeous work. 02:14.300 --> 02:17.466 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% It's not the garden variety kind of work, 02:17.466 --> 02:22.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% but it is just something that is very natural. 02:23.300 --> 02:25.000 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% You do things differently. 02:26.200 --> 02:28.500 align:start position:15% line:10% size:70% - Well, people tell me that. 02:28.500 --> 02:32.333 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:57.5% I feel like I do things that come natural to me. 02:32.333 --> 02:36.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% - Yeah, well, where did that come from? 02:36.000 --> 02:39.500 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% - Well, the vegetable pieces are, 02:40.866 --> 02:44.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% you know, ever since I started working with wood 02:44.400 --> 02:47.233 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% and working with furniture specifically, 02:47.233 --> 02:49.200 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% I started growing a garden. 02:49.200 --> 02:51.833 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% I started out with furniture, 02:51.833 --> 02:56.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% working in an antique shop doing furniture restoration. 02:56.000 --> 02:59.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% And the man that I worked for was a big gardener 02:59.333 --> 03:01.066 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% and had some land out in the country 03:01.066 --> 03:03.666 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% outside of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 03:03.666 --> 03:07.200 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% And so he gave us a little plot of land to work 03:07.200 --> 03:10.533 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% and so we started growing vegetables 03:10.533 --> 03:13.900 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% and, you know, I think what happened 03:13.900 --> 03:15.933 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% when I quit doing that work 03:15.933 --> 03:18.800 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% and set out on my own, 03:18.800 --> 03:20.766 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% we kind of lost our place to garden. 03:20.766 --> 03:24.466 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% We lived in town in a shady area in town 03:24.466 --> 03:26.533 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% and I couldn't really garden. 03:26.533 --> 03:30.533 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% So, I started making my vegetables. 03:30.533 --> 03:32.133 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% (Charles laughs) 03:32.133 --> 03:34.166 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% You know, you get the seed catalogs 03:35.600 --> 03:38.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% and you kind of fantasize about what you're missing. 03:38.533 --> 03:40.600 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% And so they got bigger and bigger. 03:40.600 --> 03:42.966 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% And I think, 03:42.966 --> 03:46.533 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% and, you know, seed catalogs always promise each year, 03:46.533 --> 03:49.266 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% you know, bigger, better, improved vegetables. 03:49.266 --> 03:51.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% So, there was something that I thought 03:53.533 --> 03:57.200 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% really got into the American psyche about that. 03:57.200 --> 03:59.066 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% You know, like at the country fair, 03:59.066 --> 04:02.866 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% people have their competitions to grow bigger vegetables. 04:02.866 --> 04:07.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% You know, they get very woody as they get larger. 04:07.233 --> 04:10.166 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% Some of them probably about as edible as mine. 04:10.166 --> 04:11.866 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% But I think there's something 04:13.266 --> 04:16.133 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% about the kind of American psyche 04:16.133 --> 04:18.600 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% that likes big vegetables 04:18.600 --> 04:19.866 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% or more colorful 04:19.866 --> 04:24.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% or, you know, next year, they're new colors. 04:26.166 --> 04:30.200 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% - Oh, I mean, we're sitting in butter bean chairs, 04:30.200 --> 04:35.166 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% and behind us here, we have looks like the "Corncorde," 04:36.066 --> 04:37.333 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% is that what that is? 04:37.333 --> 04:39.566 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% - The "Corncorde" at the Atlanta Airport. 04:39.566 --> 04:41.900 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% - Wow. Now, that is bigger and better. 04:41.900 --> 04:43.266 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% - That is. 04:43.266 --> 04:46.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% That's kind of about the size that I always picture 04:46.533 --> 04:49.233 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% making these smaller pieces. 04:49.233 --> 04:53.966 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% You know, I would pair those with kind of things like silos 04:53.966 --> 04:56.133 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% or architectural features 04:56.133 --> 04:59.