tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368744332024-02-20T23:28:19.619-08:00ROBERT CHAPLiNrca bfaRobert Chaplin rcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03678285673965761990noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36874433.post-53836043913219094192020-10-02T13:59:00.001-07:002020-10-02T13:59:52.378-07:00Sacred Heart of Artichoke - isbn 978-1-894897-23-5<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMOxr07fI3fIDXNRESiFayt0it4UBFZByZE_02MyzmYEZxUAggCogmflcUwIScYw2KRMFWUFPG1Bg7Gh8AD4ccw-KIQhxca4qfRp-rEmoNLTiTeIbAs0Y7nr4JGuH4x2gss11H/s1600-h/artichokeweb.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110982938830766178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMOxr07fI3fIDXNRESiFayt0it4UBFZByZE_02MyzmYEZxUAggCogmflcUwIScYw2KRMFWUFPG1Bg7Gh8AD4ccw-KIQhxca4qfRp-rEmoNLTiTeIbAs0Y7nr4JGuH4x2gss11H/s400/artichokeweb.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 100%;"><em>
</em></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Sacred Heart of Artichoke</span> is a precious metal vegetable. The artichoke is a solid gold pin which can be worn as a lapel pin, brooch or tie pin. It is cast in 14 karat green gold. Colored gold is created by alloying gold with other metals, rose gold is made by alloying gold with copper, white gold happens when gold is alloyed with nickel, green gold occurs when gold is alloyed with silver.
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Sacred Heart of Artichoke </span>pin was inspired by my excellent friend, Barbara-Jo. Barbara-Jo asked If I could make an artichoke, and this is what I came up with. I hope you like the artichoke as much as Barbara-Jo. Like much of my art, this work has a literary component; delivered upon a prayer card featuring </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">the </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">beneficent</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> image of </span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> Jesus Christ , the prayer for </span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Sacred Heart of Artichoke </span></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> , and published complete with it's own international standard book number.</span> Delicious, free-range, organic jewelry, made by my hand, for all whom we love.<span style="color: #006600; font-size: 100%;"><em>
Prayer: Sacred Heart of Artichoke</em></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">
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</span><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 100%;"><em>Guide me </em></span><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 100%;"><em>in contemplation</em></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">
</span><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 100%;"><em>of the beauty found </em></span><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 100%;"><em>in your </em></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">
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Photo Credit. <a href="http://www.lattimergallery.com/" style="color: #990000;">Peter Lattimer</a>
This lovely pin makes a suitable gift for apostate and practicing Catholics, Protestants, Brights, Atheists, Buddhists, Confucists, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Jains, Zoroastrians, Vegetarians, Young lovers, Newlyweds, Old folks, and people of good will everywhere. If you would like to own a ‘Sacred Heart of Artichoke’ or buy one for a friend, simply contact me by email: robertchaplin(at)lightspeed.ca</div></div>Robert Chaplin rcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03678285673965761990noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36874433.post-67028073411755607322017-07-09T11:42:00.001-07:002017-07-09T12:43:05.119-07:00Do You Know Canuck the Crow?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As a baby, Canuck fell from his nest and was left for dead, he was fed by people and miraculously survived. He lives his life in-between the natural world and this city we call home. In many ways Canuck is wild, he is not a pet, he flies out to Still Creek to the big roost with all of the other crows every evening, in the morning Canuck commutes into town to conduct his business.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> The business of being the most famous crow in the world.</span></div>
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Canuck interfered with a murder investigation, no pun intended. Flew off with the knife ! Vancouver police had to chase him down to recover it. Canuck has been reported riding on the sky train, without buying a ticket. Canuck has a girlfriend named Cassiar and this nesting season Canuck interfered with the neighbourhood mail delivery as he was protecting his nest. The main difference between Canuck and the other wild crows is that he has no fear of people, this makes Canuck one of Vancouver’s most vulnerable citizens. This spring Canuck was the victim of thoughtless human brutality and had to spend time in the hospital. While researching Canuck I met his friend and advocate Shawn Bergman, we agreed that as a city, we need to honour Canuck to protect him.</div>
