Collecting Design: George Nakashima

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  • Опубліковано 23 лис 2024

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  • @biddy6785
    @biddy6785 Рік тому +3

    Met Mr Nakashima in the early 1990s in New Hope. As a woodworker I was amazed by the wood he had. I have loved wood ever since I watched my great grandfather make cabinets in the early 1950s.

  • @lwazihlophe8955
    @lwazihlophe8955 Місяць тому

    The beauty of UA-cam is that for years later beautiful content like this, hwlps people like me , discover artist Nakashima who were absolutely breath taking and are worth knowing and discovering. Thank you foe creating this documentary.

  • @jonathanmangold5024
    @jonathanmangold5024 4 роки тому +16

    I've admired his work for decades. This free-edge stuff you see everywhere now was Nakishima's idea from years ago.

    • @HondoTrailside
      @HondoTrailside 3 роки тому +2

      Free edge as a lot of authors, the Nakashima is the combination of free edge with the japanese like bases, the contrast, and the exquisit choice of book-matched patterns. But natural edge, that is not new.

  • @grandmarnier3746
    @grandmarnier3746 7 місяців тому +2

    I struggle, cringe even when they are trying to give worth or a price to the pieces. You just can’t do that with art. You never know who is in the audience and how it will speak to someone. The value is much more than simply the price. Emotion or experience is found in the person. Priceless.

  • @DOUGALUS
    @DOUGALUS 3 роки тому +4

    Thank you for showing this documentary. George was a one in a lifetime visionary and we are appreciative that his vision and craft has been documented for all of us to appreciate.

  • @thomastieffenbacherdocsava1549

    Nakashima-san tihen utskushi desu! The Japanese used wood and bamboo to build. The philosophies developed around the beauty of natures perfect imperfection. The architect who loved nature let it dictate rather than put his will upon the material. I've always appreciated my experiences in Japan and how it changed this Chicago boy. I'm making organic , functional , and hopefully good design. Thankyou Nakashima-san!

  • @thomaskirkpatrick4031
    @thomaskirkpatrick4031 2 роки тому +9

    I hate to hear people that would be disgusted by the site of a dusty woodshop talk about a man's life work.

  • @JAMES-dv5ns
    @JAMES-dv5ns 3 роки тому +25

    I think George Nakashima wouldn’t want his furniture to be slobbered by rich snobs and be used by everyone

    • @thomaskirkpatrick4031
      @thomaskirkpatrick4031 2 роки тому +4

      Absolutely, I made the comment above yours, not one of these "collectors" knows anything about what goes into a piece of furniture like these.

    • @petra3049
      @petra3049 Рік тому +1

      I totally agree

  • @marklingerfelt4965
    @marklingerfelt4965 Рік тому

    I was left my late parents formal dining and living room furnature.
    All was Nakiashima.
    They were quite collecters of his furniture.

  • @guyvangenechten6484
    @guyvangenechten6484 Рік тому

    Very nice documentary!!!

  • @krumpetrov5323
    @krumpetrov5323 Рік тому +1

    Great! Thanks for sharing!

  • @spenserclarke5956
    @spenserclarke5956 Рік тому

    I have always held the same principle to trees, even before coming across Nakashima. Inf fact, my woodworking principles are to avoid any and all waste as possible, by a multi step process. I cut timber into the main sizes I need, with a slight adjustment to make use of the 'waste' pieces, whereby I then make pen blanks, and strips with thinner pieces for laminating together, segmenting pen blanks, or using to make pin striping in larger pieces of wood. I try to make sure all waste is as useless as possible.

  • @appidydafoo
    @appidydafoo 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much for this wonderful documentary

  • @cristianm2361
    @cristianm2361 4 роки тому +6

    I've stumble upon a Nakashima piece at an estate sale. By luck the owners of the house didn't quite know what they had. $500 usd was all I spent, and to this day-the night stands i found remain in my possession. I'm so glad i rejected offers of $900 and $3000.

    • @MegaJAK77
      @MegaJAK77 2 роки тому +1

      That's a lovely story....I think George would like his furniture to be discovered in this way.

    • @sharksport01
      @sharksport01 Рік тому

      Must be his Widdicomb line.

  • @allenhanford
    @allenhanford 2 роки тому +5

    George Nakashima used to say he'd ask the wood what it wanted to be. Did it ever say "I want to be a tree again"?

    • @l.k.1011
      @l.k.1011 Рік тому

      ^^ only 2 or 3.... I guess.

  • @jaredriggs9084
    @jaredriggs9084 2 роки тому +1

    We Must speek 4 the wood!!!!!

  • @barbarag868
    @barbarag868 3 роки тому +2

    How fucking ironic the owners of his pieces are the very people who drove up prices and keep to them selves

  • @Ikaros23
    @Ikaros23 6 років тому +5

    Wabi Sabi and Shibui estetics

  • @atoms-to-atoms
    @atoms-to-atoms Місяць тому

    Jean Prove was my hero.

  • @johndoe1765
    @johndoe1765 6 років тому +32

    NO DOUBT THAT NAKASHIMA FURNITURE WAS BEAUTIFUL BUT ALL THIS INTELECTUAL TALK ABOUT HIS WORK WAS NOT HIS INTENT ,HIS WORK WAS BY SPIRITUAL MEAN OF THE EAST ,NOT EGOTISTICAL SELF STROKING OF THE WELL TO DO IN THE WESTERN WORLD . THIS WHY THE PRICES ARE SO HIGH .

    • @troyglazer9647
      @troyglazer9647 3 роки тому +1

      ...the art wankers no doubt, harvest a hefty commission.