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% to kind of give the impression of size. 04:59.700 --> 05:02.600 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% But I also realize that people can't put 05:03.733 --> 05:06.633 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% a 10-foot-long vegetable in their home. 05:06.633 --> 05:08.366 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% Most people can't. 05:08.366 --> 05:10.900 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% But when the job for the airport came around, 05:10.900 --> 05:14.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% that was just before the Olympic Games in 1996, 05:16.400 --> 05:18.166 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% there was a competition 05:19.500 --> 05:24.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% to submit slides for public art in the airport 05:24.100 --> 05:29.066 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% and so my work made the cut and I got to do that piece. 05:29.866 --> 05:30.800 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% And it's still there. 05:30.800 --> 05:32.566 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% It's still... 05:32.566 --> 05:34.066 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% - How big is that? 05:34.066 --> 05:37.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% - That's 10-feet long and has a 10-foot shuck span. 05:37.433 --> 05:39.033 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% - Shuck span. 05:39.033 --> 05:41.733 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% That is truly Craig Nutt. It is. 05:41.733 --> 05:46.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% Now, what do you call this whirligig piece of carrot here? 05:48.033 --> 05:51.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% - Well, that's one of a group of flying vegetables 05:51.100 --> 05:52.633 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5% that I did. 05:52.633 --> 05:57.333 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% They actually preceded the furniture pieces that I made. 05:58.866 --> 06:02.333 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% I got interested in historical weathervanes and whirligigs 06:03.766 --> 06:07.966 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% and it just seemed natural to start doing vegetables. 06:09.500 --> 06:13.500 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% And then this piece during the 1988 presidential election, 06:14.766 --> 06:17.466 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% first President Bush, then Vice President Bush 06:19.000 --> 06:22.033 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% came on the radio one day when I was working in the studio 06:22.033 --> 06:25.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% and he said, "I will never use food as a weapon." 06:25.100 --> 06:27.133 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And then I thought, "Oh, right." 06:28.266 --> 06:30.100 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% I was a little cynical about that. 06:30.100 --> 06:33.600 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% But then I made a series of vegetable bombs. 06:33.600 --> 06:34.966 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% This is called, 06:34.966 --> 06:39.133 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% "We Will Never Use Food As A Weapon: Carrot Bomb." 06:39.133 --> 06:41.166 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% I grew up in Huntsville, Alabama, 06:41.166 --> 06:44.300 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% during, you know, the peak of the space age, 06:44.300 --> 06:48.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% you know, when they were testing the Saturn rockets 06:48.400 --> 06:49.966 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% for the moon launch. 06:51.200 --> 06:53.400 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% And that was, there was also that interplay 06:53.400 --> 06:57.466 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% between military and civilian use 06:57.466 --> 07:00.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% of space and rockets and things going on there. 07:00.800 --> 07:04.233 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% So, that was basically, 07:04.233 --> 07:06.400 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% you know, growing up in that environment, 07:06.400 --> 07:11.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% it's sort of natural for rockets and things like bombs 07:11.333 --> 07:13.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% and things like that to kind of come into your work. 07:13.966 --> 07:14.900 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% - Oh, yes. 07:14.900 --> 07:18.500 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% And did your parents nurture 07:18.500 --> 07:22.300 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% this artistic expression that you undoubtedly had? 07:22.300 --> 07:26.200 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% - Well, I hadn't really thought about that too much, 07:26.200 --> 07:30.400 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% but I realized my father played piano 07:30.400 --> 07:34.566 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% and everybody on my mother's side of the family 07:34.566 --> 07:35.866 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% played instruments 07:37.233 --> 07:41.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% and then my mother would really encourage creativity 07:41.733 --> 07:43.433 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% in the kids. 07:43.433 --> 07:47.733 align:start position:25% line:74% size:50% We had walls that we were allowed to draw on and make notes 07:48.733 --> 07:52.400 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% or whoever wanted some notes 07:52.400 --> 07:53.766 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% about what you were reading 07:53.766 --> 07:57.166 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% or, you know, if you wanted to draw on it. 07:57.166 --> 07:59.966 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% So, I've pretty much always done that in the studio. 