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I have met Canuck on numerous occasions and can tell you he is a magnificent creature, a true wild animal friend. I want to dedicate a monumental bronze to Celebrate Canuck, I've begun to model him in epoxy clay and will update this post as I refine my model. I have applied to the city of Vancouver's public art commission to get this ball rolling, if you would like to see Canuck larger than life, you might send an email saying so to: Eric Fredericksen, eric.fredericksen@vancouver.ca. If you want to follow Canuck and his exploits go to Canuck and I on Facebook. Shawn updates this regularly and you will discover a world of wonder. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">‘Cosmologia Universalis’ </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">the universe and all we are, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What more is there to say ? This stone, a Shiv Lingam from the Narmada River, was carved by my hand using diamonds and water. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Arguably this is the largest book, ever. </span><span style="font-size: large;">It has an International Standard Book Number and it fits nicely in your hand. As this was my intention, to publish the Universe, I’m obligated to put the isbn on it somewhere. So why not a stone ? I suppose I could launch it into outer space, but the earth is already in outer space so that would be redundant. </span></div>
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Robert Chaplin rcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03678285673965761990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36874433.post-84381320004435446742016-09-17T17:46:00.001-07:002020-06-01T21:59:21.444-07:00One Tough Cookie<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There’s more, each oreo i make, has a secret inside. Some open and have scrimshaw inside. Others are permanently sealed with a silver word inside. It’s invisible, you can’t see it, but if you x-ray the oreo the word is there. I provide a signed x-ray print with each oreo so the owner can see what’s in their oreo. I sign the x-ray print, not the oreo sculpture. Regarding the use of ivory, i use recycled ivory, and in a world where people see the need to save cardboard, it seemed wrong to let a valuable material go to waste. </div>
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Robert Chaplin rcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03678285673965761990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36874433.post-75500240707535940192014-12-08T20:58:00.000-08:002014-12-08T22:55:01.726-08:00Protect Your Heart<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Once upon a time, back in the twentieth century, I was fortunate enough to meet one of nature’s most gifted artists. <a href="http://viaaesthesia.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">Igor Santizo</a>, he was a scrappy teenage spray painter, piecing the city with reckless abandon. In the quarter century I've known Igor, he has reinvented himself more than a few times, each incarnation wiser, more refined. I run into Igor from time to time, he has a way of making me see the sense of things. Today we talked about looking at the world, critically, not critically, how that relates to our perceptions, expectations, status, art and craft. Igor said, it’s alright to get fired up, to think about all aspects of a situation, to acknowledge that some lines of reasoning lead to dark places. And that it’s ok to go there providing that, “you don’t let it cloud your heart.”</div>
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With that in mind I wanted to express some gratitude. <a href="http://bookmachine.ca/author/keith-higgins/" rel="nofollow">Kieth Higgins </a>gave me a solo show at <a href="http://www.helenpittgallery.org/publications/sorry-im-not-sorry/" rel="nofollow">Unit Pitt Gallery</a> this past spring, we published an awesome chapbook and I exhibited the piece pictured above. I had a lot of help, it’s a wall safe, designed to be used as an occasional table. I pulled the safe out of a house that I helped <a href="http://bruceturnbull.com/" rel="nofollow">Bruce Turnbull</a> renovate. I had the safe tapped and refurbished so that it was functional. After a conversation with <a href="http://colinrhino.blogspot.ca/" rel="nofollow">Colin Johnson</a>, he did the woodwork in ceder. The combination of brutal steel and the delicacy of ceder, is balanced by a chunky design. Shapes inspired by the bent wood storage boxes used by the original Pacific Northwest coast cultures. Inside the safe is a secret. Only two people know the secret. me and <a href="http://nativeshoes.com/" rel="nofollow">Scott Hawthorn</a>. Scott owns this piece and one of the terms of it’s sale was that the contents of the safe would not be revealed until after the property had changed hands. I won’t ever tell you what was in that safe, at this point I honestly couldn’t say, time has a way of changing things, and some things never change.</div>
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If you are a young artist, if you are just starting out, look at everything, take influence where you may. Synthesize new ideas, juxtapose old ones, build a culture, build a life. Walk light and dark paths, exercise your demons, go drinking with angels, make wise friends. Stare into your belly button, read some good books, draw a picture every day. Examine the systems which surround you, be critical or not. Stare into the abyss, detail a myriad of subtle darkness’s, think about them, obsess if you must, but never ever let it cloud your heart.</div>