    • @JAMES-dv5ns
      @JAMES-dv5ns 3 роки тому

      @TopRahmen uh no you sound like a toxic person. God I hate people like you.

    • @petra3049
      @petra3049 Рік тому +1

      Exactly.

    • @johndoe1765
      @johndoe1765 Рік тому

      @@troyglazer9647 Sorry it's a year later for my reply but the art wanker pockets have become deep like bankers.

    • @johndoe1765
      @johndoe1765 Рік тому

      @@petra3049 Yes.

  • @elememelon9175
    @elememelon9175 4 роки тому +3

    I believe in the its not a collection its a lifestyle a lot

  • @inmanphotography5828
    @inmanphotography5828 4 роки тому +2

    I thought he was born in Spokane, WA not Seattle...? anyone?

  • @harperwelch5147
    @harperwelch5147 Рік тому +1

    This work requires a lot of hand labor and uses rare and expensive woods. We think art is expensive. Yes it is. This art isn’t easy to do and isn’t cheap to make or to buy.

  • @hdtvcamera1
    @hdtvcamera1 3 роки тому +1

    Wow.

  • @harperwelch5147
    @harperwelch5147 Рік тому +1

    We’re spoiled by furniture made in boxes we assemble or made in third world countries. At the time of creation these pieces weren’t cheap, at all. Not affordable for everyone. FL Wright wanted his homes to be for everyone, they were very expensive and not available to everyone.

  • @williamwoody7607
    @williamwoody7607 3 роки тому +2

    A little off topic but still design; what’s with Ohad’s shoes? Those ridiculous things belong on an S&M clown.

    • @runs_through_the_forest
      @runs_through_the_forest 2 роки тому

      i found the huge difference in authenticity striking, mr Nakashima's daughter has such a nice natural feel, accepting who she is, a beautiful older woman. the woman presenting this docu seems sad, botox or surgery all over her face, unable to accept the natural cycle of life.. she seems slightly off topic..

  • @chefbillybaroo2056
    @chefbillybaroo2056 Рік тому

    A master….

  • @carlosnabor7183
    @carlosnabor7183 Місяць тому

    And as to her accent, have you ever been with and interesting multi-lingual Filipino.

  • @wowtco03
    @wowtco03 5 років тому +1

    Czech architect with american practical experience Antonin Raymond, damn it! Oh well.

  • @brianarnold4819
    @brianarnold4819 2 роки тому

    I hate to say it but, the furniture is beautiful..but I had a problem concentrating everytime her leg's were in view.

    • @yankapoodle
      @yankapoodle Рік тому

      it doesnt look like you hate to say it

    • @sharksport01
      @sharksport01 Рік тому

      I agree, like 2 worms on a hook. Disgusting. Imagine if a man did that.

  • @christinecorrrea5402
    @christinecorrrea5402 2 роки тому +2

    More cannon fodder for the corrupt art world it looks like

  • @NosillaWilla
    @NosillaWilla Рік тому +1

    The collectors are overtly pretentious, it is in a way a disrespect to nakashima legacy

  • @startreker8591
    @startreker8591 Рік тому

    Are there not better than this dude y not that expensive as his😢

  • @ishantjangra6833
    @ishantjangra6833 6 років тому +10

    Way too hot for an hisrorian

  • @davekava3946
    @davekava3946 3 роки тому +1

    I’m sure many will disagree. But as cool as live edge furniture is it ends up looking like abstract art. Paint slung on a canvas. As if the talent that took to make it is none. Very little of it looks balanced. Maloof all the way. There is real talent

    • @pooterbilbo8132
      @pooterbilbo8132 2 роки тому +1

      It's incredibly simple to cut artificial straight sides or curves into a tabletop. IKEA does it all the time. Actually respecting the wood by modifying it only enough to stabilize the slab is a very delicate process. If you want to see angular architecture and joinery prowess just look at the table base.

  • @kathleengibson8793
    @kathleengibson8793 3 місяці тому

    Ms. Daniella - Out of respect for this program and George Nakashima, you should have
    worn a longer dress or skirt. This show is not about your legs, it is about the beautiful
    wood furniture. Or did you forget?

  • @Ginebraconmate
    @Ginebraconmate 7 місяців тому

    Una cosa es ser carpintero y copiar. y otra es ser ebanista diseñar, trabajar disfrutar y realizar . y otra muy lejana es diseñar pensar

  • @shaquilleadams5062
    @shaquilleadams5062 3 роки тому +1

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  • @guillem4630
    @guillem4630 4 роки тому +2

    leeeegs

  • @borp6912
    @borp6912 Рік тому

    Collectors are vultures of culture

  • @thomasdykstra100
    @thomasdykstra100 Рік тому

    Sorry, but y'all picked the WRONG voice to do the "narrative"...sounds like a "Bobwuh Wawters" clone!

  • @l.k.1011
    @l.k.1011 Рік тому

    Can't stand that lady.... all the respect to Nakashima though.

  • @timbottman3479
    @timbottman3479 2 роки тому +2

    this is just another over rated designer!

  • @nadirmuhammad2178
    @nadirmuhammad2178 Рік тому

    Hotep. George Nakashima. I'm glad I got introduced to this. Creative artist. And looking at his work I see now that a lot of American Carpenters I see now, who they been studying. It becomes full circle now. I appreciate you introducing us to this Gifted Man. Why wasn't he introduced to the world. I think we have idea. However once again preciate this post!!!!🔥💯🎯🧬🎇🕊🌄🦋🌅🌿✔️🪘🦂🔱