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J Paul Fennell | Luce Fennell Collaboration

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J Paul Fennell | Luce Fennell Collaboration
J Paul Fennell | Scottsdale, Arizona
Douglas fir
5.5 x 5.5 x 5.5 inches
Website: jpaulfennell.com Instagram: arizona_wood_artist

It was a privilege to know Bill Luce personally, to admire his efforts and vision in creating the perfect form. With respect to this, he was the quintessential master. It is also a privilege to be invited to collabo­rate using one of Bill's iconic forms.
No matter what one has in mind, I feel that the significant challenge lies in properly honoring his memory in a meaningful manner.
Securing one of Bill's masterful bowl forms of Doug­las fir-its horizontal array of growth rings quietly un­dulating around the surface-I thought that a simple, minimally-intrusive embellishment would be best in this circumstance. I liked the idea of expressing vision: that is, metaphorically peering into Bill's world-into his oeuvre par excellence-in his quest for the perfection of form. As a result: I created a simple arrangement of undulating pierced "windows" encircling the top of the form.