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Robert Chaplin rcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03678285673965761990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36874433.post-83904647523418981422014-09-30T10:01:00.000-07:002014-09-30T23:01:56.970-07:00The Band-aid Solution<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A nursery rhyme’s the perfect crime, Treason ! For what could be more subtle than to teach the following generation about the injustices which surround them, coded in clever rhyme and allegory ? To plant the seeds of dissent that they might flower in political upheaval. After all, what were all those kings, horses, and men good for anyways ? The powers that be can do nothing in the face of the ravages of time and calamity. Some have postulated that Humpty Dumpty might have been a satirical portrayal of The last Plantagenet King, the hunchback. Richard III. Despite his willingness to trade the whole damned Kingdom for a horse,
they found his twisted remains in a car park some few years ago.* Academic discourse not withstanding, could it be an allegory for a broken heart, a broken home, a love long gone, or some sad song ? Could it simply be a riddle about an egg ? Perchance to smile, as there is often humor found in literal interpretation, a situation running parallel to the absurdity of 1:1 scale representation**. And like questions regarding the quantification of the stickiness of adhesive bandages over time, a discourse best left to philosophers and theologians. <br />
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It is with pride this presentation is made for your perusal! ‘The Band-aid Solution for Humpty Dumpty’, carved by my hand using diamonds and water. A permanent solution in Hematite, a band-aid is forever ;)</div>
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35 mm, sterling silver, film/bracelet. A Love Story...</div>
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There’s something special about you, star quality. As such you were born to participate in a magical story, an action adventure, romantic comedy, documentary, sci fi, period drama, musical or spaghetti western. whatever the genre, you pick, it’s your life. In the late teens of the 20th century, the brightest stars of the silver screen formed United Artists * in order to maintain artistic control and decide for themselves what movies they would make. So too might you, write, direct, produce, and star, in the story of your life. As we slide through time and shoot digitally to create movies, the celluloid and magic lantern recedes into the remote location of memory, some brilliant, bittersweet, flickering mystery. Life is like that, fleeting fast. Making it last is the trick, and so I created these bracelets, to commemorate the adventures of my
dear friends, Sneeky Pete and Sandra. These sterling cuffs, were carved by my hand and made in the form of film
stock. That we might cast you for the starring role in the story of your life, please do, be in touch. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin" title="Charlie Chaplin">Charlie Chaplin</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Pickford" title="Mary Pickford">Mary Pickford</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Fairbanks" title="Douglas Fairbanks"> Douglas Fairbanks</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._W._Griffith" title="D. W. Griffith"> D. W. Griffith</a> formed the United Artists Corporation in 1919.</span></div>
Robert Chaplin rcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03678285673965761990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36874433.post-91707780771315666082013-10-20T19:27:00.001-07:002013-12-09T10:15:19.728-08:00Heads or Tails<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-size: small;">Last weekend saw the leaves in color, clinging fast to the last vestiges of summer. </span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-size: small;">The fog rolls in and taking half the day to clear, the sun reveals autumn...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It took a while to finish this one, I started it in 2004 then put it aside, published some books, started a snowflake collection, played some chess, traveled, visited with friends and relations. I would work on this carving whenever I had a spare moment, and in those moments had the time to reflect on important matters such as the Elizabethan notion of artifice; transformation, and the relevance of les objets de virtu in the age of the smart phones. And so this piece is finished, made in hematite, carved by my hand using diamonds and water. Heads, tails, its your call. Things happen </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">gradually</span></span> in nature</span><span style="font-size: small;">, invisible processes working away in their own time. Then, in the flashing of an instant we notice, everything is different. Context is variable.</span><br />
