tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post323753807159162225..comments2024-03-26T07:00:11.620-05:00Comments on Wisdom of the Hands: a mystery and a celebration.Doug Stowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-7977446680228898072016-11-27T16:00:51.229-06:002016-11-27T16:00:51.229-06:00I agree that it is a loss, I was just thinking how...I agree that it is a loss, I was just thinking how I would react myself. Rather childish I suppose - but nevertheless I think that is pretty much so.<br /><br />How about Hans Thorbjörnson, does he know anything about the background for burning the models?<br />Jonas Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-49059514012022241352016-11-27T15:02:16.725-06:002016-11-27T15:02:16.725-06:00The reason I would like to have seen more of the c...The reason I would like to have seen more of the collection in tact is that when throwing out so many, only the best examples would be kept. Whereas a few examples of each model might have better illustrated tolerances for such work. Teachers are always inclined to keep examples of their student's best work. Many models that might have been transitional might not have survived. Salomon's library is there and has been cataloged, but I'm not sure the collection of models received the same level of attention. A single piece of carved work could tell stories to a craftsman attuned to the examination of it. So I did not see the burning as having ceremonial significance, but as a historical loss.Doug Stowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-88919306644597638382016-11-27T12:57:41.115-06:002016-11-27T12:57:41.115-06:00I would guess that those people who burned the mod...I would guess that those people who burned the models and earlier works did it as some sort of statement.<br /><br />Kind of a way of saying that: If this school will not continue, then our work shall not be profaned later on. The models and the work we have made were made solely for the school to use, and therefore it is most fitting to burn it rather than having someone else take advantage of them.<br /><br />I think that would be close to my reaction if I had put in a lot of effort for a cause/school, and it was closed for some reason or another.<br /><br />Brgds<br />JonasJonas Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-85064072604286652602016-11-26T23:11:01.117-06:002016-11-26T23:11:01.117-06:00But why the bonfire? Razing seems such a typicall...But why the bonfire? Razing seems such a typically Scandinavian way to address something: such as the hardingfele fiddle (and normal fiddles) being burned in the 1800's, and banned in churches until the latter 20th century.John Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16418671909940134448noreply@blogger.com