Dave Smith with fiberglass replica of salmon
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- Dave Smith with fiberglass replica of salmon
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- "There was a time when I was devoting my life to making the perfect fish. I would work my job, then stay in the shop until midnight. I was losing girlfriends because they knew I was way more into making the perfect fish than going out with them. Fish replicas are pieces of art that last forever. If done properly they will look just as plump and gorgeous as the day they were caught. A stuffed fish tends to shrink and shrivel.
I've done fish replica full time but couldn't make money, so decoys are my steady job and my plan is to go back to fish replica when I retire. I learned from Ron Pittard in Seaside. He's a legend here and around the nation. I'm determined to keep his legacy alive. He did fish that were so far ahead of their time, and he's retired now and his health is shaky. I'm the only one on Earth who knows his method and I have his molds. He didn't pass that knowledge to any of his kids, he passed it to me." (Dave Smith, http://www.oregonlive.com/O/index.ssf/2008/11/oreg…)
Das Zentrum des Bildes liegt in der linken oberen Ecke und der speziellen Verquickung von Licht und Materialität der bläulichen Linsen der Spezialbrille, des blauen Hemds, den Tiefen- und Bewegungsunschärfen, dem herabrieselnden Fiberglas und dem Kontrast zu den scharfen Zonen. Die Modellierung bleibt im Bild unscharf, wodurch dieses eine schöne visuelle Metapher für diesen mitunter schwer greifbaren Vorgang liefert. (rw)
- "There was a time when I was devoting my life to making the perfect fish. I would work my job, then stay in the shop until midnight. I was losing girlfriends because they knew I was way more into making the perfect fish than going out with them. Fish replicas are pieces of art that last forever. If done properly they will look just as plump and gorgeous as the day they were caught. A stuffed fish tends to shrink and shrivel.
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- Florian Dombois, Reinhard Wendler
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