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Robert Chaplin rcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03678285673965761990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36874433.post-73702521643255799052013-08-29T09:39:00.001-07:002013-12-09T10:14:54.251-08:00Royal Canadian Snowball<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This snowflake tessellation incorporates principals of geometry to randomize the surface of a sphere. Carved by my hand using diamonds and water, this piece was commissioned by Deana Grinnell for Jim Smerdon's 40th birthday. The latest addition to <a href="http://royalcanadiansnowflake.com/" target="_blank">The Royal Canadian Snowflake Collection</a>, lead crystal completely carved, a Royal Canadian Snowball. Heat resistant to 600 degrees centigrade because context is variable.</div>
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Robert Chaplin rcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03678285673965761990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36874433.post-26475880680324865622013-07-17T09:36:00.000-07:002014-01-28T10:21:27.629-08:00Incendiary Literature<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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is perhaps my most incendiary creation. It is a pack of paper matches, published complete with poem, illustration, copyright, and ISBN. I made 10,000 copies without creating a warehousing problem. It can be found in public and private collections and is most recently available in <a href="http://paperhound.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Hound Books</a>. Since I never do consignment Kim Koch the proprietrix, was generously disposed to acquire a box for the store...they can be found in this little drawer on 344 West Pender. </div>
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I was surprised by an exquisite gift, a short notice trip! so I brought my silver sprout to do a little research on this question, is context everything ? Picture the Brussels sprout in New York City, seen with an Ellsworth Kelly at Phillips, which by the way sold for a very respectable price. Picture the silver sprout in spaces sacred, profane, street, and mundane. It is my postulation that a work of art creates it’s own context and surrounds itself with magic, transforming the world, leading us to state of wonder...context is variable !</div>
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catalog of my books. Simply follow the link to a catalog of posts to all
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Robert Chaplin rcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03678285673965761990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36874433.post-58069355233877242302012-09-22T10:43:00.003-07:002013-10-22T06:09:42.968-07:00Worlds Smallest Book- A large print edition<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I launched a kickstarter campaign to raise money to do a book project. The campaign was successful and I was able to publish the fifth book in my library editions series. ‘Teeny Ted From Turnip Town’ is a tale of scale, a wild rhyme and a book of science for young readers, aged 5 years and up. Thanks to everyone who helped with my Kickstarter campaign and thanks again!</div>
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Robert Chaplin rcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03678285673965761990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36874433.post-80918765703059566142012-09-22T00:53:00.000-07:002013-12-09T10:18:30.774-08:00Wittgenstein’s House<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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You took me to Wittgenstein’s house and on that day my world changed, happiest day ever ! and I've the pictures to prove it. Duck meet Bunny, Bunny meet Duck. Same and different, state dependent, duckbunny. On this concept Wittgenstein footnotes Jastrow, but I expanded it from head to whole figure. Cast in rose gold I had the eye set with a diamond...because you're worth it, context is variable.<br />
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You always wondered what it would be like to have a PHd on your wall, and now you can, it’s easy. The advantages of my unaccredited PHd program are many. My PHd does not take valuable years to achieve, costs much much less than one from a university, and qualifies you equally for employment. Due to the power of rotational symmetry my PHd makes just as much sense when you hang it upside down, and is suitable for the tasteful decoration of any home or office. This example was commissioned by Peter K Ohler at Masters Gallery and produced as an excellent contemporary painting in Lego. </div>
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Robert Chaplin rcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03678285673965761990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36874433.post-57860249190794916072012-08-13T22:49:00.001-07:002013-05-22T07:43:28.069-07:00Sardine Tessellation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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These Sardines Jammed into a can, like people in a city too close, like people in a small town up in each others business. I Just like the math in it all, sweet tessellation! I drew this fish which tessellates, my excellent friend Sian Pairaudeau did the computer magic. And so together we made an excellent wallpaper which can be enjoyed, with the culinary stylings of the incomparable Andrey Durbach, at ‘Sardine Can’ in Gastown. </div>
