Imagination Squared
I just spent the afternoon at the studio of Dolf James, artist, designer, craftsman, and tinkerer extraordinaire, and one of the masterminds of the Imagination Squared project along with Christina Foard. Dolf was busy working on his “squares” for distribution to fellow artists. Find out more about this fascinating “creative response experiment” on their Facebook Page and website. There are over 600 5×5inch wood boxes/squares in the hands of artists throughout the area who are in the process of embellishing it with their own marks. More are being made and distributed, with no planned limit. “I’ll keep making them as long as artists are asking for them!” These will be collected and integrated into a single installation - a grid of creativity. If you would like to participate, contact Dolf or Christina through their Fan Page or email at squares@imaginationsquared.com.
This is a perfect example of one of the many roles artists must play in the community. To engage, excite, create, and have fun with others. I think the outcome will be more significant that anyone could have imagined. It is probably one of the first projects that is unifying all creatives in our area, bringing together many people for the sole purpose of creation. That’s pretty cool!
The process of making squares…
looks like dolf has all of his fingers so he must be good with that radial arm saw, what are those squares made of? osb or 1×6? i like the brick wall in the background, i just read the inscriptions on your photos…i have all my fingers, i’ve had a few close calls over the years…i havn’t used my FM2 Nikon in a long,long time…thanks for sharing your visit, i learned carpentry from old carpenters…now i’m one…i’m going to drop by dolfs place and see if he and christina can spare a square… i’ll have to bring one of my bird feeders and kids stools that i make and paint….i wish this internet would have been around when i was going to Edgewater H.S. in orlando before walt disney screwed up the “city with 52 lakes in its limits” i bet i fished most of them while riding my sears and roebuck bicycle, life was good and my mother was wonderfull….thak you….las
Hi Larry — I hope you are able to find a square, there are a few left at some of the galleries around town. If you have trouble finding one let me know. Are you in Pensacola? I may be out your way in the next few weeks. Thanks for checking in!
Doug.
wonderful