07:59.966 --> 08:02.566 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% I have a place that I can jot down ideas 08:03.866 --> 08:05.366 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% when they occur to me. 08:05.366 --> 08:08.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% So, I can thank my mother for that. 08:08.200 --> 08:10.866 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% - So, you kind of gravitated, 08:10.866 --> 08:13.366 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% from what I understand, into music. 08:14.866 --> 08:17.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% - Well, yeah, you know, I played in rock and roll bands 08:17.866 --> 08:19.166 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:22.5% as a kid, 08:19.166 --> 08:21.166 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% you know, and- - You started a garage band. 08:21.166 --> 08:24.066 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% - Garage bands, you know, typical stuff. 08:24.066 --> 08:26.600 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% But when I was in college, 08:28.900 --> 08:32.566 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% there were a number of artists that hung out together 08:32.566 --> 08:37.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% that kind of didn't fit in on campus very well 08:37.200 --> 08:40.533 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% and kinda we created our own scene 08:40.533 --> 08:44.733 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:70% and we started experimenting with freely improvised music, 08:44.733 --> 08:46.766 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% just making it up as we went along. 08:48.333 --> 08:50.700 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% One of the people in the group found out 08:50.700 --> 08:53.566 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% that you could check out instruments 08:53.566 --> 08:56.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% from the University of Alabama marching band, 08:56.400 --> 08:57.700 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% a million-dollar band, 08:58.600 --> 09:00.166 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% for a $5 deposit. 09:00.166 --> 09:02.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% So, we started checking out instruments 09:02.633 --> 09:04.800 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% that none of us knew how to play 09:04.800 --> 09:07.600 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% and just started experimenting with those 09:07.600 --> 09:10.466 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% and eventually started making records 09:11.733 --> 09:14.366 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% and performing, putting shows together 09:14.366 --> 09:19.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% and performing in the university homecoming parade, 09:22.433 --> 09:24.666 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% putting parade entries together. 09:24.666 --> 09:26.433 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% That was all very influential, 09:26.433 --> 09:29.766 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% especially the free improvisation, 09:29.766 --> 09:33.366 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% because when I started making furniture, 09:34.900 --> 09:39.400 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% you know, I started out really making antique reproductions 09:40.166 --> 09:41.633 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% and that sort of thing. 09:41.633 --> 09:44.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% - That's how you learn how furniture is put together. 09:44.866 --> 09:46.866 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% - Right, I got fascinated 09:46.866 --> 09:50.766 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% by, you know, taking apart old pieces of furniture 09:50.766 --> 09:52.233 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% and seeing how they were made, 09:53.733 --> 09:55.600 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% wondered how they actually made that. 09:55.600 --> 09:57.833 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% They didn't have machines. 09:57.833 --> 10:01.366 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% And I found that the trick was hand tools. 10:01.366 --> 10:05.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% But then when I started designing my own furniture, 10:05.933 --> 10:09.800 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% that more improvisational vent 10:11.033 --> 10:14.700 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% that I was in with my artwork in college 10:14.700 --> 10:16.333 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% and just after college, 10:16.333 --> 10:19.100 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% you know, those kind of took place 10:19.100 --> 10:22.100 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% in a parallel universe too. 10:22.100 --> 10:24.000 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% So, you know, I'd be playing 10:24.000 --> 10:27.933 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% this free improvised music at night, 10:27.933 --> 10:30.500 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% and in the daytime, I would be making 10:31.766 --> 10:36.300 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% kind of classic period-style furniture. 10:36.300 --> 10:37.500 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% But eventually, I- 10:37.500 --> 10:39.000 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5% - That didn't really fit together. 