Don Fogg's "Midline Crisis" by SharpByCoop

Steven,… you are entitled to your opinion, but all I can say is, if it isn't your cup of tea,... who cares? I think Fogg is geared more towards personal expression than pleasing the elitists and opinionated outspoken snobs.

Some of the more educated folks will get what Fogg was driving at and others won't…
 
Tai Goo said:
Steven,… you are entitled to your opinion, but all I can say is, if it isn't your cup of tea,... who cares? I think Fogg is geared more towards personal expression than pleasing the elitists and opinionated outspoken snobs.

Some of the more educated folks will get what Fogg was driving at and others won't…
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1. Joss cares what I think, and so does my Mommy...so there.:cool:

2. As stated before, I have spoken about these very issues with Don, have you? I KNOW how he feels about it, because I asked him.....it isn't what "I think".

3. Way to encourage discussion about what art is and how it makes us feel, Tai:thumbdn:....at least you are not spouting mucho nonsense this time.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
... well golly gee then,... I'll just take the compliment and shut my yap! :)
 
I am not a big dagger fan but this is a beautiful knife and congrats to you for getting it. I can see what STeven is saying and I do not know if I like the two face look one plain compared to the texture rich side. I would have prefered it one way or the other. but who am I to question someone as great as Mr. Fogg . He did what he wanted and I would be very pleased with it. Congrats again
 
I love the knife! Out of the box. So much better than the usual cord-wraped stuff I see from Don. He does ethnic much better than classic, IMO.
 
Geeze, a very nice execution and great touches, wow! Congratulations on the purchase Jess! Scratching my head as to why all the ladies here are getting their panties in a wad.
 
Could be my favorite Fogg to date.
Very creative and well executed.
The differing sides don't bother me as I find it interesting to flip a knife to find something unexpected as long as it's well done.
But then I don't appreciate the whole "perfectly matched handle slabs" thing either.
 
STeven and Tai, don't make me separate you two. :p

Personally I love this blade; it speaks of omote/ura to me. The only thing that I would personally change would be a tightening up of the habaki around the blade itself--though this could just be a photo artifact.

I have this dream of someday forging a tanto or wakizashi blade in kata-kiriha-zukuri. Perhaps after I've retired. :D Asymmetry has its place, as long as it is not the norm.
 
It's a beautiful knife and incredibly well done in anyones ballpark!

Congrats Joss.

-Michael
 
whoa....
whenever i feel satisfied with my work.. i will come back top thei post to get back in the proper place.
i am blown away
~Chris
 
Don has made pieces that were textured on one side or both sides, and even pieces that were textured differently on both sides. I think "cop out" sounds like "Don cut corners", and I don't think it is correct here. I think that to say "this piece doesn't achieve its full potential because the other side isn't textured" would be much more correct, whatever I think. Personally, I'm growing to really like the asymetric profile, but of course Don could also have kept an asymetric profile and textured both sides. The piece is as it is.

I enjoy th is piece tremendously and I feel fortunate to have been able to acquire it. Don is a very special craftman and a deeply committed artist and much of his work (and writing) shows special depth to me.
 
i think because of the aymetical blade it gave it a totally differnt look. i REALLY like it. and i dont see it as a cop-out. oine side has the texturing, but the other side you get to see the whole blade in etched damascus.

it makes the blade atypical. everybody does double edged symetrical blade.. but very few do a trapezoidal blade profile. very cool. i like it alot.
thats my $0.02
thanks
~Chris
 
Joss,
You are very lucky to own that piece and I am very envious.

I think the piece is a home run and beautifully captures a sense of opposites, calm and chaotic.

I love it!

CAB
 
Joss said:
"It was apparently made for an art collector as a piece of art - rather than for a knife collector as an art knife. It is a lifelong goal of Don to bring knives into the art collecting world, and you can see this in his most ambitious pieces such as this."

I find this to be an interesting philosophical statement. Intent, to make knives appeal to and become an accepted form, within the "artistic" community.

Why-
1. promoting knives, less focus on the "weapon" aspect?
2. Outlet for creative impulse.
3. Advocate fantasy art.
4. new markets, buyers, mean sales and health of the industry.
5. legitamacy of a genre.

This asks an important existential question: What is the "knife" conceptually, and why is "art" important? We need to make it fashionable to be interesting, i suppose.

Collectibility. Name recognition. Brand advertising. "High art" and "State of the art".
David
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