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I really like the new gallery and the scanning images at the top of the pages. Very hypnotic. I could watch it for hours. Everything looks great!
Thanks Laura!
Nice redesign!
It is a good site. I like the scan in particular.
You have a wonderful site, easy to navigate, interesting to peruse and oh, so classy! I will try to get down (from Chico) to the Small Treasures show. I’m sure you will do very well!
I lthink your work is very clever, very deep and meaningful but I find myself looking for the fun and happy pieces. There is so much angst in this world and I feel we live in a time of fear like has never been before..Artists have the job of spreading love and peace too.
WOW! I love the personal story that each person can find in each piece of your work. A bit of fond memory here, a passing fancy there, truly beautiful! By the way, found your website thru a mention in Jane Ann Wynn’s book, ALTERED CURIOSITIES: Assemblage Techniques and Projects. You are one of her “inspiring artists”! And – your wesite is the perfect match for your art.
Thanks Lynne. I’m glad you were able to find my website and I appreciate your enthusiasm. I did’nt realize I was metioned in a book. I’ll see if I can hunt it down at my book store.
Delicious and provoking; it is clear you respond deeply to the things you work with and that you see beauty where others might not. An object that is more than just an object! Lovely website, too. Exploring it is a dreamlike adventure.
Hi Christopher,
just came across your work from a link on FaceBook. As an assemblage artist myself, I can TOTALLY appreciate the level of expertise expressed in your work. It is exquisite!!! Wish you lived closer so I could visit!!! Don’t stop, man!!!!
Hi, Christopher. Love your work. I’m new to assemblage and find your work inspiring. I really love your piece Thumbprint on the Ceiling. It’s very thought-provoking.
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Your cranium must be protecting some very valauble brains.
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It seems cheap to pigeonhole assemblage artist Christopher Bales’ work as merely steampunk: His aesthetic is older than that. Although he sometimes uses antique and vintage materials associated with the genre, such as metal cogs, the final product often looks more like an altar constructed from the rubble of a pre-Victorian cathedral.
Bales, who has been assembling these intricate sculptures since 1989, said he sources “an enormous amount of objects”—like broken wooden boxes, dolls, clocks, picture frames, figurines—from his weekly visits to flea markets and thrift stores.
When he starts a new piece, he says he doesn’t have a preconceived notion of what the end result will be, but following his intuition when layering cutouts of classic paintings over etchings with skulls and religious imagery creates enough detail for the viewer to stay engaged but not overwhelmed.
Shoka
Sacramento Bee
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