内容简介
Contemporaryknifemakersarefarmoredaringthantheircounterpartsfromasrecentlyasagenerationago:they’vebecomemastersofnewtechniquesandtechnologies,expertsinreinterpretingformandfunctiontocreatesculpturalworksofart.Flipthroughthisamazingon-the-pagegallery,andyou’lldiscoveradizzyingarrayofstyles,fromonesthatdemonstratesimpleelegancetoothersthatfeatureover-the-topembellishment.Thecollectionincludesdaggers,kitchenknives,huntingknives,combatandfoldingknives,switchblades,multi-blades,swords,axes,tomahawks,andevenapistol-knife—allhonedwithfine...
作者简介
JOHNL.JENSENhasbeenpromotingtheknifeasacreativeartformformorethan15years.Hehasbeenfeaturedinmorethan60nationalandinternationalpublications.In2005,hisworkwasincludedinMetalsmithmagazine’sannualjuriedcompetition,ExhibitioninPrint.Jensenhasparticipatedinnumerousgalleryshows,includingHammerandHand:ContemporaryAmericanMetalatCalvinCollegeinGrandRapids,Michigan;TheInfluenceofRockandRollattheRockandRollHallofFameandMuseuminCleveland,Ohio;andCaliforniaArtMetalNowattheBlueRoomGalleryinSanFrancisco,California.Jensenregularlyconductsworkshopsaroundthecountry,andin2007hecuratedthefirstmuseumshowofmodernartknivesattheNationalOrnamentalMetalsMuseuminMemphis,Tennessee.