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Robert Chaplin rcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03678285673965761990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36874433.post-58775902737440197442012-08-09T07:54:00.001-07:002013-05-22T07:45:32.130-07:00Hang On Strong And Carry On<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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When you’ve got a dream, plan to hang on. Hang on strong and work to see it happen. This goblin I have made in bronze can hold up a jewelers file all by himself. He can hang on and hold it up all day long, every day and not get tired. I pray that I can do this, to hold on to my dreams and plans, to see them realized and live a larger life. I hope that you can too. Work hard and focus, deal with things all at once if possible, or a little at a time if necessary. Don't let it slip through your fingers, work hard and be happy. I believe in you I hope that you do too.<br />
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There is an underlying geometry to this random flurry, a system for defining the minimum amount of negative space between snowflakes of various sizes, I figured it out by drawing. Without getting too specific it makes use of the fact that equilateral triangles of any size, each and all together can tile a plane. Further, each and every shape divisible by equilateral triangles, can be tiled together in this way. Since hexagons are made of equilateral triangles they can tile a plane in the same manner, leaving sections of equilateral triangles which can, in turn be occupied by more hexagons, leading the mind to infinity. I’m not sure If I discovered this all sized tiling, but at least for the purposes of this design I will call it ‘Chaplin’s Snowstorm’. Carved by my hand using diamonds and water, this sterling silver pill box fits in the little pocket of your jeans and is ideal for carrying pills of all sorts, medicinal, recreational, and vitaminical. </div>
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What's this I hear you can't make up your mind ? Time moves us to death, inevitable. Yet we may jest and play, and each man in his time wears many hats. This jokers cap and bells was made for court in Gastown. Perchance that we might laugh at death, and in the moment when we hear the bright tone of these bells, feast in celebration of this one and only life. </div>
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I sculpted these bells in sterling silver, and of course I needed help. <a href="http://www.strangerthingsmillinery.com/">Sarah Strange </a>has a millinery mind and after a brief discussion, and some loose sketching, returned yesterday with this fantastic chapeau. After attaching the bells we set up this shot.<br />
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Crown Commissioner : Scott Hawthorn<br />
Goldsmith: <a href="http://karenmorrow.blogspot.com/" style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #006600;">Karen Morrow</span></a><br />
Casting: Jess Sarber<br />
Milliner: <a href="http://www.strangerthingsmillinery.com/">Sarah Strange </a><br />
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Spring is quickly approaching and with it, the return of the snowbirds. You may be one, you may know some. Canadians with means sensible enough to spend their time in warmer climes, come fall and winter they migrate to Arizona, Texas, Mexico, and Thailand, anywhere equatorial, somewhere warm and dry. But as springtime approaches the lure of friends, summer drinks and rustic weekends, call the snowbirds home. To celebrate we at the Royal Canadian Snowflake Factory have produced the snowbird patch; embroidered and made to iron on to your favorite camping clothes, glad rags, and ceremonial vestments. The snowbird patch lets everyone know that you may exercise the option to enjoy the sun, and have fun. Snowbird Patches are included free with sponsorship in the Royal Canadian Snowflake Collection.<br />
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You know when you are a kid and someone hands you a copy of 'The Guinness Book of World Records' and you feel like it just might be the most important book ever published? The sum of all knowledge, arcane facts, photographs and histories, an entertainment simultaneously wondrous and spellbinding... and you think,“just maybe if you never cut your fingernails, or if you hold your breath, or live a really long time, or grow extremely tall, or strike it rich, or gain a lot of weight, then maybe, just maybe you could get a Guinness World Record”. Then you go outside and play, you go to school, grow up, fall in love, and work. Responsibilities take your life in its own direction and the dreams of childhood get put on the shelf. In this adult life each day seems much like the next, and you think things might never change. Well sometimes they do change, like one day in January my friend Bruce called and told me that an art project I worked on made it into the Guinness Book of World Records. </div>
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To find out more about the project see <a href="http://rchaplin.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html#1666374332787483351">'Teeny Ted From Turnip Town'</a></div>
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I enjoy the privilege of sharing this record with my brother, Malcolm Douglas Chaplin, and the nano-imaging lab at SFU. One day someone may beat this record, and they will be lucky enough to know how I feel right now.<br />