10:39.000 --> 10:41.233 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% - Well, you know, and it probably couldn't 10:41.233 --> 10:45.500 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% until I gained enough facility with making furniture 10:45.500 --> 10:49.733 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% that the technique became unimportant 10:49.733 --> 10:53.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% and that I could pretty much make whatever I wanted to. 10:53.600 --> 10:56.600 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% I had the chops to make whatever I wanted to. 10:56.600 --> 11:00.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% And then I started making pieces and that, 11:01.733 --> 11:05.500 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% so, I was able to get a lot more free about what I made. 11:06.666 --> 11:11.233 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% - Yeah, if you can visualize a piece, 11:11.233 --> 11:14.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% but if you can't make it, then it could be a plus 11:14.833 --> 11:18.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% in that you've gotta grow into being able to make it 11:19.033 --> 11:21.433 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% or it could just scare you off. 11:21.433 --> 11:23.300 align:start position:15% line:10% size:70% You know, "I can't do this." 11:23.300 --> 11:25.333 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:42.5% Which road do you think you took? 11:26.966 --> 11:28.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% - Well, it was a little of both. 11:28.266 --> 11:32.566 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% I guess the, you know, when I started out, 11:32.566 --> 11:34.466 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% you know, I'd picture a table, 11:35.566 --> 11:37.833 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% you know, like Western furniture, 11:37.833 --> 11:41.700 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% typically a table is four legs joined with an apron 11:41.700 --> 11:45.433 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% or maybe with a drawer in it. 11:45.433 --> 11:50.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% And, you know, I started thinking of different ways 11:50.333 --> 11:51.600 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% that it could be done. 11:51.600 --> 11:53.000 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And really a breakthrough for me 11:53.000 --> 11:56.266 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% was seeing the Treasures of Tutankhamun 11:56.266 --> 12:00.133 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% when it circulated around the US 12:00.133 --> 12:04.266 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% and to see Egyptian New Kingdom furniture, 12:04.266 --> 12:06.466 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% and it was not made that way at all. 12:06.466 --> 12:09.500 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% It was made in a very naturalistic way, 12:09.500 --> 12:14.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% like this desk that's to the right of us, 12:14.400 --> 12:17.533 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% this Deinonychus Desk. 12:17.533 --> 12:19.766 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% It was really played off of the way 12:21.100 --> 12:23.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% some of the furniture in that show was constructed. 12:23.533 --> 12:26.200 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% You know, they used an animal form 12:26.200 --> 12:31.166 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% and it wasn't like a four ball and claw feet 12:31.166 --> 12:32.800 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% symmetrically arranged. 12:34.300 --> 12:37.166 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% The pieces looked like they could walk across the room. 12:37.166 --> 12:42.133 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% And so that really kind of opened up some doors for me 12:43.433 --> 12:45.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% to think about, "Well, there's a lot of ways 12:45.033 --> 12:47.633 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% this furniture can be put together." 12:47.633 --> 12:50.000 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% And so that kind of freed me 12:50.000 --> 12:53.166 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% from kind of assumptions I had made 12:53.166 --> 12:56.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% about the construction of pieces of furniture. 12:56.133 --> 12:59.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% - So many of your pieces make a statement 12:59.000 --> 13:01.200 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% or they tell a story 13:01.200 --> 13:04.233 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% and so I guess they were inspired, 13:04.233 --> 13:06.666 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% that's how they were inspired. 13:06.666 --> 13:10.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% And so are you kind of a what-if guy? 13:11.800 --> 13:15.300 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% - Well, yeah, I guess so. 13:15.300 --> 13:18.266 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% I think most of the pieces will start 13:18.266 --> 13:20.433 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% with a seed of an idea. 13:23.833 --> 13:24.966 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% Like this desk again, 13:26.300 --> 13:29.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% I thought, well, you know, ball and claw feet, 13:30.966 --> 13:31.866 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% what are those? 