介紹拼花車床工藝大師-Mr. Andy Chen
Mr. Andy Chen原是生長在台灣,1970年赴美進修,1979年因工作關係移往德克薩斯州,早年高中時代 Mr. Chen就已對木作極有興趣,在他移居美國後在製作自己的傢具時方有涉獵一點車床技巧,1992年開始認真地在拼花車床工藝領域研究,此時因所擁有的車床屬於輕型車床,只能處理一些小型與近乎平衡的物件,直到1998 Mr. Chen買入重型車床(heavy-duty
lathe)後才發展多型式車床車製技巧,此時技藝發展不限於在木材上發展,進而發展至以Corian®.為材料,但他最大的興趣還是在拼花車藝.
您可以看到他的代表作。Mr.
Chen在1998年在德州住地成立了一個木車藝品會(Brazos Valley Turners, Bryan/College Station, Texas)至今已有15年歷史﹐目前約有45成員﹐每月開會一次﹐到會會員通常在25到30人。該協會也有另一個網站bvturners.com那裡也有些Mr. Chen的作品照片(http://www.bvturners.com/html/andy_chen.html)。還有Mr. chen也是休斯頓木車藝品會(Gulf
Coast Woodturners Association, http://www.gulfcoastwoodturners.org/)的會員,網站也常有Mr.
Chen的作品
The Master of
segmented woodturner
Mr. Anday Chen
Andy Chen has been interested in
woodworking as early as in high school using only hand tools at that time.
Woodworking became his obsession when he moved to Texas in 1979. He dabbled in
woodturning a little for a few years while building furniture. He began turning
seriously in 1992, initially the segmented variety, because at the time he only
had a multi-purpose tool, which was too light and was only able to handle
constructed blanks that were already balanced. Since the acquisition of a
heavy-duty lathe in the spring of 1998, he has been enjoying many forms of
turning. He also enjoys turning materials other than wood, a favorite being
Corian®. His greatest interest in turning still lies in segmented vessels. In addition
to woodworking and turning, Andy enjoys designing and modifying tools. His
elliptical platters are turned with the help of an oscillating attachment that
he designed. Andy is a recognized turner, having demonstrated at numerous
regional and national woodturning symposia and local woodturning clubs. His
segmented work has been shown in galleries in Kerrville, TX (Kerr Arts and
Cultural Center), Houston, TX (Houston Center for Contemporary Craft) and they
were represented by Whistle Pik Galleries in Fredericksburg, TX. His work has
also been included in the photo gallery of Ron Hampton’s book: Segmented Turning: A Complete Guide. He is the founder and de facto president of the
Brazos Valley Turners in the Bryan/College Station area of Texas since 1998.
Andy say ”I
have been turning wood since 1992. For me, woodturning is to enhance the beauty
of the nature. However, as pretty as most wood, stunning beauty such as that in
a burl is hard to come by. In addition, when one hollows out a burl, >95% of
the natural beauty ends up in the trash as shavings or dust. Therefore, my
preferred style of turning is segmented in which I cut wood into small pieces
and glue them together to a rough form. When I turn this rough form into the
final shape, minimal amount of wood is removed, thus preserving a lot of
nature’s creation. In addition, I mix wood from different species of trees with
distinct colors to create attractive patterns so that I do not have to totally
rely upon the nature for the beauty. One more way to enhance the natural beauty
of the wood is through pyrograhy – burning the wood, which I have just started
doing. I also like to explore alternative turning materials, the favorite one
being Corian®. One can create beautiful patterns in turnings with Corian and a
great advantage of Corian® over wood is that it is stable and will not shrink
or expand with ambient moisture. Corian® is also amenable to inlaying and I can
use my Corian® turning as a canvas on which to put my artistic creation.”
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