<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span>"<span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >RISK</span> lies at the core of crafts,<br /><br />risk of failure always accompanies <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">new discovery, new beauty.</span></span>"<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">new works by </span><span class="yiv10362295Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"> </span><a href="http://www.superdave.se/">David Taylor</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6088/6089872467_d2e54c339f_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6088/6089872467_d2e54c339f_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 701px; height: 525px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Last year, </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://youhavebeenheresometime.blogspot.com/search/label/david%20taylor">YHBHS had the pleasure of interviewing David Taylor</a> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">about his work & his design philosophy. He t</span><span style="font-style: italic;">alked about his philosophy as a simple connection to a larger feeling of </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">"if it feels good do it."</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Something about his words resonated on a deep level, echoing and finding meaning in my own work. It points to a moment when <span style="font-weight: bold;">there is clarity in our thoughts</span>, and the decision to move ahead with instinct, as opposed to doubt.<br /><br /><br /><br />David Taylor's new work will be up in Stockholm this September, and his latest works are a continuation of his personal explorations into form + materials + humor. <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">- David John<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br />"In his forthcoming exhibition <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" >“</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Walk the Walk</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" >”</span> at<a href="http://konsthantverkarna.se/"> Konsthantverkarna in Stockholm</a>, David Taylor presents a cohesive body of work developed by whim and impulse at the workbench. By following a notion, working by ear and improvising with unexpected materials without fuss and undue analysis Taylor gives us an insight into <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">the importance of intuitive knowledge</span></span>, that “gut feeling” which is often more relevant than we can appreciate.<br /><br /><br /><br />Walk the Walk is a tightly knit family of objects where Taylor’s signature style has been broadened with materials and techniques rarely seen in his work. <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Concrete meets silver</span></span> the precise and timeless encounter the modern and impermanent. This latest edition from Taylor’s workshop is made with a clarity of intention and a conviction in execution, that leaves not doubt the author can not only talk the talk, but knows a thing or two about walking the walk."<br /><br /><br /><br />- <span style="font-style: italic;"> Petter Eklund</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.superdave.se/" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: bold;">Go to David Taylor's site</a><br /><br /><a href="http://youhavebeenheresometime.blogspot.com/search/label/david%20taylor" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;">Read the YHBHS interview with David Taylor</a><br /><br /><a href="http://konsthantverkarna.se/in-english"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Visit Konsthantverkarna</span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">----------------------</span><br /><br /><br /><br />

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