13:31.866 --> 13:33.433 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% You know, they've been, 13:33.433 --> 13:36.933 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% or, you know, it comes from a dragon, the Chinese dragon. 13:36.933 --> 13:39.633 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% And where did that come from? 13:39.633 --> 13:42.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% Well, surely they've been digging these bones up 13:43.333 --> 13:44.866 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% for ages and ages. 13:44.866 --> 13:47.866 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% But it's only been very recently 13:47.866 --> 13:50.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% that we have a really good idea 13:50.266 --> 13:52.566 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% of what these animals look like 13:53.833 --> 13:55.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% and how they lived, how they functioned. 13:55.700 --> 14:00.366 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% So, to kind of take some of the new finds in paleontology 14:00.366 --> 14:03.733 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% and apply that to a ball and claw foot 14:03.733 --> 14:06.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% to, you know, make a piece that is kind of, 14:08.633 --> 14:09.866 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% connects in some way 14:09.866 --> 14:14.233 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% with what we know about paleontology now. 14:15.800 --> 14:17.400 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% And so that's like a seed, 14:17.400 --> 14:21.133 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% but then in the process of designing it 14:21.133 --> 14:25.033 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% and making models and making the piece, 14:25.033 --> 14:28.366 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% then that idea gets embellished along the way. 14:29.800 --> 14:32.933 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% - With all your interests, have you ever been bored? 14:34.333 --> 14:36.566 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% - No. (chuckles) 14:38.233 --> 14:40.066 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% I can't say that I have, no. 14:41.333 --> 14:43.666 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% There's so many things out there, 14:43.666 --> 14:45.133 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% so many interesting things 14:45.133 --> 14:50.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% and so much, you know, in science and art 14:51.033 --> 14:53.100 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% and the work of other people. 14:53.100 --> 14:56.300 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% You know, there's no reason to be bored. 14:56.300 --> 14:57.100 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% - That's right. 14:59.166 --> 15:01.000 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You can just look around in here 15:01.000 --> 15:03.300 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% and see your interests 15:03.300 --> 15:07.766 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% from literature to art. 15:07.766 --> 15:11.100 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% And this is like everything coming together 15:11.100 --> 15:12.433 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% that you have studied, 15:12.433 --> 15:16.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% that you have been interested in. 15:16.000 --> 15:19.900 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% - Well, you know, I think, you know, the world 15:19.900 --> 15:21.266 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% is a magical place 15:22.366 --> 15:24.900 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% if you have eyes to look around you, 15:24.900 --> 15:27.233 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% and it's easy to forget that 15:27.233 --> 15:29.433 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% with all the things that happen in the world 15:31.300 --> 15:33.700 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% that kind of consume your time 15:33.700 --> 15:35.100 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% and consume your brain, 15:35.100 --> 15:38.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% you know, turn on the TV and see what, or the news, 15:38.333 --> 15:39.466 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% and see what's going on. 15:39.466 --> 15:41.833 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% And it's easy to lose sight 15:41.833 --> 15:44.133 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% of just the wonder that's around you. 15:45.733 --> 15:47.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% And I think that's what I really appreciate 15:47.866 --> 15:49.800 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% when I see another artist's work 15:49.800 --> 15:51.733 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% that reminds me of that 15:51.733 --> 15:54.466 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% and makes me stop and say, "Oh, yeah, 15:55.700 --> 15:57.466 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% we're living in an enchanted world here." 15:57.466 --> 15:59.666 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% It's just you walk around, 15:59.666 --> 16:01.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% I look at my garden, it's unbelievable, 16:01.866 --> 16:06.433 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% the plants, the fruit on them, the colors. 16:06.433 --> 16:09.300 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% You know, you could just never imagine 16:09.300 --> 16:12.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% the color combinations that you see in nature. 16:12.100 --> 16:13.933 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% It's just astonishing. 