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Every once in a while, to me for unknown reason , some cheeses turn into something totally unexpected and probably not repeatable. A robust alpine tomme was expected, but it turned after two month of aging to be the sweetest, just slightly stinky and very and super complex ‘cheese’. To me, after about twenty years of cheese making, it is still magic, every time. This milk comes from good grass and grain and good water and healthy goat mothers. And then it is about bacteria and acid levels and sugars and lactose and just the right temperature at the right time. Stirring and heating and more stirring and draining and of course brining, daily washings. Ah, patience, trust. Magic. What a delicious gift. #cheesemaking #christianburchard #coldmountainstudio #southernoregon #cheese Kristy and I are having our first show together in Ashland with Claire Duncan at Hanson Howard Gallery. @hanson_howard_gallery @claireduncanart @opulentfibers Looking back…… Always curious as how the object relates to ground underneath, I experimented with various ways to raise the vessel into the air. It allowed me to remove the foot of the vessel (which had gotten smaller and smaller and some vessels would not stand up any more….) and come up with different suspension systems. And so new, much freer shapes emerged. Vessel as body….and such. #burchardstudio #christianburchard #woodturning #lathe #woodart #sculpture #woodsculpture #woodart #collectorsofwoodart More spheres…….Here are a few more examples of my explorations with spheres. Towards the end things got rather complex……. #christianburchard #burchardstudio #turnedwood #spheres #interiordesign #woodart Looking back…. at spheres! It started with a simple commission for some rosewood spheres and -turned-into a long series starting in the middle 90’s. And that much practice made me a better turner for sure, nothing creative about the basic form, all about tool control, stance, movement and…patience. A few thousand were made…. #burchardstudio #spheres #christianburchard #woodart #turnedwood #interiordesign Join me August 10th at 3pm EDT for a conversation with Emily Zilber, director of the Wharton Esherick Museum. Looking back….. Working with Pacific Madrone, it is just too much fun!! You get so many surprises, unexpected movement. Plenty of firewood too, that is just part of the deal. So many possibilities! By bleaching I remove the color to focus on the substance, the texture, the grain, the movement. @robjaffephotography #burchardtudio #christianburchard #woodsculpture #woodart #sculpture Looking back…. Once I realized that I can actually swing 7ft on my lathe and attach the wood in myriad ways, it opened a door to all kinds of possibilities…..Jovian Moonrise (with detail), Swimming in the Sky, Untitled. Mid 90s. Rob Jaffe photos. #robjaffe @burchardstudio.com #christianburchard #woodart #wallsculptures #sculpture #interiordesign This is the women that I love a lot and her newest work. @opulentfibers #kristykun Looking back…..In the 90s I become fascinated with off-center turning. I very much admired the work of Stoney Lamar and a few others. A larger and more solid lathe gave me more freedom to explore new (and some rather crazy) possibilities. These three are all about 3 ft tall. Titles are: Looking at Yesterday, You slept upon my Heart and Between the Two of us. Photos Rob Jaffe. #@robjaffe #woodart #sculpture #interiordesign #cwa #burchardstudio #christianburchard

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