Ed White
The Offering
Click images to view larger. One gifted Red Carnation. One 22gage piece sterling silver cut with a saw and then formed in pitch. It was then formed into a ring and silver soldered. Last it was soften with sand paper on the inside and finally rubbed with pumice all over. Dimensions - about the size of a cut Carnation.
Click images to view larger. One gifted Red Carnation. One 22gage piece sterling silver cut with a saw and then formed in pitch. It was then formed into a ring and silver soldered. Last it was soften with sand paper on the inside and finally rubbed with pumice all over. Dimensions - about the size of a cut Carnation.
Artist's Statement
As we emerge back to some sort of normalcy I find myself thinking about how realistic my goals are and what I need to do to attain more realistic ones. I made a tea house years ago that Ember and I had talked about when we first started dating. My vision was of a small Japanese temple like structure with traditional joinery made from cedar. A place with a wood burning stove for tea and a little deck for sunning ourselves. A place to draw and write and maybe even sleep on a rainy or hot night. A place to connect with the earth. On our trip, kind of all around southern California and parts of Arizona, that year we ended up at Taliesin West; on a tip from the mom of one of Ember’s childhood friends. The tour was amazing and experiencing the architecture and Frank Lloyd Wright’s vision of the place was amazing. He truly got the reason for art. It must have been something to have studied under him there in its heyday. Later in that trip, in a hotel bed, I redesigned the tea house to a much simpler design. It was like a light switch flipped and I had an idyllic dream switch to a realistic vision that seemed to fit much better into what was available to me. After returning home, it was clear that it was really the only design to fit into the small space we had.
With all of that being said, the tea house has not really been used as intended. It looks nice, but after a test run of the stove almost peeling off the paint and with it having been hard to invite people over for tea for many reasons, we are ready for a change. But as we begin to emerge, I am finding new strength to find it’s uses. I feel it’s true purpose will emerge by making changes in my life and, hopefully protecting myself better.
As a way of saying thanks to the gods for helping us find our way here, we offer a carnation from our massage therapist, Tamara. She always has a way of pushing you for better self care but gives room for the human condition. To the carnation I also add a ring whose design was forged with years of learning and balancing so many little nuggets of wisdom. While it is only a fraction of what I have learned on this windy road called life, it does represent some of what I hope the path forward looks like. I hope this new light keeps shining and that the path brings good conversations and good people around both of us so we can all shine brighter together.
See more and contact Ed at EdWhiteMaker.com .
As we emerge back to some sort of normalcy I find myself thinking about how realistic my goals are and what I need to do to attain more realistic ones. I made a tea house years ago that Ember and I had talked about when we first started dating. My vision was of a small Japanese temple like structure with traditional joinery made from cedar. A place with a wood burning stove for tea and a little deck for sunning ourselves. A place to draw and write and maybe even sleep on a rainy or hot night. A place to connect with the earth. On our trip, kind of all around southern California and parts of Arizona, that year we ended up at Taliesin West; on a tip from the mom of one of Ember’s childhood friends. The tour was amazing and experiencing the architecture and Frank Lloyd Wright’s vision of the place was amazing. He truly got the reason for art. It must have been something to have studied under him there in its heyday. Later in that trip, in a hotel bed, I redesigned the tea house to a much simpler design. It was like a light switch flipped and I had an idyllic dream switch to a realistic vision that seemed to fit much better into what was available to me. After returning home, it was clear that it was really the only design to fit into the small space we had.
With all of that being said, the tea house has not really been used as intended. It looks nice, but after a test run of the stove almost peeling off the paint and with it having been hard to invite people over for tea for many reasons, we are ready for a change. But as we begin to emerge, I am finding new strength to find it’s uses. I feel it’s true purpose will emerge by making changes in my life and, hopefully protecting myself better.
As a way of saying thanks to the gods for helping us find our way here, we offer a carnation from our massage therapist, Tamara. She always has a way of pushing you for better self care but gives room for the human condition. To the carnation I also add a ring whose design was forged with years of learning and balancing so many little nuggets of wisdom. While it is only a fraction of what I have learned on this windy road called life, it does represent some of what I hope the path forward looks like. I hope this new light keeps shining and that the path brings good conversations and good people around both of us so we can all shine brighter together.
See more and contact Ed at EdWhiteMaker.com .