16:15.233 --> 16:17.533 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% This bench, it's called "Burning" 16:18.533 --> 16:19.666 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5% and it's a, 16:21.700 --> 16:26.000 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% I made that right after 9/11. 16:26.000 --> 16:30.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% And so there were like flames in the air, I think. 16:31.633 --> 16:32.166 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% And I thought, 16:33.666 --> 16:37.833 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:70% I had decided I wasn't gonna make any more vegetable pieces, 16:39.200 --> 16:44.166 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% but I had bought this fabric that's on the seat 16:44.833 --> 16:45.666 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% at an auction 16:45.666 --> 16:48.033 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% and it was made by a, 16:48.033 --> 16:51.333 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% it's handwoven chenille 16:51.333 --> 16:53.533 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% that's been discharge dyed. 16:53.533 --> 16:58.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% This color's been stripped out of parts of it and redyed. 16:58.433 --> 17:00.233 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% It was made by Janet Taylor, 17:01.166 --> 17:03.700 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% who is a North Carolina artist. 17:03.700 --> 17:08.666 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% And it was at a Furniture Society auction 17:09.933 --> 17:13.500 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% and I thought, "These are the right colors 17:13.500 --> 17:16.500 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% and the right feel for one of my pieces." 17:16.500 --> 17:20.100 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% Nashville Metro Arts Commission 17:20.100 --> 17:22.466 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% was commissioning five pieces 17:22.466 --> 17:27.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% to commemorate the response to the flood in each of those, 17:28.600 --> 17:30.266 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% it was the 2010 flood. 17:30.266 --> 17:32.800 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% This one is in Bellevue 17:32.800 --> 17:36.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% and it's on a high piece of ground in Nashville 17:36.866 --> 17:40.000 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% that the area all around it was flooded, 17:40.000 --> 17:41.700 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% a river plantation, 17:41.700 --> 17:43.733 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% and the Harpeth River flooded. 17:43.733 --> 17:48.666 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% And this piece actually is, 17:48.666 --> 17:50.166 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% I looked at flood maps 17:50.166 --> 17:53.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% and the shape of it was determined by the flood zone. 17:53.866 --> 17:58.833 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% So, the part on the top that is kind of mud colored. 18:00.733 --> 18:03.433 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% - Like for my chair-making friends, 18:03.433 --> 18:08.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% I love the idea of your famous piece over here. 18:09.566 --> 18:12.633 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% - "Make a Tree from a Chair." 18:12.633 --> 18:16.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% Yeah, you know, there's a well-known book 18:16.633 --> 18:18.766 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% that anybody who has tried 18:18.766 --> 18:22.433 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% to bust a chair out of a tree knows about, 18:24.300 --> 18:25.900 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% "Make a Chair From a Tree." 18:25.900 --> 18:27.733 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% And I started thinking 18:27.733 --> 18:29.800 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% about what was gonna happen with my work. 18:29.800 --> 18:32.833 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% You know, how could it be recycled? 18:32.833 --> 18:36.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% I wasn't quite ready to cut up my own work 18:36.100 --> 18:37.533 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% and recycle it yet, 18:37.533 --> 18:41.266 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% but I went down to the thrift store and bought a chair 18:41.266 --> 18:45.566 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% and I thought, "Well, how good a tree could I make 18:45.566 --> 18:47.200 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% from a chair?" 18:47.200 --> 18:50.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% So, I took it all, knocked it all apart 18:50.200 --> 18:54.300 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% and tried to put it back together 18:54.300 --> 18:57.533 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% as close to a tree as I could make from a chair, 18:57.533 --> 18:59.266 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% carved bark on it, 18:59.266 --> 19:00.400 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% put it on the lathe 19:00.400 --> 19:04.500 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% and turned it around and carved bark. 19:04.500 --> 19:08.433 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% And that's about as close as I could get. 19:09.833 --> 19:13.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% - Craig, I understand you have a special process 19:13.133 --> 19:18.000 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% for developing these pieces from your seed. 19:18.000 --> 19:19.266 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% - Well, I don't know if it, 19:19.266 --> 19:21.