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Taking Refuge in Place. Coming to Know Yourself. The most palpable inspiration for this place and the work that happens here comes from a long acquaintance with a particular body of old forest. The site is along a river pouring out of the Olympic mountains, about an hour away from Olympia. It's on National Forest land, a mile in on a good trail from a forest service road. There is true magic. In coming to know. Wild place very well. There is true magic in coming to know and inhabit one wild place very we...

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When I was a kid . . . When I was a kid I remember thinking that if I had a skyhook that reached high enough I could just grab on and let the earth turn under me, then set down at another longitude thousands of miles away. It seemed so simple; I could go around the world in twenty-four hours. More recently . . . It's a good thing . . . It’s a good thing I became a poet and sculptor rather than an engineer so much more is possible. A gift idea for the season . . . 1 Book $15.00 USD. 2 Books $30.00 USD.

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Don Freas on Art and Practice: 03/01/2005 - 04/01/2005

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Don Freas on Art and Practice. Wednesday, March 30, 2005. In this case I designed and built a piece that could be seen as a worktable with sculptural detailing, or as a sculpture to be used as a desk. More than that, though, I focused on making a worktable that draws the author into the creative process, and draws the artistic expression out of the author. The author’s house is not yet complete. I have set up the Lyrical Worktable in my own house for storage and show for the next few months&#46...

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Don Freas on Art and Practice: 04/01/2004 - 05/01/2004

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Don Freas on Art and Practice. Tuesday, April 27, 2004. I was asked to prepare a poetry workshop for a class at the Evergreen State College. I threw together a few poems by poets I love, and a few of my own. I gathered some writing exercises. I always think about what would be the most important thing to hear if you had an interest in poetry, and I was going to have your attention for just two hours. I have an unpublished poem about this:. These first words, so. Boring so familiar, so much so.

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Don Freas on Art and Practice: 11/01/2011 - 12/01/2011

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Don Freas on Art and Practice. Monday, November 28, 2011. These existing parameters and the functional need bracket the design criteria, offering a place to start and an operational place to land. I had to get from the wired concrete bulkhead to a held and housed light source focusing pools of light on two short flights of steps, six feet apart. That left everything else about the design wide open to discovery, and play. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Return to donfreas.com :.

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Don Freas on Art and Practice: 11/01/2010 - 12/01/2010

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Don Freas on Art and Practice. Tuesday, November 30, 2010. Once I had agreement from the county as to what I could do on the site, we took apart the old house, reusing what could be reused. I actually don't know quite how I got here, but I feel fortunate that I get to be in such a central seat on this ride. I better get busy on the cabinets. It won't be long. I'll fill in more stories soon. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Return to donfreas.com :. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.

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Don Freas on Art and Practice: 12/01/2010 - 01/01/2011

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Don Freas on Art and Practice. Tuesday, December 07, 2010. We'll use a new corner detail for the buildings at the Refuge. The siding will be smooth hardiplank in a bevel siding arrangement, horizontal strips with three inches of exposed face. Thursday, December 02, 2010. Wood is not Wood. The conversation comes down to this: I’ve been working with wood for a long time. I’m old enough to have been blessed to begin in a world where old growth cedar was still available at reasonable prices&#...So you see so...

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Writer, Sculptor, Furniture Maker - Don Freas Poetry

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The key with poetry is to be writing, as the key with sculpture is to be making forms. Much of it will be cast out in the end but what does rise above needs the support of that midden heap of detritus. Failure is essential to success. Don Freas is a poet as well as a sculptor and furniture maker. He has lived and worked in Olympia, Washington, USA since 1972, when he was just shy of 21 years old. Raised in Ohio and Pennsylvania, the Northwest, and Puget Sound country, has been home for a long time.

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Don Freas on Art and Practice: 05/01/2005 - 06/01/2005

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Don Freas on Art and Practice. Saturday, May 14, 2005. The big jobs ran down for the moment and I’ve been working on a commission for a small display shelf—a design that clearly blurs the line between sculpture and utility. This one also brings in long history through the legacy of the wood I’ve put to use in the creation. I mentioned in an earlier entry that I would add photos of the “Lyrical Worktable” to the website. There’s one on my home page, and a few more on the “woodw...On that same page there&#...