Tricks that old racers get up to after retirement

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...oh yeah...and lotz of this stuff...

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Florida, in the winter time, is known for its many arts & crafts outdoor shows/sales... Oh, and these guys are there every year...

[jackiewilson]

Florida, in the winter time, is known for its many arts & crafts outdoor shows/sales... Oh, and these guys are there every year...

We have much the same thing here in SUSSEX Fuji, Goodwood has an amazing museum called “THE CASS FOUNDATION “ massive pieces of art from all over the world spread over about fifty acres.
just never had the balls to offer them any of my stuff.
You have the BLUE ANGELS—— We have “THE RED ARROWS”—— they appear here, right over my house twice a year, once at the FESTIVAL OF SPEED—— and then at THE REVIVAL, both held at Goodwood.

[jackiewilson]

Honest to Murgatroyd Fuji, I have better and more imaginative concepts than that chucked away in my workshop !!!
My imagination runs a bit deeper than a wine bottle in a wooden cage——- there’s one in the shed that’s twice the piece that one is——- that’s no more than a days work!

[jackiewilson]

C’mon Fuji—— you’re having a laugh—— craft maybe, never art!

[jackiewilson]

Ah, Ceramics are a different ball game Fuji——- I would have gone to art school had I chosen this field !Ceramic workshop would be expensive to put together plus, you do need your own retail outlet???

[jackiewilson]

Now you’re talking—— went all over Sweden visiting different small glassworks. Fascinating industry, lots of one man workshops ——- absolutely amazing what you can do with a furnace, a pair of parallels and a bit of molten glass on a stick and a few colours!
EVERYTHING is very expensive.
Could probably set up a glass works for less than my workshop cost me——— while I find it interesting—- it’s not really what I want to do.
One of the reasons I sold the wood lathe was because I got bored stiff with turning!
Suppose I’ve grown into a cranky old bastard with fixed ideas .
Ive always kept an open mind, relished the challenge of “bet you couldn’t do that”.
That’s how come I made the grandfather clock—— the Hawaiian Pineapple Table—— the mahogany sea chest,———- and the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost’s.
So, What really makes an artist ???
A Van Gough sold for £4 in 1964——- just sold for £21,000,000.——
Is it the value of the product———-the quality——— ability——— or popular demand ???
You can ask £1,000 for a concept——- but if there’s no takers !!! Worthless !
But—— cop you’re clogs—— turn your toes up—- meet the grim reaper—— your stuff becomes priceless. Why??? Because it’s popular—— it’s in demand——- and there’s no more coming from that source !!!
Then the “FAKERS” move in.

[jackiewilson]

Hawaiian Pineapple Table I was on about!

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Over a hundred dovetails in this solid mahogany dome topped sea chest!

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Cleopatra’s Nile Barge—— another of my fantasmagorical concepts—— that’s still rotting in the shed—- though I did make a bread board out of the 1500 year old chunk of yew from the base.
It sits proudly in my sister Angela’s kitchen!