Kindeling | Beauty From Ashes

Kindeling | Beauty From Ashes "Kindeling" is a sculpture made from burnt and melted pieces of the Kindel Furniture factory that burnt down earlier this year. What can ashes produce?

The sculpture was made by Eric Baculy and Alexander DeGraaf Have you considered beauty? What is it about beauty from ashes that has you amazed? Have you ever encountered the anomaly of new life or hope from loss or death? Clearly, in a wink of time and over the course of a generation, many have been privileged to witness wonderously unexpected and even miraculous outcomes from tragic beginnings. M

el Trotter and Betty Ford are excellent examples of beauty from ashes, and they never saw it coming. "Kindeling" is both a found-object sculpture and an exhibition of advanced woodworking techniques. All of the objects suspended within the sculpture were collected from the site of the Kindel Furniture Factory after it burned on May 9, 2011. This floating debris consists of melted window panes, aluminum window frames, charred lumber, and broken glass. The slab base of the sculpture was milled for the artist on site in Cedar Springs, MI. Milling lines from a band saw still show on this long section of a walnut tree. The paths of burrowing beetles are exposed on its edges. The segmented tower at the center of the sculpture is representative of the smoke-stained chimney at the factory which still stands as a landmark in Grand Rapids, MI. The pattern on its surface contains "bricks" of maple, walnut, cherry, mahogany, and makore woods. When juxtaposed with the surrounding man-made objects kindled by the factory fire, the figured grains of these woods emerge and provide a lustrous display reminiscent of finely crafted furniture.

“Kindeling” pays homage to one of the last, oldest, and most highly regarded furniture companies in America, Kindel Furniture Company. The original Kindel Furniture Company building was built in 1912, and earlier this year, this piece of Grand Rapids history went aflame. Unoccupied at the time, there were no casualties, but there were ashes, broken materials, bizarrely beautiful forms, and an opportunity to design and build a sculpture that represents beauty from ashes.

10/05/2011

Sunday is the last day to see this tower of intrigue, this chimney of thought, this combusted spiral of scraps. The bolstering support Eric and I have received from loved ones and strangers is greatly appreciated. Thank you and enjoy!

09/22/2011
09/22/2011

You've got to actually go to artprize to activate your account, so you can vote. That means get off your internets and enough with your webcrawling! Go to Grand Rapids and see some sculptures already!

09/21/2011
09/21/2011

KINDELING has been installed at The B.O.B. It is located to on the second floor, make sure to come check it out!

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