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</div>Robert Chaplin rcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03678285673965761990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36874433.post-83394746947181250612011-11-19T13:44:00.000-08:002012-06-02T00:03:05.363-07:00Amuse-Bouche De Roi- the Kings Dinner<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Queen Elizabeth I<br />
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Funny there’s a municipal election going today, and it matters not at all. For on this last Thursday evening in Gastown, a monarch was selected by Amuse-Bouche, followed by a coronation dinner. I mean really, who said democracy has to be achieved by something as mundane as an election. In the City State of Gastown things are a run little differently, it’s Government by lottery. Our head of state is selected by Amuse-Bouche, from among a court of 20 dinner guests. Each guest receives an Amuse-Bouche/Objet d'Art, one of these treats contains a sterling silver Ruckle bean. The Person who receives the Ruckle bean is then coronated, ascending to the position of Ruling Monarch.</div>
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THE LUCKY GUEST WH<span style="color: #990000;">O</span> GETS THE BEAN<br />
BEC<span style="color: #990000;">O</span>MES THE RULiNG KiNG <span style="color: #990000;">O</span>R QUEEN</div>
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There are two crowned heads at the table. The Ruckle bean selects the monarch, the monarch chooses who may wear the other crown. On the King’s crown is inscribed this verse, <span style="color: #990000;">“ </span><span style="color: #990000; font-style: italic;">Long live our King, lets celebrate, Gastown is a city state. Sing and Feast and Celebrate, Our King is Good Our King is Great.</span><span style="color: #990000;"> ” </span>The Queen’s crown is inscribed with a very simple truth<span style="color: #990000; font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-size: 100%;">“However The King may rule The Queen runs the show</span></span><span style="color: #990000;">”</span>. I designed these crowns, first by sculpting components for casting, after the components were cast and finished, I brought them to a goldsmith for assembly and stone setting. The Amuse-Bouche/objet d’art were loaded each with a sterling snowflake from <span style="color: #990000; font-style: italic;">the Royal Canadian Snowflake Collection</span>.<br />
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Crown Commissioner : Scott Hawthorn<br />
Goldsmith: <a href="http://karenmorrow.blogspot.com/" style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #006600;">Karen Morrow</span></a><br />
Casting: Jess Sarber<br />
Leather Work: <a href="http://www.ravidesign.ca/ravi-pankhania.php">Ravi Pankhania</a><br />
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Ireland is a green place, and that’s been said in different ways by many great writers. Further, there’s been much academic attention paid to the importance of street art and its rise, from late twentieth century graffiti, through to a kind of museum quality death. Perhaps something that’s not been discussed enough is sheep tagging. Farmers used to the history of grazing their livestock on common land, get into branding their sheep in this manner. It makes the sheep easy to identify and reveals a savage beauty; in stark contrast, to all those bucolic eighteenth and nineteenth century genre paintings, depicting country life.<br />
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Serious beauty, I was lagging behind my hosts on this walk and saw a lovely cow, grazing on grass which I’m certain had been infused with absinthe. I fell in love here, this land and it’s beauty, the Irish are inspirational. I participated in Clifden arts week. My dear friend Joanna Galloway operates Hair Gallery on Bridge street and she sponsored my exhibition. And so for one amazing week I was able to meet and greet people, read my stories and show my work. In the evenings I went to gigs in the pubs of Clifden and was treated to a musical feast. Electric Jazz, Country, Folk and Irish Traditional, It was truly an honor to participate in this event and I had a super time.</div>
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This is one of the pieces I exhibited, it is a representation of a deer being hunted by wolves, it’s a synthesis inspired by the form lines of pacific northwest coast art, celtic knot work, mathematics and retinal color theory.<br />
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Also for the first time ever, I exhibited the complete collection of scanning electron micrographs, of the worlds smallest book. ‘Teeny Ted from Turnip Town- a success story’ was written by my brother, Malcolm Douglas Chaplin and designed and published by me. I'm glad that I saved the premier exhibition of this for Ireland, as the most significant part of the story happens on Blooms Day.<br />
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On the Last Friday of Clifden Arts Week there was a fantastic parade. It's a celebration and the craic's almighty! The parade is a kaleidoscope of color and imagination. I hope to return to Clifden as soon as possible, to stay for as long as I can. Shout out to Joanna, Simon, and Catherine. Word.<br />
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Copy Cats are Dirty Rats <br />
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