{"id":1424,"date":"2012-01-31T01:06:48","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T01:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1424"},"modified":"2012-02-25T16:48:06","modified_gmt":"2012-02-25T16:48:06","slug":"a-timeless-space-scotland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/installation2\/contemplative-spaces-outdoor\/a-timeless-space-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"<span style=\"color: #8b7479;\"><em>A Timeless Space<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #8b7479;\"><strong><a title=\"Suffering Passes; Having Suffered Never Passes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/installation2\/contemplative-spaces-outdoor\/suffering-passes-having-suffered-never-passes\/\"><span style=\"color: #8b7479;\">&lt;<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #8b7479;\"><strong>\u00a0I \u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"More Outdoor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/installation2\/contemplative-spaces-outdoor\/contemplatives-space-installations-outdoor\/\"><span style=\"color: #8b7479;\">&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1424 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Scotland-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Scotland-1.jpg?resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"James_Fuhrman_Sculpture_A Timeless Place_Scotland_01\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Scotland-1.jpg?resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Scotland-1.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Scotland-1.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Scotland-2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Scotland-6.jpg?resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"James_Fuhrman_Sculpture_A Timeless Place_Scotland_06\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Scotland-6.jpg?resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Scotland-6.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Scotland-6.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Scotland-7.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Scotland-7.jpg?resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"James_Fuhrman_Sculpture_A Timeless Place_Scotland_07\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Scotland-7.jpg?resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Scotland-7.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Scotland-7.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Scotland-8.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Scotland-8.jpg?resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"James_Fuhrman_Sculpture_A Timeless Place_Scotland_08\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Scotland-8.jpg?resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Scotland-8.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Scotland-8.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #8b7479;\"><strong><em>A Timeless Space<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nSitka Spruce, 6 \u00bd \u00a0x 20 x 8\u2019<br \/>\n1<sup>st<\/sup> British International Wood Sculpture Symposium, 2002<br \/>\nBlair Atholl Castle,Scotland<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8b7479;\">A PERSONAL REFLECTION<br \/>\nThe sculpture is a wood dolmen or cairn-like structure in an open &#8216;u&#8217; plan with orientation and siting of the piece to consider the seasonal sunrise and sunset. It has three irregular trapezoid-shaped (wider sides down) sides angling inward giving a sense of weight and timelessness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8b7479;\">A dialogue developed between the Scottish landscape and the sculpture during construction on the site: it became something &#8220;about&#8221; and &#8220;within&#8221; the landscape. Much of the influence for the installation comes directly from my travel in northernScotland, the Orkneys and Callinish, Isle of Lewis, and with recent experiences of Japanese Zen gardens inKyoto and the pueblos of southwesternAmerica inNew Mexico. This is quite an assortment of cultures, but they all seem to resonate within me in their structure, massiveness, presence, and sense of place and \u2018connection to the ground\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8b7479;\">Sunrise and sunset at the Winter Solstice were determined. Siting the central element directly to the south, the left plane is directed toward the Solstice sunrise\u00a0and the right plane to the Solstice sunset (which is particularly early as the sun sets into a mountain side). The work symbolically and allegorically embraces and captures the sun for the shortest of winter days.<br \/>\nThe unfinished materials, feathery edges, rough textured planes enhance the sense of naturalness and the sense of belonging to the landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8b7479;\">The piece developed into a shelter, a house, a place of protection. It became a carving of space rather than carving of object.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8b7479;\">The angles of the ends of the &#8216;u&#8217; planes seem to create a precariousness of balance but in so doing create a visual tension and mystery. The layering and interlocking<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jfuhrman.com\/60WebBackpages\/60Symp_8a.htm\">\u00a0<\/a>corners of the wood 2&#215;12&#8243; timbers forms create an inherently, integral stable structure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8b7479;\">27 September 2002<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8b7479;\"><a title=\"More Outdoor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/installation2\/contemplative-spaces-outdoor\/contemplatives-space-installations-outdoor\/\"><span style=\"color: #8b7479;\">Next: <em>Outdoor Installation\u00a0&#8211; More Outdoor<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I \u00a0\u00a0&gt; A Timeless Space Sitka Spruce, 6 \u00bd \u00a0x 20 x 8\u2019 1st British International Wood Sculpture Symposium, 2002 Blair Atholl Castle,Scotland A PERSONAL REFLECTION The sculpture is a wood dolmen or cairn-like structure in an open &#8216;u&#8217; plan &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/installation2\/contemplative-spaces-outdoor\/a-timeless-space-scotland\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1523,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1424","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8x77K-mY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1424"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1426,"href":"https:\/\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1424\/revisions\/1426"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jfuhrman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}