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Provenance
about us
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Seven years ago when Spire
Artworks began it's saga with the internet and went online as spireartworks.com, I was so
green I thought "About the Artist" pages were a good place
to put details about my products. With the birth of our new site,
Ab-originals by kate, I've let myself be convinced that people need to
know something about the origins of the art and the artists,
that background lends authenticity to the work,and that prospective owners of 1-of-a-kind art have a real right to know how it
came about and where it's from. It should be a part of the signature. |
In struggling to find a way
to write this I finally saw I needed to step outside of myself to see the whole.
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When I did, it became clear
that what the artist was about, what made me be able to produce the
art I now pursue, with it's depth and complexity - included our whole
life style, most important of which is my partner/husband John. |
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"enjoying a coconut
from Hawaii" |
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Too, it put into clear focus a
long-held dream: for him to get his own artistry on the front burner.
Future pages in the site will offer his knives, drums, flintknapped works,
woodwork, and hopefully carvings.
So here we are; this is
about us. |
Kate and John Reeve live a simple farmstead
lifestyle in the rural Northwest. The setting, south east Washington State in
the agricultural county of Walla Walla, is shared with their two dogs, their two
cats, and a revolving population of geese, chickens, pigs, goats, & sheep.
Frequent visitors include great blue herons, coyote, mule & white-tail deer,
various owls big and small, and sundry raptors (even the occasional Bald Eagle).
Seasonally there are Canadian geese, flickers, magpies, meadowlarks, and a large
diversity of smaller birds. And, of course, the ever present ground
chucks and pocket gophers.
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"from the Lewis
& Clark trail, looking at the Blue Mts." |
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Nearby forests allow the ambitious to
gleen an unending supply of found objects from antler "sheds",
barks, branches, yew wood, ocean spray, stones, feathers, bones bleached
by nature, and more. Trading with local hunter gatherers is an ongoing
endeavor. |
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Their farmstead itself provides the
by-product harvest of molted feathers from various fowl, including
"Legal Eagle" (hand painted goose). As needed, hair cuts can be
given in order to acquire roving or hair. John's woodlot may turn up an
extra gorgeous piece of wood that leads to a hand carved curtain rod
ornament, or a whittled bear claw, or some lodge poles that just have to
become a lean-to. Butchering, at which time nothing is wasted, provides hides,
bones, skulls, dew-claws, and teeth for use in wall art, knife making,
etc. |
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Pumpkin (up front)
Starbord & Sheport (geese) |
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"that's it for now; it's
becoming a newsletter. We'll add (and subtract) to it as we go along..."
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| a division of
SpireArtworks diversified
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on-line since 2001 |
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