roytroutbum

Roy Superior, Williamsburg, MA, US
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Artist: I draw, paint and work in wood, mostly small-scale sculptural objects with an occasional full-size piece of furniture. I headed the Wood Program at The University Of the Arts in Philadelphia for 16 years. I can be found either in my studio or on the Deerfield River fly fishing for trout.

Gender: Male

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Shaker Series

Apr 4, 2009
2 comments

These 5 pieces are from an ongoing series of many slightly irreverent but highly respectful homages to the Shakers, their incredibly beautiful sense of proportion, design and superb workmanship.

Shaker Series

Mar 28, 2009

These five pieces are all from an ongoing series of many slightly irreverent but highly respectful homages to the Shakers and their incredibly beautiful sense of proportion, design and superb...

Golden Temple Of The Ivory Moon

Feb 26, 2009
2 comments

The jewelry box "Golden Temple of the Ivory Moon" is 24" high x 17" x 17." Materials are various hardwoods including padauk, rosewood & ebony, bone, antique ivory, jade, brass & gold leaf...


Recent comments


Re: Treasure chest

Hi Mad Scientist,

The idea for my piece was generated by those old fashioned hexagonal or octagonal hardware store cabinets with many triangular drawers. The whole cabinet rotates. You might see one in an antique shop somewhere. I was fascinated by the idea and the possibilities that it had for all kinds of storage for small objects as well as it's visual content. So----there was part one: the mechanics of the structure. Part two was even more important: find a theme and try to put the two together to express an idea. I am also fascinated by the purely visual qualities of orreries, early scientific devices and all sorts of reliquaries, patent models and bizarre gadgets. Every artist has to discover sources of visual materials and objects that trigger ideas. There are some mysterious ways that these resources combine with imagination that I don't really understand myself---the main thing is to keep things going---ideas give birth to ideas and so on...I hope this answers your question.

Roytroutbum

posted: 12:09 am on March 24th