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% I don't know if it's that special a process, 19:21.333 --> 19:24.533 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% but I can tell you how I do it. 19:25.766 --> 19:28.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% You know, I used to get on a drawing board, 19:28.866 --> 19:32.500 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% you know, which was a rectangular drawing board 19:32.500 --> 19:35.833 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% with a sliding rule 19:37.033 --> 19:39.266 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% and draw things up to scale. 19:39.266 --> 19:40.966 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% And what I found 19:40.966 --> 19:45.633 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% was when I worked entirely on a drawing like that, 19:45.633 --> 19:48.533 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% things tended to be very rectilinear. 19:48.533 --> 19:52.200 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% You know, it's like I couldn't get off of that 19:52.200 --> 19:54.500 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:20% and into three-dimensional space. 19:56.700 --> 20:01.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% My solutions to problems tended to be more linear. 20:01.333 --> 20:04.000 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% And a breakthrough for me 20:04.000 --> 20:06.900 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% was when I started making models of my work. 20:06.900 --> 20:09.400 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% So, once I get the ideas down, 20:11.100 --> 20:13.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% I'll draw parts of them to get them to scale 20:13.733 --> 20:14.966 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% to make patterns, 20:16.733 --> 20:20.833 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% but then I'll go as soon as I can to a model 20:20.833 --> 20:24.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% where I actually have a three-dimensional thing. 20:24.033 --> 20:26.066 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% And I'll pull out a model 20:26.066 --> 20:27.900 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% and we can take it down to the shop 20:27.900 --> 20:29.933 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% and I'll show you some of the advantages 20:29.933 --> 20:31.400 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% of working with a model. 20:31.400 --> 20:33.366 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% - That's perfect. I can't wait to see. 20:33.366 --> 20:35.200 align:start position:42.5% line:79.33% size:17.5% - Okay. - Let's do it. 20:35.200 --> 20:37.666 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% You've got a nice collection of models here. 20:37.666 --> 20:39.433 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% - Well, I brought some out that might connect 20:39.433 --> 20:42.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% with some of the things we've been talking about. 20:45.800 --> 20:47.200 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% When I make these models, 20:47.200 --> 20:49.800 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I just kind of make rough models 20:49.800 --> 20:53.133 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% and try not to spend too much time on them, 20:53.133 --> 20:57.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% but make them good enough that I can photograph them 20:57.466 --> 21:00.133 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% and work back over the photographs. 21:00.133 --> 21:02.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% I mean, this is unusual for me to use one 21:02.500 --> 21:03.966 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% and actually paint it. 21:03.966 --> 21:07.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% But you can see this is a model for the "Corncorde" 21:07.466 --> 21:11.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% and I actually used an ear of corn on that 21:11.333 --> 21:12.633 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% to represent that 21:12.633 --> 21:15.900 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% rather than carving all of those kernels. 21:15.900 --> 21:17.633 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% - It looks so real. 21:17.633 --> 21:19.100 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% I had that question. Okay. 21:20.533 --> 21:24.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% - But one of the things you can do with a model 21:24.333 --> 21:29.266 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% is if something is not working out, 21:29.266 --> 21:31.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% if you don't like the way it looks, 21:32.400 --> 21:36.033 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% well, I was gonna just pull this off. 21:36.033 --> 21:39.433 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% Say if I didn't like the stretcher on this, 21:39.433 --> 21:41.466 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% it's just stuck on with hot melt glue 21:41.466 --> 21:44.566 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% so I can pull it off, make another one, and try that 21:44.566 --> 21:46.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% rather than going through the whole process 21:46.700 --> 21:50.066 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% on a full-size piece. 21:50.066 --> 21:53.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% So, they're just made barely good enough 21:53.400 --> 21:55.633 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% to hold together with hot melt glue. 21:56.566 --> 21:57.966 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% This is that- 21:57.966 --> 21:59.