matrix

Twenty-eight artists from the Southern Alberta Woodworkers Society participated in a juried show in 2007.  As editor of the show’s catalogue, I was responsible for the written material.  Each line is taken from a different artist’s statement, in the order in which they were presented in the book.

Achieved Through Care

Because of the border encircling

birds, wildflowers, and dinosaurs,

weed pots

that seems to move with the light

sat in my shop, and I waited for inspiration.

Are the two unsuccessful bears

perfect

, unique in style and proportion,

with curves and bends?

The dark red wood,

too beautiful to use,

is popular in

Manitoba.

To join two bowls,

the interior of the bowl was turned away, while a

pedestal, lifting the

stacks of laminations,

improved the things around us.

When I was in Boston,

I chose a pear,

representing the start of time…

a pleasure for me to build

the precision that is required to

prevent tipping.

I get great satisfaction in seeing

clean, symmetrical lines

and a few adjustments in

the shadows that form where petals meet in the centre of a flower.

—Romana Prokopiw