Olebiker wrote:

First, when I discover anyone who gets to do what
they have a passion for and love to do AND do it
exceptionally well - all of their adult life - I
get a buzz - Gary Knox Bennett (sp?) being an
exception.

I'm curious. What is it about Gary Knox Bennett that bothers you?

He wastes wonderful wood. Other than the cabinet that
got all the attention - the one he drove a nail into -
and couldn't even do that right cause he bent the nail -
his stuff could just as well been made from glued up
MDF, styrofoam or ply - often construction grade
would do - with a little taping compound if he wanted
a smooth surface.

He's too "cute" - a ladder back chair with an actual
ladder for the back.

He wastes his considerable skills (he can do all the
joinery your can think of and many you'd never
think of) by misusing them. I'm thinking of a
big ugly clunky "desk" with "tusked" through tenons.

And if you want to jerk peoples' chains to become
a celebrity, well Salvador Dali did it a lot better.

He and Chihooli (sp?) - the glass blower who
doesn't blow glass anymore - he "directs" -
are the anithisis of what I think of as an "artist"
or a true "craftsman/craftswoan/craftsperson".

Other than that he's OK

charlie b

I
ask this because, in spite of his skill as a woodworker, his
preoccupation with juvenile, obscene language and sexual subject matter
really turns me off.