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% - Is there a particular scale that you? 21:59.400 --> 22:03.066 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% - I usually work with either 1/8 or 1/4 size. 22:03.066 --> 22:05.166 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% So, I use an architect's scale 22:05.166 --> 22:08.166 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% and then just use it, 22:08.166 --> 22:10.000 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% instead of inches to feet, 22:10.000 --> 22:13.733 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% I'll use the 1/4 scale or 1/8 scale 22:13.733 --> 22:17.166 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% and then use those as inches. 22:17.166 --> 22:21.366 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% So, that was the model for the butter bean chair. 22:21.366 --> 22:26.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% And this was actually the model for the "Burning" bench. 22:27.200 --> 22:28.500 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% And as you can see here, 22:28.500 --> 22:31.200 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% I didn't go to all the trouble on the back 22:34.000 --> 22:35.466 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% to carve all that. 22:35.466 --> 22:37.633 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% I actually, probably when I made the model, 22:37.633 --> 22:40.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% I wasn't sure what I was gonna do with the back, 22:40.000 --> 22:44.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% so I just put a piece in here to represent that. 22:44.000 --> 22:49.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% And then when I actually started working on the piece, 22:54.900 --> 22:57.200 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% I photographed this. 22:58.400 --> 22:59.700 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% Let's see, about like that. 23:01.466 --> 23:03.966 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% Then I printed it 23:03.966 --> 23:06.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% and worked back over the print with colors. 23:06.866 --> 23:09.933 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% And then I could try different things on the drawing. 23:09.933 --> 23:13.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% It would still represent what I was gonna make. 23:13.000 --> 23:17.533 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% But I think I have a version with just a plain beam there 23:17.533 --> 23:19.966 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% and a version with the flames on it. 23:19.966 --> 23:23.633 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% And that's probably where I came up with the idea 23:23.633 --> 23:27.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% of turning the asparagus stalks into torches. 23:28.866 --> 23:29.766 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% - Just wonderful. 23:29.766 --> 23:31.666 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% And it's so efficient 23:31.666 --> 23:35.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% as compared to building a full-size piece, 23:35.233 --> 23:37.633 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% trading out pieces, 23:37.633 --> 23:40.466 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% having to do all the joinery perfectly. 23:40.466 --> 23:42.300 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% - In this stage, in the modeling, 23:42.300 --> 23:44.500 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% I can be pretty spontaneous 23:44.500 --> 23:49.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% and things don't have to actually work out on the model 23:50.766 --> 23:52.433 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% and I can play around with the colors. 23:52.433 --> 23:55.700 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% Like this cabinet here, 23:55.700 --> 23:58.600 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% which is a pepper cabinet. 24:00.900 --> 24:01.700 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% - It is a pepper. 24:03.233 --> 24:05.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% - This ended up being a banana pepper cabinet, 24:07.766 --> 24:09.466 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% but when I was doing these, 24:09.466 --> 24:12.000 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% I also tried it with a red pepper 24:12.000 --> 24:14.500 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% and I could even make the pepper into an okra. 24:16.000 --> 24:20.166 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% So, I kind of worked through all those ideas as well. 24:20.166 --> 24:23.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% But, you know, in my color stains. 24:23.200 --> 24:26.900 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% - Leave no vegetable untried. 24:26.900 --> 24:30.033 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% Like your tables, your rhubarb tables. 24:30.033 --> 24:32.500 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% - Well, as I said, you know, we go out in the garden, 24:32.500 --> 24:35.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% I've thought, "I've made my last vegetable piece," 24:35.733 --> 24:37.133 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% and then I go out in the garden 24:37.133 --> 24:41.633 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% and I think, "Oh, man, this is just so wonderful. 24:41.633 --> 24:43.866 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% I need to make a piece out of this." 24:43.866 --> 24:45.533 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% - 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