[TheForge] aging wood, art

[Washington, Aubrey O.]

Back pre-Katrina, I was visiting my brother in New Orleans and we went to antique stores on Magazine St. and other places.  One place we went into was making "antique" furniture in the back room out of old wood from doors, fences, barns, etc.  If the wooden door is 150 years old, how old is the dining room table built last week from the door?

Aubrey

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Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 6:18 AM
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Subject: [TheForge] aging wood, art

Aging wood... an acquaintance has furniture made for their "antique
furniture business" in Mexico somewhere (central or southern Mexico, I
think) and they bury it in the ground for a period of time.  Insects,
etc. have their way with it and viola, the finished product is real AGED
wood, expensive too.  Don't know how long they "age" it though.

Art... if you like it, it's art, if you don't it is something else.  The
test or key, as I see it, is if it SELLS. If you get a LOT of money, it
probably is art, if it sells for $25 and looks good in a double-wide, it
probably isn't.  But money is money and you can call it what you like.
The proof is in the bank account.  May be why there are lots of
"starving artists" around.

James Allcorn
Bois D'Arc Forge Blacksmith Shop
Paris, TX
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