Well, this is the multi-piece turning on which I have been working, and for which the flutes were turned. It is different, and began with this -
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The base is curly maple, as are the streams, and the flutes are quilted maple with African Blackwood stems. The base is approx. 10" wide, and the overall height is just under 10". The flutes are 6" long.
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Here is the 'Artist's Statement' as David Keller called it -
"...and the two shall become one..."
The African Blackwood and quilted maple flutes, depict the stark contrast of man and woman. There is little room for gray, as compromise has not been required. This union will require much of them.
Quick in strength and force, often a manifestation of power and energy, red symbolizes love, blood and the martyrdom of Christ and represents man in this union. Devotion and harmony, associated with understanding, blue is the color of tranquility symbolizing Mary and Advent.
The beautiful sea of purple, signifying divinity, reverence and royalty represents life together - no longer lives separate and apart, but one together - a new life melding the unique qualities of the two. The beautiful grain and chatoyance depict the vibrant life they share together. The volume of the pool exceeds the capacity of the goblets as their life together exceeds that which they would have had alone - boundless and free to reach out.
The first ripple is wide representing the struggle of coexistence, but then it subsides into calm. The next ripple represents the first of many conflicts, but over time, those conflicts fade in intensity, eventually exhibiting the peaceful calm that comes in the autumn of life.
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Originally Posted by John Keeton
